Karl E. Spear (December 15, 1910 – March 11, 1981) 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 and college athletic administrator. He served as the head football coach at Baker University in

Baldwin City, Kansas Baldwin City is a city in Douglas County, Kansas, United States, about south of Lawrence. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 4,826. The city is home to Baker University, the state's oldest four-year university. History ...

for 17 seasons, from 1946 to 1962, compiling a record of 87–61–4. After working as head coach, Spear resigned to become the

athletic director An athletic director (commonly "athletics director" or "AD") is an administrator at many American clubs or institutions, such as colleges and universities, as well as in larger high schools and middle schools, who oversees the work of coaches and ...

of the school. He also coached other sports at Baker, including many years of success as the head

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coach. Spear died of cancer in 1981.

Head coaching record

Football

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* 1910 births 1981 deaths Baker Wildcats athletic directors Baker Wildcats football coaches College golf coaches in the United States People from Baldwin City, Kansas People from Wellington, Kansas Deaths from cancer in Kansas {{1940s-collegefootball-coach-stub