Willis Kienholz

Willis Kienholz

Kienholz pictured in The Chinook 1911, Washington State yearbook
Sport(s)	Football
Biographical details
Born	October 22, 1875(1875-10-22)
Place of birth	Kasson, Minnesota
Died	September 20, 1958(1958-09-20) (aged 82)
Place of death	Seattle, Washington
Playing career
1898–1899	Minnesota
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1904 1905 1906 1907 1909	North Carolina A&M Colorado North Carolina Auburn Washington State
Head coaching record
Overall	22–9–5
Statistics
College Football Data Warehouse

William Simmian "Willis" Kienholz (October 10, 1875 – September 20, 1958) was an American football player and coach. He served one-year stints as the head coach at five different colleges: North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts—now North Carolina State University (1904), the University of Colorado (1905), University of North Carolina (1906), Auburn University (1907), and Washington State University (1909), compiling a career record of 22–9–5. Kienholz played football at the University of Minnesota in 1898 and 1899.

1 Coaching career
2 Head coaching record
3 References
4 External links

Coaching career

In 1904, Kienholz coached at North Carolina A&M, and compiled a 3–1–2 record. In 1905, he coached at Colorado, and compiled an 8–1 record. In 1907, he coached at Auburn, and compiled a 6–2–1 record. In 1909, he coached at Washington State, and compiled a 4–1 record.

Head coaching record

Year	Team	Overall	Conference
North Carolina A&M Aggies (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1904)
1904	North Carolina A&M	3–1–2
North Carolina A&M:		3–1–2
Colorado Buffaloes (Colorado Football Association) (1905)
1905	Colorado	8–1	0–0
Colorado:		8–1
North Carolina Tar Heels (Independent) (1906)
1906	North Carolina	1–4–2
North Carolina:		1–4–2
Auburn Tigers (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1907)
1907	Auburn	6–2–1	3–2–1
Auburn:		6–2–1	3–2–1
Washington State Cougars (Independent) (1909)
1909	Washington State	4–1
Washington State:		4–1
Total:		22–9–5

References

External links

Willis Kienholz at the College Football Data Warehouse

NC State Wolfpack head football coaches

Perrin Busbee (1892)
Bart Gatling (1893–1895)
Perrin Busbee (1896–1897)
W. C. Riddick (1898–1899)
John McGee (1900–1901)
Art Devlin (1902–1903)
Willis Kienholz (1904)
George S. Whitney (1905)
Willie Heston (1906)
Mickey Whitehurst (1907–1908)
Edward Green (1909–1913)
Jack Hegarty (1914–1915)
Brit Patterson (1916)
Harry Hartsell (1917)
Tal Stafford (1918)
Bill Fetzer (1919–1920)
Harry Hartsell (1921–1923)
Buck Shaw (1924)
Gus Tebell (1925–1929)
John Van Liew (1930)
John P. Smith (1931–1933)
Heartley Anderson (1934–1936)
Williams Newton (1937–1943)
Beattie Feathers (1944–1951)
Horace Hendrickson (1952–1953)
Earle Edwards (1954–1970)
Al Michaels (1971)
Lou Holtz (1972–1975)
Bo Rein (1976–1979)
Monte Kiffin (1980–1982)
Tom Reed (1983–1985)
Dick Sheridan (1986–1992)
Mike O'Cain (1993–1999)
Chuck Amato (2000–2006)
Tom O'Brien (2007– )

Colorado Buffaloes head football coaches

No coach (1890–1893)
Harry Heller (1894)
Fred Folsom (1895–1899)
Theron W. Mortimer (1900)
Fred Folsom (1901–1902)
Dave Cropp (1903–1904)
Willis Kienholz (1905)
Frank Castleman (1906–1907)
Fred Folsom (1908–1915)
Bob Evans (1916–1917)
Joe Mills (1918–1919)
Myron E. Witham (1920–1931)
Bill Saunders (1932–1934)
Bunny Oakes (1935–1939)
Frank Potts (1940)
James J. Yeager (1941–1943)
Frank Potts (1944–1945)
James J. Yeager (1946–1947)
Dallas Ward (1948–1958)
Sonny Grandelius (1959–1961)
William E. Davis (1962)
Eddie Crowder (1963–1973)
Bill Mallory (1974–1978)
Chuck Fairbanks (1979–1981)
Bill McCartney (1982–1994)
Rick Neuheisel (1995–1998)
Gary Barnett (1999–2005)
Mike Hankwitz # (2005)
Dan Hawkins (2006–2010)
Brian Cabral # (2010)
Jon Embree (2011– )

Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.

