Ronald C. Kichline
Ronald Chester Kichline (January 4, 1895 – January 20, 1956) was an American football and basketball coach. He served as the head football coach (1916 1920) and head men's basketball coach (1917-1920) at Mansfield University of Pennsylvania.[1] Kichline spent the 1921–22 academic year serving in the same roles at Juniata College in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania.[2] He spent the final years of his college coaching career as the head football coach his alma mater, Ursinus College in Collegeville, Pennsylvania, from 1925 to 1930. After retiring from college coach, he work in the insurance industry and as a teacher. He was an interim head coach at Reading Senior High School in Reading, Pennsylvania while their regular coach was serving in World War II.[3]
Biographical details | |
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Born | Bangor, Pennsylvania, U.S. | January 4, 1895
Died | January 20, 1956 61) Reading, Pennsylvania, U.S. | (aged
Playing career | |
Football | |
1912–1915 | Ursinus |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1916–1920 | Mansfield |
1921 | Juniata |
1925–1930 | Ursinus |
1942–1944 | Reading HS (PA) (interim HC) |
Basketball | |
1917–1920 | Mansfield |
1921–1922 | Juniata |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 41–54–5 (college football) 28–10 (college basketball) |
Head coaching record
College football
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Mansfield Mountaineers (Independent) (1916–1920) | |||||||||
1916 | Mansfield | 3–4 | |||||||
1917 | Mansfield | 6–4 | |||||||
1918 | Mansfield | 3–1 | |||||||
1919 | Mansfield | 4–4 | |||||||
1920 | Mansfield | 6–2–1 | |||||||
Mansfield: | 22–15–1 | ||||||||
Juniata Indians (Independent) (1921) | |||||||||
1921 | Juniata | 0–8 | |||||||
Juniata: | 0–8 | ||||||||
Ursinus Bears (Independent) (1925–1930) | |||||||||
1925 | Ursinus | 2–6–1 | |||||||
1926 | Ursinus | 1–8 | |||||||
1927 | Ursinus | 5–4 | |||||||
1928 | Ursinus | 3–6 | |||||||
1929 | Ursinus | 2–4–3 | |||||||
1930 | Ursinus | 6–3 | |||||||
Ursinus: | 19–31–4 | ||||||||
Total: | 41–54–5 |
References
- "Men's Basketball Records". Mansfield Mountaineers men's basketball. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
- "Updated Men's Basketball Records" (PDF). Juniata Eagles men's basketball. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
- "Former Coach Dies Of Heart Attack". Lebanon Daily News. January 21, 1956. Retrieved December 30, 2018.