Lester Barnard
 Barnard pictured in The DeSoto 1923, Memphis yearbook | |
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | October 25, 1894 Rogersville, Missouri, U.S. |
| Died | June 1, 1985 (aged 90) Orange County, California, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1913–1916 | Fourth District Normal (MO) |
| 1918 | Great Lakes Navy |
| 1919 | Northwestern |
| Basketball | |
| 1913–1917 | Fourth District Normal (MO) |
| Position(s) | End (football) |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1920–1921 | Okmulgee HS (OK) |
| 1922–1923 | West Tennessee State Normal |
| 1924–1925 | Central Michigan |
| 1928–1957 | South HS (MN) |
| Basketball | |
| 1920–1922 | Okmulgee HS (OK) |
| 1922–1924 | West Tennessee State Normal |
| 1924–1926 | Central Michigan |
| Baseball | |
| 1924 | West Tennessee |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 22–7–6 (college football) 22–37 (college basketball) |
Lester Smith Barnard (October 25, 1894 – June 1, 1985) was an American football, basketball, baseball, and track coach. He served as the head football coach at West Tennessee Normal State School—now known as the University of Memphis—from 1922 to 1923 and Central Michigan University from 1924 to 1925, compiling a career college football coaching record of 22–7–6. Barnard was also the head basketball coach at West Tennessee from 1922 to 1924 and Central Michigan from 1924 to 1926, tallying a career college basketball mark of 22–37. He was a twin brother of Chester S. Barnard.[1] In 1985, he died at the age of 90 in California.[2]
Head coaching record
[edit]College football
[edit]| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Tennessee State Normal (Independent) (1922) | |||||||||
| 1922 | West Tennessee State Normal | 5–2–3 | |||||||
| 1923 | West Tennessee State Normal | 6–3 | |||||||
| West Tennessee State Normal: | 11–5–3 | ||||||||
| Central Michigan Normalites/Dragons (Independent) (1924–1925) | |||||||||
| 1924 | Central Michigan | 7–1 | |||||||
| 1925 | Central Michigan | 4–1–3 | |||||||
| Central Michigan: | 11–2–3 | ||||||||
| Total: | 22–7–6 | ||||||||
References
[edit]- ^ "New York Herald" (PDF). fultonhistory.com.
- ^ "Lester Smith Barnard, b. Oct 25, 1894, d. Jun 1, 1985 - Overview - Histopolis".
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