Karl Leslie "Red" Ericson (January 21, 1895 – August 25, 1965) was an American football and basketball coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football at Jamestown College—now known as the University of Jamestown—in Jamestown, North Dakota, for eight seasons, from 1922 to 1929, compiling a record of 23–28–4.[1] Ericson was also the head basketball coach and athletic director at Jamestown.
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | January 21, 1895 Elroy, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Died | August 25, 1965 (aged 70) Harvey, North Dakota, U.S. |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1919–1921 | Mandan HS (ND) |
| 1922–1929 | Jamestown |
| Basketball | |
| 1918–1922 | Mandan HS (ND) |
| 1922–1930 | Jamestown |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1922–1930 | Jamestown |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 23–28–4 (college football) |
Ericson was born on January 21, 1895, in Elroy, Wisconsin and moved to North Dakota at the age of 10. After graduating from Jamestown College, he taught and coached at Mandan High School in Mandan, North Dakota.[2]
Head coaching record
editCollege football
edit| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jamestown Jimmies (North Dakota College Athletic Conference) (1922–1929) | |||||||||
| 1922 | Jamestown | 1–2 | |||||||
| 1923 | Jamestown | 1–3 | |||||||
| 1924 | Jamestown | 3–4 | |||||||
| 1925 | Jamestown | 0–6–3 | |||||||
| 1926 | Jamestown | 5–3 | |||||||
| 1927 | Jamestown | 3–4–1 | |||||||
| 1928 | Jamestown | 4–4 | |||||||
| 1929 | Jamestown | 6–2 | |||||||
| Jamestown: | 23–28–4 | ||||||||
| Total: | 23–28–4 | ||||||||
References
edit- ^ DeLassus, David. "Jamestown College Coaching Records". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on July 30, 2012. Retrieved October 28, 2010.
- ^ "Fessenden Man's Funeral Sunday". The Bismarck Tribune. Bismarck, North Dakota. Associated Press. August 27, 1965. p. 11. Retrieved September 6, 2022 – via Newspapers.com
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