L. F. "Pop" Klein
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Alma mater | Cotner |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1923–1934 | Crete HS (NE) |
| 1935–1942 | Nebraska–Kearney |
| 1945–1958 | Nebraska (assistant) |
| Basketball | |
| 1923–1935 | Crete HS (NE) |
| 1935–1937 | Nebraska–Kearney |
| 1945–1946 | Nebraska |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 42–21–1 (college football) 22–28 (college basketball) 89–19 (high school football) 200–54 (high school basketball) |
Lloyd Frederick "Pop" Klein was a coach of football and basketball at the high school and collegiate levels.
He began his career as a football and basketball at Crete High School where he accumulated an 89–19 record in football and 200–54 in basketball.[1] He won a state basketball championship at Crete in 1928.[2]
Klein then moved on to become the head football coach at the University of Nebraska–Kearney where led them to a 42–21–1 in eight seasons. Klein was also the Nebraska–Kearney head men's basketball coach for two seasons (1935–1937) where he led the teams to a 15–15 record.[3] After that, he became an assistant football coach at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln for 14 seasons.[4] During his first year in Lincoln, he stepped in to be the men's basketball coach for one year due to the head coach being ill. [5]
References
- ^ Ellis, Mark (2007). A Century of Sports at the University of Nebraska at Kearney (1st ed.). ISBN 9780738550640. Retrieved December 25, 2017.
- ^ "L.F. "Pop" Klein". Beatrice Public Schools. Retrieved December 25, 2017.
- ^ "MBB Records - Year by Year record" (PDF). April 10, 2013. Retrieved December 28, 2017.
- ^ "Assistant Football Coaches at Nebraska Since 1926". huskers.com. Retrieved December 25, 2017.
- ^ "NEBRASKA COACHING LEDGER" (pdf). huskers.com. Retrieved December 25, 2017.