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Alvin Greenwood Twitchell (May 13, 1892 – May 10, 1955)[1] was an American football and basketball coach. He was the first head football coach at Brigham Young University (BYU), serving from 1922 to 1924 and compiling a record of 5–13–1. Twitchell was also the head basketball coach at BYU from 1920 to 1925 and at Colorado College from 1926 to 1930, amassing a career college basketball mark of 100–51.
Twitchell started his football coaching tenure at BYU in 1922 with a game against Utah Agricultural in Logan, Utah. BYU lost the game 41–3. Twitchell finished the year with a record of 1–5 with the only win coming against the Wyoming. His career record at BYU was 5–13–1.
Head coaching record
College football
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BYU Cougars (Rocky Mountain Conference) (1922–1924) | |||||||||
| 1922 | BYU | 1–5 | 1–5 | 8th | |||||
| 1923 | BYU | 2–5 | 1–5 | T–8th | |||||
| 1924 | BYU | 2–3–1 | 1–3–1 | 9th | |||||
| BYU: | 5–13–1 | 3–13–1 | |||||||
| Total: | 5–13–1 | ||||||||
References
- ^ "Alvin Twitchell". Standard-Examiner. Ogden, Utah. May 12, 1955. Retrieved December 1, 2013.
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