James Edward Mentis (December 25, 1925 – December 24, 2012) 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 ...

and

wrestling Wrestling is a series of combat sports involving grappling-type techniques such as clinch fighting, throws and takedowns, joint locks, pins and other grappling holds. Wrestling techniques have been incorporated into martial arts, combat ...

and coach. He served as the head football coach at Southwest Missouri State University–now known as

Missouri State University Missouri State University (MSU or MO State), formerly Southwest Missouri State University, is a public university in Springfield, Missouri. Founded in 1905 as the Fourth District Normal School, it is the state's second largest university by enr ...

–from 1965 to 1968, compiling a record of 20–21. Mentis was also the school's wrestling coach from 1961 to 1962.

Head coaching record

College football

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mentis, James 1925 births 2012 deaths American football ends American football tackles Missouri State Bears football coaches Missouri State Bears football players College wrestling coaches in the United States High school football coaches in Missouri People from Mount Vernon, Ohio Players of American football from Ohio