Alvin Twitchell
![]() Twitchell (left) pictured in The Banyan 1923, BYU yearbook | |
Biographical details | |
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Born | Beaver, Utah | May 13, 1892
Died | May 10, 1955[1] Pueblo, Colorado | (aged 62)
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1922–1924 | BYU |
1941 | Pueblo Centennial HS (CO) |
Basketball | |
1920–1925 | BYU |
1926–1930 | Colorado College |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 5–13–1 (college football) 100–51 (college basketball) |
Alvin Greenwood Twitchell (May 13, 1892 – May 10, 1955) was an American football and basketball coach. He was the first head football coach at Brigham Young University (BYU), serving from 1922 to 1924 and compiling a record of 5–13–1. Twitchell was also the head basketball coach at BYU from 1920 to 1925 and at Colorado College from 1926 to 1930, amassing a career college basketball mark of 100–51.
Twitchell started his football coaching tenure at BYU in 1922 with a game against Utah Agricultural in Logan, Utah. BYU lost the game 41–3. Twitchell finished the year with a record of 1–5 with the only win coming against the Wyoming. His career record at BYU was 5–13–1.
Head coaching record[]
College football[]
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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BYU Cougars (Rocky Mountain Conference) (1922–1924) | |||||||||
1922 | BYU | 1–5 | 1–5 | 8th | |||||
1923 | BYU | 2–5 | 1–5 | T–8th | |||||
1924 | BYU | 2–3–1 | 1–3–1 | 9th | |||||
BYU: | 5–13–1 | 3–13–1 | |||||||
Total: | 5–13–1 |
References[]
- ^ "Alvin Twitchell". Standard-Examiner. Ogden, Utah. May 12, 1955. Retrieved December 1, 2013.
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Categories:
- 1892 births
- 1955 deaths
- American men's basketball coaches
- Basketball coaches from Utah
- BYU Cougars football coaches
- BYU Cougars men's basketball coaches
- Colorado College Tigers men's basketball coaches
- High school football coaches in Colorado
- People from Beaver, Utah