Horace Casad Botsford Sr. (November 28, 1877 – March 26, 1948) was an

American football American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team with ...

coach.

Coaching career

College of Emporia

Botsford was the first head coach at the

College of Emporia The College of Emporia was a private college in Emporia, Kansas from 1882 to 1974, and was associated with the Presbyterian church. When founded, it was one of two higher education institutions in the city of Emporia, the other at that time was t ...

Emporia, Kansas Emporia is a city in and the county seat of Lyon County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 24,139. Emporia lies between Topeka and Wichita at the intersection of U.S. Route 50 with Interstates 335 ...

. He held the post for the 1901 season only and posted a record of 4–3. The school played 11 seasons without an official coach before Botsford was hired.

Kansas State Normal

After one year at College of Emporia, Botsford moved across town to become the third head 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 ...

. He held that position for two seasons, from 1902 until 1903. His coaching record at Kansas State Normal was 7–10–3.Emporia State University
Football Media Guide, 2007

References

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