 Koehler pictured in The Hilltop 1915, Marquette yearbook | |
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1880-02-24)February 24, 1880 Norka (Krasnoarmeysky District), Saratov Oblast, Russia |
| Died | August 3, 1961(1961-08-03) (aged 81) West Bend, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1899–1901 | Nebraska |
| Position(s) | Center |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1903 | Chicago (assistant) |
| 1904–1905 | Lawrence |
| 1906–1910 | Denver |
| 1914–1915 | Marquette |
| Basketball | |
| 1905–1906 | Lawrence |
| 1906–1909 | Denver |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 39–29–4 (football) 15–22 (basketball) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| Football 1 CFA (1908) | |
John Peter "Deacon" Koehler (February 24, 1880 – August 3, 1961) was an American college football and college basketball coach. He served as the head football coach at Lawrence Institute in Appleton, Wisconsin—now known as Lawrence University—from 1904 to 1905, at the University of Denver from 1906 to 1910, and at Marquette University from 1914 to 1915, compiling a career college football head coaching record of 39–29–4. Koehler was also the head basketball coach at Lawrence from 1905 to 1906 and at Denver from 1906 to 1909, tallying a career college basketball head coaching record mark of 15–22.
Koehler was the health commissioner of Milwaukee from 1925 until his retirement in 1940. He died on August 3, 1961, at his home in West Bend, Wisconsin, after a heart attack.
Head coaching record
Football
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lawrence Vikings (Independent) (1904–1905) | |||||||||
| 1904 | Lawrence | 4–2–1 | |||||||
| 1905 | Lawrence | 7–3 | |||||||
| Lawrence: | 11–5–1 | ||||||||
| Denver Ministers (Colorado Football Association) (1906–1908) | |||||||||
| 1906 | Denver | 2–3 | 2–2 | T–2nd | |||||
| 1907 | Denver | 2–6 | 1–3 | 4th | |||||
| 1908 | Denver | 7–1 | 4–0 | T–1st | |||||
| Denver Pioneers (Independent) (1909) | |||||||||
| 1909 | Denver | 7–2 | |||||||
| Denver Pioneers (Rocky Mountain Conference) (1910) | |||||||||
| 1910 | Denver | 4–3–1 | 2–2 | T–3rd | |||||
| Denver: | 22–15–1 | 9–7 | |||||||
| Marquette Blue and Gold (Independent) (1914–1915) | |||||||||
| 1914 | Marquette | 2–7 | |||||||
| 1915 | Marquette | 4–2–2 | |||||||
| Marquette: | 6–9–2 | ||||||||
| Total: | 39–29–4 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth | |||||||||
References
- Biographical Research Bureau, Inc (1930). Who's who in Government. Biographical Research Bureau. ISSN 0731-4973.
- "Dr. John Koehler Rites Set Monday". Wisconsin State Journal. Madison, Wisconsin. Associated Press. August 5, 1961. p. 4. Retrieved December 20, 2016 – via Newspapers.com
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