Leonard J. Umnus
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Leonard J. Umnus was an American football
player, coach, and sports figure in the United States
.
and with Red Grange
. Umnus was awarded "letters" for three years as a center and guard. He also was awarded athletic letters for Illinois in boxing.
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.
in Menominee, Michigan
.
(now a part of Martin Luther College
in New Ulm, Minnesota
). 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
.
American football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
player, coach, and sports figure in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
.
Playing history
Umnus enrolled at the University of Illinois in the fall of 1921. While at Illinois he played football under Coach Robert ZuppkeRobert Zuppke
Robert Carl Zuppke was an American football coach. He served the head coach at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign from 1913 until 1941, compiling a career college football record of 131–81–12. Inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1951, Zuppke coached his...
and with Red Grange
Red Grange
Harold Edward "Red" Grange, nicknamed "The Galloping Ghost", was a college and professional American football halfback for the University of Illinois, the Chicago Bears, and for the short-lived New York Yankees. His signing with the Bears helped legitimize the National Football League...
. Umnus was awarded "letters" for three years as a center and guard. He also was awarded athletic letters for Illinois in boxing.
Wichita State
Umnus was the 15th head college footballCollege football
College football refers to American football played by teams of student athletes fielded by American universities, colleges, and military academies, or Canadian football played by teams of student athletes fielded by Canadian universities...
coach for Fairmont College (now Wichita State University
Wichita State University
Wichita State University is a NCAA Division I public university in Wichita, Kansas with selective admissions. WSU is one of six state universities governed by the Kansas Board of Regents. The current president is Dr. Donald Beggs....
) located in Wichita, Kansas
Wichita, Kansas
Wichita is the largest city in the U.S. state of Kansas.As of the 2010 census, the city population was 382,368. Located in south-central Kansas on the Arkansas River, Wichita is the county seat of Sedgwick County and the principal city of the Wichita metropolitan area...
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.
Jordan College
Between coaching in Wichita and Northwestern College, Umnus started the football program at the now defunct Jordan CollegeJordan College (Michigan)
Jordan College was a small, four year liberal arts college in Michigan that closed in 1996. It had campuses at Cedar Springs, Flint, Grand Rapids and Detroit. Earlier in the 1990s Jordan College had been involved in litigation regarding claims of mismanagement of federal student aid...
in Menominee, Michigan
Menominee, Michigan
Menominee is a city in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 9,131. It is the county seat of Menominee County. Menominee is the fourth-largest city in the Upper Peninsula, behind Marquette, Sault Ste. Marie, and Escanaba...
.
Northwestern College
Umnus would later go on to coach the Northwestern College Trojans in Watertown, WisconsinWatertown, Wisconsin
Watertown is a city in Dodge and Jefferson counties in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. Most of the city's population is in Jefferson County. Division Street, several blocks north of downtown, marks the county line. The population of Watertown was 21,598 at the 2000 census...
(now a part of Martin Luther College
Martin Luther College
This article deals with the WELS-affiliated tertiary institution in Minnesota. See Luther College for the ELCA institution in Iowa.Martin Luther College is the college of ministry operated by the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod...
in New Ulm, Minnesota
New Ulm, Minnesota
New Ulm is a city in Brown County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 13,522 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Brown County....
). 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
Baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...
and basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
.