Ollie W. Reed
American football coach and soldier
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1896-07-18)July 18, 1896 Norton, Kansas |
| Died | July 30, 1944(1944-07-30) (aged 48) Villebaudon, France |
| Alma mater | Kansas State |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1926 | Drexel |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 2–5 |
Ollie W. Reed Sr. (July 18, 1896 – July 30, 1944) was a soldier in the United States Armed Forces and an American football coach. He served as the head football coach at Drexel University in Philadelphia for one season, in 1926, compiling a record of 2–5. He was also a professor of military history at the school.[1]
Reed died on July 30, 1944, in the French community of Villebaudon during the aftermath of the Battle of Normandy.[2]
Head coaching record
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drexel Dragons (Independent) (1926) | |||||||||
| 1926 | Drexel | 2–5 | |||||||
| Drexel: | 2–5 | ||||||||
| Total: | 2–5 | ||||||||
References
External links
- Ollie W. Reed at Find a Grave
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Drexel Dragons head football coaches
- No coach (1892–1897)
- D. Leroy Reeves (1898)
- No coach (1899–1909)
- No team (1910–1917)
- No coach (1918)
- William L. Ridpath (1919)
- William McAvoy (1920–1921)
- Harry J. O'Brien (1922–1925)
- Ollie W. Reed (1926)
- Walter Halas (1927–1941)
- Albert H. Repscha (1942)
- No team (1943)
- Maury McMains (1944–1945)
- Ralph Chase (1946–1948)
- Maury McMains (1948)
- Otis Douglas (1949)
- Eddie Allen (1950–1957)
- Jack Hinkle (1958–1960)
- Tom Grebis (1961–1968)
- Sterling Brown (1969–1973)
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