F. F. Ellis
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Frank Ellis was the third head football coach of the Sagebrushers (lat. Wolf Pack) at Nevada State University (lat. University of Nevada, lat. University of Nevada-Reno). His tenure, as with his predecessors, was one season.
Ellis, from the University of California-Berkeley, was brought in by the University to coach the 1898 season. Of five games scheduled, the 'Brushers won four for a win percentage of .800 (which would remain the best overall single-season win percentage until the 1919 team, under R. E. Courtright, would go 8-1-1). Included that year were wins over the Stanford second team (22-0), the University of the Pacific (35-0), and their old nemesis the Belmont School (24-0); the primary resource for this article, the Nevada State University Artemesia, does not give the name of the team for either the remaining victory nor the single defeat.
[edit] Record (Nevada [NSU] and Overall)
| Opponent | Score | Wins | Losses | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stanford 2nd Team | 22-0 | 1 | 0 | |
| UoP | 35-0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Belmont | 24-0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Unknown | ? | 4 | 0 | |
| Unknown | ? | 4 | 1 |
| Preceded by William H. Harrelson |
University of Nevada Head Football Coach 1898 |
Succeeded by King Dickson |
| Nevada Wolf Pack Head Football Coaches |
|---|
| Taylor • Harrelson • Ellis • Dickson • Hopper • Steckle • Shorts • Glascock • Courtright • Erb • Shaw • Philbrook • Mitchell • Dashiell • Aiken • Sheetketski • Lawlor • McEachron • Trachok • Scattini • Ault • Horton • Ault • Tisdel • Tormey • Ault |
