Alexander Brown Mackie

Alexander Brown Mackie (May 1, 1894 – June 5, 1966) was an American college professor, business college founder, and college sports coach.

Alexander Brown Mackie
Biographical details
Born(1894-05-01)May 1, 1894
Gazaam, Pennsylvania
DiedJune 5, 1966(1966-06-05) (aged 72)
Salina, Kansas
Playing career
Football
1913Dickinson Seminary
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1921–1937Kansas Wesleyan
Basketball
1921–1938Kansas Wesleyan
Head coaching record
Overall73–40–13 (football)
113–161 (basketball)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Football
6 KCAC (1927, 1929, 1931, 1934–1936)

Academic contributions

Mackie was the co-founder of Brown Mackie College in Salina, Kansas. He and Perry E. Brown founded the school as a business college, taking what was a part of the Kansas Wesleyan school of business.[1] The school operates today with campuses in many locations across the United States.

Before moving to Salina and Kansas Wesleyan, Mackie was a student at Ohio Wesleyan University in Delaware, Ohio.[2]

Athletics

Playing career

Mackie played football for Dickinson Seminary in Williamsport, Pennsylvania for the 1913 season.[3]

Coaching career

Mackie was the ninth head football coach for Kansas Wesleyan University in Salina, Kansas, serving for 17 seasons, from 1921 to 1937, compiling a record of 73–40–1. [4]

Mackie's 1922 team was considered having "no great strengths" by football legend Walter Camp.[5] As he spent more time with the program, his teams encountered more success. Mackie's teams won the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference championship five times during his tenure.[6] Midway through the 1931 season, his team was one of the few undefeated teams in the country.[7]

Head coaching record
Year Team Overall ConferenceStanding Bowl/playoffs
Kansas Wesleyan Coyotes (Independent) (1921–1923)
1921 Kansas Wesleyan 0–3
1922 Kansas Wesleyan 0–3
1923 Kansas Wesleyan 1–1–1
Kansas Wesleyan Coyotes (Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference) (1924–1937)
1924 Kansas Wesleyan 5–3
1925 Kansas Wesleyan 4–2–1
1926 Kansas Wesleyan 4–4
1927 Kansas Wesleyan 7–0–1
1928 Kansas Wesleyan 5–2–2
1929 Kansas Wesleyan 6–0–2
1930 Kansas Wesleyan 4–3–2
1931 Kansas Wesleyan 5–1–2
1932 Kansas Wesleyan 5–3
1933 Kansas Wesleyan 5–4
1934 Kansas Wesleyan 5–44–1T–1st
1935 Kansas Wesleyan 4–3–14–0–11st
1936 Kansas Wesleyan 7–1–1
1937 Kansas Wesleyan 5–3–1
Kansas Wesleyan: 72–40–14
Total:72–40–14
      National championship         Conference title         Conference division title or championship game berth

References
  1. Brown Mackie College history
  2. Seventy-Second Catalogue of Ohio Wesleyan University 1916
  3. The Dickinson Union October 1913
  4. College Football Data Warehouse Archived October 14, 2012, at the Wayback Machine Kansas Wesleyan Coyotes coaching records
  5. The Official National Collegiate Athletic Association football guide "The official rules book and record book of college football" (edited by Walter Camp) Can Sports Publishing Company, 1922
  6. Kansas Wesleyan University Archived 2006-09-03 at the Wayback Machine Football media guide
  7. The Evening Independent "Only Five Teams Undefeated and Untied" November 30, 1931
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