Clarence L. Dow
Charles Ladd Thomas (1895 – August 1955) was an American football and basketball coach and professor. He served as the head football coach at Nebraska Wesleyan University from 1925 to 1926, compiling a record of 12–4–2. Dow was also the head basketball coach at Nebraska Wesleyan from 1924 to 1930, tallying a mark of 40–55.
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1895 |
| Died | August 1955 (aged 60) |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1925–1926 | Nebraska Wesleyan |
| Football | |
| 1925–1926 | Nebraska Wesleyan |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 12–4–2 (college football) 40–55 (college basketball) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| Football 1 NCC (1925) | |
A native of Cattaraugus, New York, Dow taught at Clarion State Teachers College—now known as Clarion University of Pennsylvania—before becoming chair of the department of geology and geography at Ohio University. While coaching at Nebraska Wesleyan, he earned a PhD at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. He died in August 1955 of a heart attack while returning from Japan aboard a Japanese ship.[1]
Head coaching record
College football
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nebraska Wesleyan Coyotes (North Central Conference) (1925–1926) | |||||||||
| 1925 | Nebraska Wesleyan | 6–0–2 | 3–0–1 | T–1st | |||||
| 1926 | Nebraska Wesleyan | 6–4 | 0–3 | 8th | |||||
| Nebraska Wesleyan: | 12–4–2 | 3–3–1 | |||||||
| Total: | 12–4–2 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth | |||||||||
References
- "C. L. Dow Dies; Ex-Coach Here". Lincoln Journal Star. Lincoln, Nebraska. August 20, 1955. p. 2. Retrieved April 25, 2019 – via Newspapers.com
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