Merlin A. Ditmer
American football and basketball coach (1886–1950)
Biographical details | |
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Born | (1886-04-09)April 9, 1886 Potsdam, Ohio, U.S. |
Died | March 10, 1950(1950-03-10) (aged 63) Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S. |
Alma mater | Otterbein |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1920–1926 | Otterbein |
1927–1940 | Miami (OH) (assistant) |
Basketball | |
1920–1925 | Otterbein |
1927–1941 | Miami (OH) (assistant) |
Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
1941–1948 | Miami (OH) |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 13–37–4 (football) 6–25 (basketball) |
Merlin Ammon Ditmer (April 9, 1886 – March 10, 1950) was an American football and basketball coach. He served as the head football coach (1920–1926) and head men's basketball coach (1920–1925) at Otterbein University in Westerville, Ohio.[1] Ditmer moved to Oxford, Ohio to work an assistant football and basketball coach at Miami University before serving as the school's athletic director from 1941 to 1948.[2]
Head coaching record
Football
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Otterbein Cardinals (Independent) (1920) | |||||||||
1920 | Otterbein | 1–7 | |||||||
Otterbein Cardinals (Ohio Athletic Conference) (1921–1926) | |||||||||
1921 | Otterbein | 1–5–2 | 1–3–2 | 13th | |||||
1922 | Otterbein | 2–6 | 2–6 | 15th | |||||
1923 | Otterbein | 5–3 | 4–3 | 6th | |||||
1924 | Otterbein | 2–5 | 2–5 | T–15th | |||||
1925 | Otterbein | 0–6–2 | 0–5–1 | 20th | |||||
1926 | Otterbein | 2–5 | 1–5 | 18th | |||||
Otterbein: | 13–37–4 | 10–27–3 | |||||||
Total: | 13–31–4 |
References
- ^ "Men's Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). Otterbein Cardinals men's basketball. Retrieved December 6, 2018.
- ^ "Merlin Detmer". Miami of Ohio. Retrieved December 6, 2018.
External links
- Merlin A. Ditmer at Find a Grave
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Otterbein Cardinals head football coaches
- Abraham L. Artz (1891)
- No coach (1892)
- Carl Semple (1893)
- Holly Farrar (1894)
- Ernest Barnard (1895)
- Charles H. Pillsbury (1897)
- No coach (1898–1899)
- John Harrison Flowers (1900)
- Edward C. Wainright (1901–1902)
- Hersey R. Keene (1903–1904)
- Emory O. Beane (1905)
- John Emanuel Kalmbach (1906)
- Edward A. Werner (1907–1908)
- Albert Exendine (1909–1911)
- William Jennings Gardner (1912)
- Royal F. Martin (1913–1915)
- Harold Iddings (1916)
- Frank Gorton (1917)
- Harry P. Swain (1918)
- Ray E. Watts (1919)
- Merlin A. Ditmer (1920–1926)
- Alfred B. Sears (1927–1928)
- Deke Edler (1929–1934)
- Harry W. Ewing (1935–1938)
- Sam T. Selby (1939–1941)
- Harry W. Ewing (1942–1945)
- George Novotny (1946–1950)
- Harry W. Ewing (1951–1954)
- Bob Agler (1955–1965)
- Larry Lintner (1966–1969)
- Bob Agler (1970–1974)
- Rich Seils (1975–1984)
- Bob Shaw (1985–1987)
- Mark Asher (1988–1990)
- John Hussey (1991–1994)
- Wally Hood (1995–2000)
- Paul Alt (2001–2002)
- Joe Loth (2003–2011)
- Tim Doup (2012–2022)
- Tommy Zagorski (2023)
- Jake Schaefer # (2024– )
# denotes interim head coach