Merlin Ammon Ditmer (April 9, 1886 – March 10, 1950) was an American football and basketball coach. He served as the head football coach (1920–1926) and head men's basketball coach (1920–1925) at Otterbein University in Westerville, Ohio.[1] Ditmer moved to Oxford, Ohio to work an assistant football and basketball coach at Miami University before serving as the school's athletic director from 1941 to 1948.[2]
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | April 9, 1886 Potsdam, Ohio, U.S. |
| Died | March 10, 1950 (aged 63) Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Otterbein |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1920–1926 | Otterbein |
| 1927–1940 | Miami (OH) (assistant) |
| Basketball | |
| 1920–1925 | Otterbein |
| 1927–1941 | Miami (OH) (assistant) |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1941–1948 | Miami (OH) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 13–37–4 (football) 6–25 (basketball) |
Head coaching record
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edit| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Otterbein Cardinals (Independent) (1920) | |||||||||
| 1920 | Otterbein | 1–7 | |||||||
| Otterbein Cardinals (Ohio Athletic Conference) (1921–1926) | |||||||||
| 1921 | Otterbein | 1–5–2 | 1–3–2 | 13th | |||||
| 1922 | Otterbein | 2–6 | 2–6 | 15th | |||||
| 1923 | Otterbein | 5–3 | 4–3 | 6th | |||||
| 1924 | Otterbein | 2–5 | 2–5 | T–15th | |||||
| 1925 | Otterbein | 0–6–2 | 0–5–1 | 20th | |||||
| 1926 | Otterbein | 2–5 | 1–5 | 18th | |||||
| Otterbein: | 13–37–4 | 10–27–3 | |||||||
| Total: | 13–31–4 | ||||||||
References
edit- ^ "Men's Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). Otterbein Cardinals men's basketball. Retrieved December 6, 2018.
- ^ "Merlin Detmer". Miami of Ohio. Retrieved December 6, 2018.