Lew Riess

L. W. Riess

Riess cropped from the 1909 Hampden–Sydney football team photo
Biographical details
Born	(1887-10-19)October 19, 1887 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Died	January 4, 1946(1946-01-04) (aged 58) Antwerp, Belgium
Alma mater	Swarthmore College
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1908–1909	Hampden–Sydney
1911	VPI
Basketball
1908–1912	Hampden–Sydney
Baseball
1912	VPI
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1910	VPI
c. 1915	Randolph–Macon
Head coaching record
Overall	14–9–2 (football) 3–6 (basketball) 9–9 (baseball)

Lewis William Riess (October 19, 1887 – January 4, 1946) an American football, basketball, and baseball coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Hampden–Sydney College from 1908 to 1910 and at Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute (VPI)—now known as Virginia Tech—in 1911, compiling a career college football record of 14–9–2. Riess was also the head basketball coach at Hampden–Sydney from 1908 to 1912, amassing a record of 3–6, and the head baseball coach at Virginia Tech in 1912, tally a mark of 9–9. He died of a heart attack in 1946 in Belgium.

Head coaching record

Football

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
Hampden–Sydney Tigers () (1908–1909)
1908	Hampden–Sydney	5–4
1909	Hampden–Sydney	3–4
Hampden–Sydney:		8–8
VPI (South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1911)
1911	VPI	6–1–2	2–0–2
VPI:		6–1–2	2–0–2
Total:		14–9–2