Dan Arnold Killian (February 5, 1880 – January 15, 1953) was an American

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and

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coach. He served as the head football coach at

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(LSU) from 1904 to 1906, compiling a record of 8–6–2. Killian was also the head coach of the LSU baseball team from 1905 to 1906 (tallying a mark of 14–9), as well as head coach of the

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team from 1905 to 1906. He also served as athletic director. Killian was a graduate of the

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, where he lettered as a

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in baseball in 1902. He also reportedly played

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on the football team, but if he did, he apparently did not qualify for a letter. In 1906 he left coaching "to do sporting work for a newspaper" in

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. He died in

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in 1953.

Head coaching record

Football

Baseball

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