Leonard J. Umnus

Leonard J. Umnus
Current position
"If you don't play to win, why play?"
Sport(s)	College football
Team	Fairmount College/University of Wichita
Biographical details
Born	April 18, 1903 Menominee, Michigan
Died	April 13, 1996(1996-04-13) (aged 92) Watertown, Wisconsin
Playing career
1921-1924	Illinois
Position(s)	guard
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1925–1927	Fairmount College
??	Jordan College
1935–1970	Northwestern College
Head coaching record
Overall	147-71-11
Accomplishments and honors
Awards
Wisconsin Football Coaches Hall of Fame Upper Peninsula Sports Hall of Fame^[1]

Leonard J. Umnus was an American football player, coach, and sports figure in the United States.

Playing history

Umnus enrolled at the University of Illinois in the fall of 1921. While at Illinois he played football with Red Grange under Coach Robert Zuppke. Umnus was awarded "letters" for three years as a center and guard. He also was awarded athletic letters for Illinois in boxing.^[2]

Coaching history

Wichita State

Umnus was the 15th head college football coach for Fairmont College (now Wichita State University) located in Wichita, Kansas and he held that position for three seasons, from 1925 until 1927. Fairmont College became the Municipal University of Wichita in 1926. His overall coaching record at Fairmount & Wichita was 12 wins, 7 losses, and 4 ties. This ranks him 14th at Wichita State in terms of total wins and ninth at Wichita State in terms of winning percentage.^[3]

Jordan College

Between coaching in Wichita and Northwestern College, Umnus started the football program at the now defunct Jordan College in Menominee, Michigan.^[4]

Northwestern College

Umnus would later go on to coach the Northwestern College Trojans^[5] in Watertown, Wisconsin (now a part of Martin Luther College in New Ulm, Minnesota).^[6] He was the head coach at the school for 35 seasons and his teams produced a record of 135 wins, 64 losses, and 9 ties. At Northwestern, he coached all sports including baseball and basketball.^[7]

References

↑ U.P. Sports Hall of Fame family tree grows By Dennis Grall, Daily Press August 15, 2009
↑ Wisconsin Football Coaches Association Hall of Fame Leonard J. Umnus, Bio
↑ Wichita St. Coaching Records
↑ Upper Peninsula Sports Hall of Fame
↑ The Milwaukee Journal "Goslings to Meet Wheaton Saturday" October 14, 1942
↑ Milwaukee Sentinel "Trojans Enjoy Grid Success Under Umnus" September 23, 1961
↑ Wisconsin Football Coaches Association

Wichita State Shockers head football coaches

T. H. Morrison (1897)
No coach (1898)
Harry Hess (1899–1901)
Guy Peverly (1902)
No coach (1903)
A. F. Holste (1904)
Willis Bates (1905–1908)
Roy K. Thomas (1909–1911)
E. V. Long (1912–1913)
Harry Buck (1914–1915)
Lamar Hoover (1916–1917)
Coach Banbury (1918)
Kenneth Cassidy (1919)
Wilmer D. Elfrink (1920)
Lamar Hoover (1921–1922)
Sam H. Hill (1923–1924)
Leonard J. Umnus (1925–1927)
Sam H. Hill (1928–1929)
Albert J. Gebert (1930–1941)
Ralph Graham (1942)
No team (1943)
Melvin J. Binford (1944–1945)
Ralph Graham (1946–1947)
Jim Trimble (1948–1950)
Robert S. Carlson (1951–1952)
Jack Mitchell (1953–1954)
Pete Tillman (1955–1956)
Woody Woodard (1957–1959)
Hank Foldberg (1960–1961)
Marcelino Huerta (1962–1964)
George Karras (1965–1966)
Boyd Converse (1967)
Eddie Kriwiel (1968)
Ben Wilson (1969–1970)
Bob Seaman (1971–1973)
Jim Wright (1974–1978)
Willie Jeffries (1979–1983)
Ron Chismar (1984–1986)

Wichita State Shockers men's basketball head coaches

Willis Bates (1905–1908)
No coach (1908–1909)
Roy Thomas (1909–1912)
E. V. Long (1912–1913)
Willis Bates (1913–1914)
Harry Buck (1914–1916)
Lamar Hoover (1916–1918)
No coach (1918–1919)
Kenneth Cassidy (1919–1920)
Wilmer D. Elfrink (1920–1921)
Lamar Hoover (1921–1923)
Sam H. Hill (1923–1925)
Leonard J. Umnus (1925–1928)
Gene Johnson (1928–1933)
Team suspended (1933–1934)
Lindsay Austin (1934–1935)
Bill Hennigh (1935–1941)
Jack Starrett (1941–1942)
Melvin J. Binford (1942–1943)
No team (1943–1944)
Melvin J. Binford (1944–1948)
Ken Gunning (1948–1951)
Ralph Miller (1951–1964)
Gary Thompson (1964–1971)
Harry Miller (1971–1978)
Gene Smithson (1978–1986)
Eddie Fogler (1986–1989)
Mike Cohen (1989–1992)
Scott Thompson (1992–1996)
Randy Smithson (1996–2000)
Mark Turgeon (2000–2007)
Gregg Marshall (2007– )

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