Earl Killian
Biographical details | |
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Born | August 3, 1920 |
Died | September 21, 2022 | (aged 102)
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Soccer | |
1951 | Towson |
Basketball | |
1958–1963 | Towson |
Baseball | |
1957–1973 | Towson |
Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
1969 | Towson |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 5–4 (soccer) 9–76 (basketball) 97–92–2 (baseball) |
Earl Willard Killian (August 3, 1920 – September 21, 2022) was an American college sports head coach and athletic director. He coached Towson University's men's soccer, men's basketball, and baseball teams. He was the first head coach of all three teams.
As of November 2016, Killian was living in Daytona Beach, Florida,[1] and he turned 100 in August 2020.[2] He died on September 21, 2022, at the age of 102.[3]
Head coaching record
[edit]Soccer
[edit]Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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Towson Tigers (Mason–Dixon Conference) (1951) | |||||||||
1951 | Towson | 5–4 | |||||||
Towson: | 5–4 (.556) | ||||||||
Total: | 5–4 (.556) |
Basketball
[edit]Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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Towson Tigers (Mason–Dixon Conference) (1958–1963) | |||||||||
1958–59 | Towson | 1–17 | |||||||
1959–60 | Towson | 3–17 | |||||||
1960–61 | Towson | 3–12 | |||||||
1961–62 | Towson | 1–15 | |||||||
1962–63 | Towson | 1–15 | |||||||
Towson: | 9–76 (.106) | ||||||||
Total: | 9–76 (.106) |
Baseball
[edit]Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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Towson Tigers (Mason–Dixon Conference) (1957–1973) | |||||||||
1957 | Towson | 3–11 | |||||||
1958 | Towson | 5–8 | |||||||
1959 | Towson | 7–7 | |||||||
1960 | Towson | 6–7 | |||||||
1961–1964 | Towson | Results not available | |||||||
1965 | Towson | 8–4 | |||||||
1966 | Towson | 9–5 | |||||||
1967 | Towson | 9–5 | |||||||
1968 | Towson | 11–3 | |||||||
1969 | Towson | 9–4 | |||||||
1970 | Towson | 12–7 | |||||||
1971 | Towson | 9–9 | |||||||
1972 | Towson | 4–12 | |||||||
1973 | Towson | 5–10–2 | |||||||
Towson: | 97–92–2 (.513) | ||||||||
Total: | 97–92–2 (.513) |
References
[edit]- ^ Willis, Ken (March 15, 2013). "At 92, Earl is still an ace". The Daytona Beach News-Journal. Daytona Beach, Florida. Retrieved December 5, 2016.
- ^ Daytona Beach Shores man about town celebrates 100th birthday
- ^ "Earl Killian Obituary - Port Orange, FL". dignitymemorial.com. Retrieved October 6, 2022.