Gwinn Henry

Gwinn Henry
Sport(s)	Football
Biographical details
Born	1877
Died	1955
Playing career
1908	Southwestern (TX)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1912–1913 1918–1922 1923–1931 1933 1934–1936 1939–1942	Howard Payne Emporia Missouri St. Louis Gunners New Mexico Kansas
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1938–1942	Kansas
Head coaching record
Overall	107–77–12 (college) 11–2–3 (pro)
Bowls	0–1
Statistics College Football Data Warehouse
Accomplishments and honors
Championships 3 MVIAA (1924–1925, 1927)

Gwinn Henry (1877–1955) was an American football player, track athlete, coach, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head coach at Howard Payne University (1912–1913), the College of Emporia (1918–1922), the University of Missouri (1923–1931), the University of New Mexico (1934–1936), and the University of Kansas (1939–1942), compiling a career college football record of 107–77–12. Henry was also the head coach of the St. Louis Gunners, an independent professional football team, in 1933.

Coaching career

Howard Payne

Henry was the first head football coach at the Howard Payne University in Brownwood, Texas and he held that position for two seasons, from 1912 until 1913. His coaching record at Howard Payne was 5–7–3. As of the conclusion of the 2007 season, this ranks him 18th at Howard Payne in total wins and tenth at Howard Payne in winning percentage (.433).

Missouri

Henry was head coach of the University of Missouri from 1923 to 1931. During his tenure, he compiled a 40–28–9 (.578) record. Henry holds the distinction of having coached in the only college football game played on Christmas Day. On December 25, 1924, he led Missouri against USC at the Los Angeles Christmas Festival, losing by a score of 20–7.

Other schools

Henry also coached at the University of Kansas, University of New Mexico, and the College of Emporia.

Family

Henry is the grandfather of collegiate track and field coach Pat Henry.

Head coaching record

Football

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
Howard Payne Yellow Jackets (Independent) (1912–1913)
1912	Howard Payne	2–3–1
1913	Howard Payne	3–4–2
Howard Payne:		5–7–3
College of Emporia Fighting Presbies () (1918–1922)
1918	Emporia	6–0
1919	Emporia	8–0
1920	Emporia
1921	Emporia
1922	Emporia
Emporia:		37–3
Missouri Tigers (Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1923–1931)
1923	Missouri	2–3–3	1–3–2	6th
1924	Missouri	7–2	5–1	1st	L Los Angeles Christmas Festival
1925	Missouri	6–1–1	5–1	1st
1926	Missouri	5–1–2	3–1–1	T–3rd
1927	Missouri	7–2	5–1	1st
1928	Missouri	4–4	3–2	T–2nd
1929	Missouri	5–2–1	3–1–1	2nd
1930	Missouri	2–5–2	1–2–2	5th
1931	Missouri	2–8	1–4	T–5th
Missouri:		40–28–9	27–16–6
New Mexico Lobos (Border Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1934–1936)
1934	New Mexico	8–1	3–1	2nd
1935	New Mexico	6–4	3–2	3rd
1936	New Mexico	2–7	1–4	7th
New Mexico:		16–12	7–7
Kansas Jayhawks (Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1939–1942)
1939	Kansas	2–6	1–4	T–4th
1940	Kansas	2–7	0–5	6th
1941	Kansas	3–6	2–3	4th
1942	Kansas	2–8	1–4	T–5th
Kansas:		9–27	4–16
Total:		61–53–10
National championship         Conference title         Conference division title

External links

• Kansas Sports Hall of Fame profile
• Missouri Hall of Fame profile
• Gwinn Henry at the College Football Data Warehouse