Harlan Disberry McChesney (June 12, 1895 – March 12, 1954) was an
American football and
basketball coach. He served as the head football coach at Kansas State Normal School—now known as
Emporia State University
Emporia State University (Emporia State or ESU) is a public university in Emporia, Kansas, United States. Established in March 1863 as the Kansas State Normal School, Emporia State is the third-oldest public university in the state of Kansas. Em ...
— in 1918 and at
Lawrence University in
Appleton, Wisconsin from 1920 to 1922, compiling a career
college football
College football (french: Football universitaire) refers to gridiron football played by teams of student athletes. It was through college football play that American football rules first gained popularity in the United States.
Unlike most ...
coaching record of 20–5–1. McChesney was also the head basketball coach at Kansas State Normal for one season, in 1916–17, and at Lawrence from 1920 to 1923, tallying a career
college basketball coaching record of 28–18.
McChesney was a veteran of the
Iowa National Guard.
[''Emporia Weekly Gazette'', February 7, 1918, Emporia, Kansas] He died in Utah of a cerebral hemorrhage 1954.
Head coaching record
Football
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1895 births
1954 deaths
Basketball coaches from Iowa
Emporia State Hornets basketball coaches
Emporia State Hornets football coaches
Lawrence Vikings football coaches
Lawrence Vikings men's basketball coaches
People from Burlington, Iowa
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