Edward Mylin
Biographical details
Born
(1894-10-23)October 23, 1894
Leaman Place, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died
June 19, 1975(1975-06-19) (aged 80)
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Playing career
Football
1910s
Position(s)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1919
early 1920s
Iowa State (assistant)
1923–1933
1934–1936
1937–1942
1945
1946
1947–1949
Basketball
1923–1934
Baseball
1935–1937
Head coaching record
Overall
106–99–17 (college football)
93–82 (college basketball)
12–27–1 (college baseball)
Bowls
1–0
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Football
4Middle Three (1937, 1940–1942)
Awards
Football
AFCA Coach of the Year (1937)
College Football Hall of Fame
Inducted in 1974 (profile)
Edward Everett "Hook" Mylin (October 23, 1894 – June 19, 1975) was an American football player and coach of football, basketball, and baseball. He served as the head coach at Lebanon Valley College from 1923 to 1933, Bucknell University from 1934 to 1936, Lafayette College from 1937 to 1942 and again in 1946, and New York University (NYU) from 1947 to 1949. Mylin was also the head basketball coach at Lebanon Valley from 1923 to 1934 and the head baseball coach at Bucknell from 1935 to 1937. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 1974.
Mylin attended Franklin & Marshall College, where he played football as a quarterback and was a member of the Chi Phi Fraternity before graduating in 1916. He served as a lieutenant in the United States Army during World War I and was wounded in France.[1]
Year
Team
Overall
Conference
Standing
Bowl/playoffs
AP#
Lebanon Valley Flying Dutchmen (Independent) (1923–1933)
Lebanon Valley
4–4–1
Lebanon Valley
5–2–2
Lebanon Valley
2–3–3
Lebanon Valley
4–4
Lebanon Valley
2–5–1
Lebanon Valley
2–5–2
Lebanon Valley
2–6–1
Lebanon Valley
4–6
Lebanon Valley
4–4
Lebanon Valley
4–4
Lebanon Valley
5–2–2
Lebanon Valley:
38–45–12
Bucknell Bison (Independent) (1934–1936)
7–2–2
W Orange
6–3
4–4–1
Bucknell:
17–9–3
Lafayette Leopards (Middle Three Conference) (1937–1942)
8–0
2–0
1st
5–3
1–1
2nd
4–5
1–1
2nd
9–0
2–0
1st
19
5–4
2–0
1st
3–5–1
1–0–1
T–1st
Camp Lee Travellers (Independent) (1945)
7–4
Camp Lee:
7–4
2–7
1–1
2nd
Lafayette:
36–24–1
10–3–1
NYU Violets (Independent) (1947–1949)
2–5–1
NYU
3–6
NYU
3–6
NYU:
8–17–1
Total:
106–99–17
National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth
.
# denotes interim head coach
