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Edward Thomas MacDonnell (August 9, 1886 – March 30, 1956) was an American football, basketball, and baseball coach.[1] He served as the head football coach at Louisiana State University (LSU) from 1914 to 1916[2] and at Wake Forest University for one season in 1917, compiling a career college football record of 15–13–2. MacDonnell was also the head basketball coach at Wake Forest for the 1917–18 season, tallying a mark of 4–12, and the school's head baseball coach in the spring of 1918, notching a record of 9–3. MacDonald was an alumnus of Colgate University, graduating in 1910. He was a member of Phi Gamma Delta.[3]
Head coaching record
Football
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LSU Tigers (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1914–1916) | |||||||||
| 1914 | LSU | 4–4–1 | 0–1–1 | ||||||
| 1915 | LSU | 6–2 | 3–1 | ||||||
| 1916 | LSU | 4–1* | 0–1* | ||||||
| LSU: | 14–7–1 | 3–3–1 | *Last five games of season were coached by Irving Pray and Dana X. Bible. | ||||||
| Wake Forest Baptists (Independent) (1917) | |||||||||
| 1917 | Wake Forest | 1–6–1 | |||||||
| Wake Forest: | 1–6–1 | ||||||||
| Total: | 15–13–2 | ||||||||
References
- ^ "Person Details for Edward Thomas Macdonnell, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918" — FamilySearch.org". familysearch.org. Retrieved April 14, 2015.
- ^ "LSU Year-by-Year Records" (PDF). lsusports.net. p. 107. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 19, 2018. Retrieved July 29, 2018.
- ^ The Phi Gamma Delta. Board of Trustees of the Fraternity of Phi Gamma Delta. 1956. Retrieved April 14, 2015.
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