Harry Kipke

Harry Kipke

Biographical details
Born	(1899-03-26)March 26, 1899 Lansing, Michigan, U.S.
Died	September 14, 1972(1972-09-14) (aged 73) Port Huron, Michigan, U.S.
Playing career
Football
1920–1923	Michigan
Basketball
1921–1924	Michigan
Baseball
1922–1924	Michigan
Position(s)	Halfback, punter (football) Forward, guard (basketball)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1924–1927	Missouri (assistant)
1928	Michigan State
1929–1937	Michigan
Baseball
1925	Missouri
Head coaching record
Overall	49–30–5 (football) 9–8 (baseball)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
As coach: 2 National (1932–1933) 4 Big Ten (1930–1933) As player: National (1923)
Awards
Basketball: All-American, 1924 Football: Walter Camp Man of the Year (1970) Consensus All-American (1922) First-team All-Big Ten (1922)
College Football Hall of Fame Inducted in 1958 (profile)

Harry George Kipke (/ˈkɪp.kiː/; March 26, 1899 – September 14, 1972) was an American football, basketball, and baseball player and coach. He was the head football coach at Michigan State College in 1928 and at the University of Michigan from 1929 to 1937, compiling a career record of 49–30–5. During his nine-year tenure as head coach at Michigan, Kipke's teams compiled a 46–26–4 record, won four conference titles, and captured two national championships in 1932 and 1933. He is one of only three coaches, along with Fielding H. Yost and Bo Schembechler, in Michigan football history to direct teams to four consecutive conference championships. Kipke was also the head baseball coach at the University of Missouri for one season 1925 while he was an assistant football coach at the school. He was inducted into of the College Football Hall of Fame as a player in 1958.