Elmer McDevitt

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Elmer W. McDevitt
Sport(s)	Football
Biographical details
Born	(1887-12-09)December 9, 1887^[1] Cloquet, Minnesota
Died	May 4, 1940(1940-05-04) (aged 52)^[2] St. Louis County, Minnesota
Playing career
1911	Yale
Position(s)	Guard
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1912 1920–1921 1923–1924	Yale (assistant) Northwestern Denver
Head coaching record
Overall	14–15–2
Statistics College Football Data Warehouse

Elmer William McDevitt (December 9, 1887 – May 4, 1940) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Northwestern University from 1920 to 1921 and at the University of Denver from 1923 to 1924, compiling a career college football record of 14–15–2. McDevitt's coaching record at Northwestern was 4–10. This ranks him 20th at Northwestern in total wins and 21st at Northwestern in winning percentage.^[3]

Head coaching record

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
Northwestern Purple (Big Ten Conference) (1920–1921)
1920	Northwestern	3–4	2–3	7th
1921	Northwestern	1–6	0–5	10th
Northwestern:		4–10	2–8
Denver Pioneers (Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference) (1923–1924)
1923	Denver	6–3	4–3	5th
1924	Denver	4–2–2	3–2–2	T–5th
Denver:		10–5–2	7–5–2
Total:		14–15–2

References

External links

Elmer McDevitt at the College Football Data Warehouse

Northwestern Wildcats head football coaches

Paul Noyes (1893)
A. A. Ewing (1894)
Alvin H. Culver (1895–1896)
Jesse Van Doozer (1897)
W. H. Bannard (1898)
Charles M. Hollister (1899–1902)
Walter McCornack (1903–1905)
Alton Johnson (1908)
Bill Horr (1909)
Charles Hammett (1910–1912)
Dennis Grady (1913)
Fred J. Murphy (1914–1918)
Charlie Bachman (1919)
Elmer McDevitt (1920–1921)
Glenn Thistlethwaite (1922–1926)
Dick Hanley (1927–1934)
Pappy Waldorf (1935–1946)
Bob Voigts (1947–1954)
Lou Saban (1955)
Ara Parseghian (1956–1963)
Alex Agase (1964–1972)
John Pont (1973–1977)
Rick Venturi (1978–1980)
Dennis Green (1981–1985)
Francis Peay (1986–1991)
Gary Barnett (1992–1998)
Randy Walker (1999–2005)
Pat Fitzgerald (2006– )

Denver Pioneers head football coaches

No coach (1888–1889)
No team (1890)
No coach (1891–1900)
Leland (1901)
Ben Griffith (1902–1903)
Ora Smith Fowler (1904–1905)
John P. Koehler (1906–1910)
Thomas A. Barry (1911)
Clem Crowley (1912)
Charles Wingender (1913)
Harry G. Buckingham (1914)
John Fike (1915–1918)
George Koonsman (1919)
Fred J. Murphy (1920–1922)
Elmer McDevitt (1923–1924)
Fred Dawson (1925–1928)
Jeff Cravath (1929–1931)
Percy Locey (1932–1935)
Bill Saunders (1936–1938)
Cac Hubbard (1939–1941)
Ellison E. Ketchum (1942)
Mark Duncan (1943)
Cac Hubbard & Adam Esslinger (1944)
Cac Hubbard (1945–1947)
Johnny Baker (1948–1952)
Bob Blackman (1953–1954)
John Roning (1955–1960)

Persondata
Name	McDevitt, Elmer
Alternative names
Short description	American football player and coach
Date of birth	December 9, 1887
Place of birth	Cloquet, Minnesota
Date of death	May 4, 1940
Place of death	St. Louis County, Minnesota

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