North Carolina Tar Heels head football coaches

Hector Cowan (1888)
No coach (1889)
No team (1890)
William P. Graves (1891)
No coach (1892–1893)
Vernon K. Irvine (1894)
Thomas Trenchard (1895)
Gordon Johnston (1896)
William A. Reynolds (1897–1900)
Charles Jenkins (1901)
Herman Olcott (1902–1903)
R. R. Brown (1904)
Bill Warner (1905)
Willis Kienholz (1906)
Otis Lamson (1907)
Edward Green (1908)
Arthur Brides (1909–1910)
Branch Bocock (1911)
William Martin (1912)
Thomas Trenchard (1913–1915)
Thomas Campbell (1916)
No team (1917–1918)
Thomas Campbell (1919)
Myron Fuller (1920)
Bill Fetzer & Bob Fetzer (1921–1925)
Chuck Collins (1926–1933)
Carl Snavely (1934–1935)
Raymond Wolf (1936–1941)
Jim Tatum (1942)
Tom Young (1943)
Gene McEver (1944)
Carl Snavely (1945–1952)
George T. Barclay (1953–1955)
Jim Tatum (1956–1958)
Jim Hickey (1959–1966)
Bill Dooley (1967–1977)
Dick Crum (1978–1987)
Mack Brown (1988–1997)
Carl Torbush (1998–2000)
John Bunting (2001–2006)
Butch Davis (2007–2010)
Everett Withers # (2011)
Larry Fedora (2012– )

Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.

Auburn Tigers head football coaches

George Petrie (1891–1892)
D. M. Balliet (1892)
G. H. Harvey (1893)
F. M. Hall (1894)
John Heisman (1895–1899)
Billy Watkins (1900–1901)
Robert S. Kent (1902)
M. H. Harvey (1902)
Willis Bates (1903)
Mike Donahue (1904–1906)
Willis Kienholz (1907)
Mike Donahue (1908–1922)
Boozer Pitts (1923–1924)
Dave Morey (1925–1927)
Boozer Pitts (1927)
George Bohler (1928–1929)
Johnny Floyd (1929)
Chet A. Wynne (1930–1933)
Jack Meagher (1934–1942)
No team (1943)
Carl M. Voyles (1944–1947)
Earl Brown (1948–1950)
Ralph Jordan (1951–1975)
Doug Barfield (1976–1980)
Pat Dye (1981–1992)
Terry Bowden (1993–1998)
Bill Oliver # (1998)
Tommy Tuberville (1999–2008)
Gene Chizik (2009– )

Pound sign (#) denotes interim coach.

Washington State Cougars head football coaches

William Goodyear (1894)
Fred Waite (1895)
David Brodie (1896)
Robert Galley (1897)
Frank Shively (1898–1899)
William Allen (1900)
William Namack (1901)
William Allen (1902)
James N. Ashmore (1903)
Everett Sweeley (1904–1905)
John R. Bender (1906–1907)
Walter Rheinschild (1908)
Willis Kienholz (1909)
Oscar Osthoff (1910–1911)
John R. Bender (1912–1914)
William Henry Dietz (1915–1917)
No team (1918)
Gus Welch (1919–1922)
Albert Exendine (1923–1925)
Babe Hollingbery (1926–1942)
No team (1943–1944)
Phil Sarboe (1945–1949)
Forest Evashevski (1950–1951)
Al Kircher (1952–1955)
Jim Sutherland (1956–1963)
Bert Clark (1964–1967)
Jim Sweeney (1968–1975)
Jackie Sherrill (1976)
Warren Powers (1977)
Jim Walden (1978–1988)
Dennis Erickson (1987–1988)
Mike Price (1989–2002)
Bill Doba (2003–2007)
Paul Wulff (2008–2011)
Mike Leach (2012– )

Persondata
Name	Kienholz, Willis
Alternative names	Kienholz, William S.
Short description	American football player and coach
Date of birth	October 22, 1875
Place of birth	Kasson, Minnesota
Date of death	September 20, 1958
Place of death	Seattle, Washington

Willis Kienholz

Contents

Coaching career

Head coaching record

References

External links