Lewis Yeager

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Lewis A. Yeager
Yeager pictured in The Monticola, West Virginia yearbook
Sport(s)	College football
Current position
Team	West Virginia University
Biographical details
Born	(1878-09-10)September 10, 1878 West Virginia, U.S.
Died	December 10, 1906(1906-12-10) (aged 28) Morgantown, West Virginia
Alma mater	West Virginia
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1899-1902	West Virginia
Head coaching record
Overall	12-9-0 (0.571)
Statistics College Football Data Warehouse

Lewis Armstrong "Lew" Yeager,^[1] first name sometimes spelled Louis, was the seventh head college football coach for the West Virginia University Mountaineers located in Morgantown, West Virginia and he held that position for three seasons, from 1899 until 1902. ^[2] His coaching record at West Virginia was 12 wins, 9 losses, and 0 ties. As of the conclusion of the 2007 season, this ranks him 17th at West Virginia in total wins and 19th at West Virginia in winning percentage (0.571). ^[3]

He died suddenly in 1906 of heart disease.^[4] He is interred at Oak Grove Cemetery in Morgantown.^[5]

References

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↑ College Football Reference West Virginia Football Records
↑ West Virginia Mountaineers football coaching records
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External links

West Virginia University athletics website

West Virginia Mountaineers head football coaches

Frederick Lincoln Emory (1891)
No team (1892)
F. William Rane (1893–1894)
Harry McCrory (1895)
Thomas Trenchard (1896)
George Krebs (1897)
Harry Anderson (1898)
Lewis Yeager (1899)
John Ethan Hill (1900)
Lewis Yeager (1901–1902)
Harry E. Trout (1903)
Anthony Chez (1904)
Carl Forkum (1905–1906)
Clarence W. Russell (1907)
Charles Augustus Lueder (1908–1911)
William P. Edmunds (1912)
Edwin Sweetland (1913)
Sol Metzger (1914–1915)
Mont McIntire (1916–1917)
No team (1918)
Mont McIntire (1919–1920)
Clarence Spears (1921–1924)
Ira Rodgers (1925–1930)
Greasy Neale (1931–1933)
Charles Tallman (1934–1936)
Marshall Glenn (1937–1939)
Bill Kern (1940–1942)
Ira Rodgers (1943–1945)
Bill Kern (1946–1947)
Dudley DeGroot (1948–1949)
Art Lewis (1950–1959)
Gene Corum (1960–1965)
Jim Carlen (1966–1969)
Bobby Bowden (1970–1975)
Frank Cignetti, Sr. (1976–1979)
Don Nehlen (1980–2000)
Rich Rodriguez (2001–2007)
Bill Stewart (2007–2010)
Dana Holgorsen (2011– )

Persondata
Name	Yeager, Louis
Alternative names
Short description	College football coach
Date of birth	1878-09-10
Place of birth	West Virginia, U.S.
Date of death	1906-12-10
Place of death	Morgantown, West Virginia

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