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DeutschDon Karnes
 Karnes pictured in The Index 1926, Illinois State yearbook | |
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | September 28, 1902 Fairbury, Illinois, U.S. |
| Died | April 23, 1982 (aged 79) Fairbury, Illinois, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| Basketball | |
| 1923–1925 | Illinois |
| Position(s) | Forward |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1925–1926 | Illinois State |
| Basketball | |
| 1925–1926 | Illinois State |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 5–10 (football) 9–20 (basketball) |
Thomas Donald Karnes (September 28, 1902 – April 23, 1982) was an American football and basketball coach. He was the tenth head football coach at Illinois State Normal University—now known as Illinois State University—in Normal, Illinois, serving for two seasons, from 1925 to 1926, and compiling a record of 5–10. [1] Karnes was also the head basketball coach at Illinois State from 1925 to 1927, tallying a mark of 9–20.
In 1955, he immigrated to Brazil.
Head coaching record
[edit]Football
[edit]| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Illinois State Redbirds (Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (1925–1926) | |||||||||
| 1925 | Illinois State | 1–6 | 1–6 | 19th | |||||
| 1926 | Illinois State | 4–4 | 4–4 | T–10th | |||||
| Illinois State: | 5–10 | 5–10 | |||||||
| Total: | 5–10 | ||||||||
References
[edit]- ^ Illinois State Coaching Records Archived November 26, 2005, at the Wayback Machine