W. G. Speer

W. G. Speer
Biographical details
Speer pictured in Reveille 1917, Fort Hays yearbook
Sport(s)	Football, basketball
Born	c. 1885
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1915–1918	Fort Hays State
Basketball
1916–1919	Fort Hays State
Head coaching record
Overall	18–6 (football) 23–14 (basketball)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Football 1 KCAC (1917)

Whitcomb Glenn Speer was the second head football coach for the Fort Hays State University Tigers located in Hays, Kansas and he held that position for four seasons, from 1915 until 1918. His career coaching record at Fort Hays was 18 wins, 6 losses, and 0 ties. This ranks him 11th at Fort Hays in total wins and second at Fort Hays in winning percentage.^[1]

While coaching at Fort Hays, he led the Tigers to 12 consecutive victories from the second game in the 1916 season to seventh game in the 1917 season—a record that stands as of the conclusion of the 2007 season. His 1915 and 1917 teams also are tied for the most consecutive games without being scored upon.^[2]

Head coaching record

Football

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
Fort Hays State Tigers (Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference) (1915–1918)
1915	Fort Hays State	4–3	3–3
1916	Fort Hays State	5–2	4–1
1917	Fort Hays State	7–0	6–0	T–1st
1918	Fort Hays State	2–1
Fort Hays State:		18–6
Total:		18–6
National championship Conference title Conference division title

References

External links

W. G. Speer at the College Football Data Warehouse

Fort Hays State Tigers head football coaches

Unknown (1902)
Unknown (1903)
Unknown (1904–1907)
Claude Bice (1908–1909)
No team (1910–1911)
Ira Van Cleave (1912–1914)
W. G. Speer (1915–1918)
Alfred J. Robertson (1919)
George Woodward & Ralph Archer (1920)
George Woodward (1921–1922)
William D. Weidlein (1923–1928)
Andrew Frank Schoeppel (1929)
W. C. Riley (1930–1934)
James J. Yeager (1935)
Paul D. Waldorf (1936–1941)
Bill Bearley (1942)
No team (1943–1945)
Ralph Huffman (1946–1955)
Wayne J. McConnell (1956–1968)
Tom Stromgren (1969–1971)
Bill Giles (1972–1978)
Bobby Thompson (1979–1980)
Jim Gilstrap (1981–1983)
Bobby Thompson (1984)
John Vincent (1985–1989)
Bob Cortese (1990–1997)
Jeff Leiker (1998–2000)
Tim O'Connor (2001–2004)
Kevin Verdugo (2005–2010)
Chris Brown (2011– )

Peru State Bobcats head football coaches

Unknown (1900–1906)
Louis D. Scherer (1907–1908)
Elbert Burnett (1909)
Alpha Brumage (1910–1911)
Ralph Thacker (1912)
Earl Johnson (1913–1917)
No team (1918)
W. G. Speer (1919–1922)
Lon Graf (1923–1929)
Glen Gilkeson (1930–1937)
Al Wheeler (1938–1960)
Jack McIntire (1961–1963)
Erv Pitts (1964–1968)
Joe Pelisek (1969–1971)
Jack McIntire (1972–1973)
Bob Riley (1974)
Jerry Joy (1975–1982)
Jay Adcox (1983–1985)
Tom Shea (1986–1990)
Lou Saban (1991)
Monte Meadows (1992–1994)
Dick Strittmatter (1995–2000)
Ryan Held (2001)
Terry Clark (2002–2011)
Steve Schneider (2012– )

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