Biographical details | |
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Born | (1895-01-04)January 4, 1895 Bangor, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Died | January 20, 1956(1956-01-20) (aged 61) Reading, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Playing career | |
Football | |
1912–1915 | Ursinus |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1916–1920 | Mansfield |
1921 | Juniata |
1925–1930 | Ursinus |
1942–1944 | Reading HS (PA) (interim HC) |
Basketball | |
1917–1920 | Mansfield |
1921–1922 | Juniata |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 41–54–5 (college football) 28–10 (college basketball) |
Ronald Chester Kichline (January 4, 1895 – January 20, 1956) was an American football and basketball coach. He served as the head football coach (1916 1920) and head men's basketball coach (1917-1920) at Mansfield University of Pennsylvania. Kichline spent the 1921–22 academic year serving in the same roles at Juniata College in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania. He spent the final years of his college coaching career as the head football coach his alma mater, Ursinus College in Collegeville, Pennsylvania, from 1925 to 1930. After retiring from college coach, he work in the insurance industry and as a teacher. He was an interim head coach at Reading Senior High School in Reading, Pennsylvania while their regular coach was serving in World War II.
Head coaching record
College football
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Mansfield Mountaineers (Independent) (1916–1920) | |||||||||
1916 | Mansfield | 3–4 | |||||||
1917 | Mansfield | 6–4 | |||||||
1918 | Mansfield | 3–1 | |||||||
1919 | Mansfield | 4–4 | |||||||
1920 | Mansfield | 6–2–1 | |||||||
Mansfield: | 22–15–1 | ||||||||
Juniata Indians (Independent) (1921) | |||||||||
1921 | Juniata | 0–8 | |||||||
Juniata: | 0–8 | ||||||||
Ursinus Bears (Independent) (1925–1930) | |||||||||
1925 | Ursinus | 2–6–1 | |||||||
1926 | Ursinus | 1–8 | |||||||
1927 | Ursinus | 5–4 | |||||||
1928 | Ursinus | 3–6 | |||||||
1929 | Ursinus | 2–4–3 | |||||||
1930 | Ursinus | 6–3 | |||||||
Ursinus: | 19–31–4 | ||||||||
Total: | 41–54–5 |
References
- "Men's Basketball Records". Mansfield Mountaineers men's basketball. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
- "Updated Men's Basketball Records" (PDF). Juniata Eagles men's basketball. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
- "Former Coach Dies Of Heart Attack". Lebanon Daily News. January 21, 1956. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
External links
Juniata Eagles head football coaches | |
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Ursinus Bears head football coaches | |
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- 1895 births
- 1956 deaths
- Basketball coaches from Pennsylvania
- Juniata Eagles football coaches
- Mansfield Mounties football coaches
- Mansfield Mountaineers men's basketball coaches
- Juniata Eagles men's basketball coaches
- Ursinus Bears football coaches
- Ursinus Bears football players
- Sportspeople from Northampton County, Pennsylvania
- Players of American football from Pennsylvania