Edgar H. Kienholz (May 18, 1889 – October 1, 1974) was an American football, basketball, and baseball coach. He served as the head football coach at Santa Clara University from 1923 to 1924 and Occidental College from 1928 to 1931, compiling a career college football coaching record of 26–22–3. He was also Santa Clara's head basketball coach from 1923 to 1925 and head baseball coach in 1924.[citation needed] Kienholz was the head football coach at Long Beach Polytechnic High School from 1916 to 1922.[1] In 1935, he was hired as the head basketball coach at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech).[2][3]
Kienholz died on October 1, 1974, at this home in Laguna Hills, California.[4]
Head coaching record
College football
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Santa Clara Missionites/Broncos (Independent) (1923–1924) | |||||||||
| 1923 | Santa Clara | 3–4–1 | |||||||
| 1924 | Santa Clara | 3–5–1 | |||||||
| Santa Clara: | 6–9–2 | ||||||||
| Occidental Tigers (Southern California Conference) (1928–1931) | |||||||||
| 1928 | Occidental | 7–3 | 5–1 | 1st | |||||
| 1929 | Occidental | 6–2 | 4–0 | 1st | |||||
| 1930 | Occidental | 4–4 | 2–3 | T–4th | |||||
| 1931 | Occidental | 3–4–1 | 3–2 | 3rd | |||||
| Occidental: | 20–13–1 | 14–6 | |||||||
| Total: | 26–22–3 | ||||||||
References
- ^ Football in Long Beach. Arcadia Publishing. August 14, 2012. ISBN 978-1-61423-631-3. Retrieved October 18, 2018.
- ^ "Kienholz To Take Berth At Caltech". Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. December 12, 1935. p. 31. Retrieved December 1, 2020 – via Newspapers.com
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- ^ "Kienholz Gets Caltech Berth (continued)". Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. December 12, 1935. p. 35. Retrieved December 1, 2020 – via Newspapers.com .
- ^ "Coaching Great Kienholz dies". Independent. Long Beach, California. October 3, 1974. p. 46. Retrieved November 28, 2020 – via Newspapers.com .
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