Biographical details | |
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Born | (1927-04-05)April 5, 1927 Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Died | July 22, 2009(2009-07-22) (aged 82) Brunswick, Maine, U.S. |
Alma mater | Gettysburg College (1951) Columbia University (1957) |
Playing career | |
Football | |
1947–1950 | Gettysburg |
Wrestling | |
1947–1950 | Gettysburg |
Position(s) | Tackle (football) |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1951 | Gettysburg (assistant) |
1952–1955 | Gettysburg (freshman) |
1956 | Gettysburg (line) |
1957–1961 | Harvard (OG/C) |
1962–1967 | Harvard (DC/DL) |
1968–1983 | Bowdoin |
Swimming | |
1952–1956? | Gettysburg |
Lacrosse | |
1957–1967 | Harvard (freshman) |
1968 | Bowdoin |
1969–? | Bowdoin (JV) |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 55–66 (football) |
James Spencer Lentz (April 5, 1927 – July 22, 2009) was an American college football coach. He was the head football coach for Bowdoin College from 1968 to 1983.
Lentz played college football as a tackleatGettysburg.[1][2] During a game in his freshman season he suffered a broken hand.[3] He also competed in wrestling.[4]
Following Lentz's graduation he served as an assistant coach in 1951 for his alma mater, Gettysburg.[2][5][6] In 1952, he was promoted to a full-time position and was the freshman coach.[2][7][8] In 1952, his freshman team finished the season undefeated.[9] In 1956, he served as the line coach. In 1957, he was hired on the inaugural staff for newly hired Harvard head coach John Yovicsin as the offensive guard and centers coach.[10][11][12] In 1962, he was promoted to defensive coordinator and defensive line coach.[13][14] In 1968, Lentz was hired as the head football coach for Bowdoin.[4][15] He served as the head coach for sixteen years and amassed an overall record of 55–66 and won ten Colby-Bates-Bowdoin Consortiums.[16][17] He resigned following the 1983 season.[16][18]
From 1952 until the late 1950s, Lentz was the swimming coach for Gettysburg.[2][8] He was also the freshman lacrosse coach for Harvard from 1957 to 1967.[4][14] He served one year as the head lacrosse coach for Bowdoin before becoming the junior varsity coach for a number of years.[4][19]
From 1945 to 1947, Lentz served in the United States Army and was stationed in Austria.[9][20]
Lentz was a member of the Phi Gamma Delta.[9]
Lentz died on July 22, 2009, in Brunswick, Maine.[19][20]
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Bowdoin Polar Bears (Maine Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1968–1970) | |||||||||
1968 | Bowdoin | 2–5 | |||||||
1969 | Bowdoin | 3–4 | |||||||
1970 | Bowdoin | 6–1 | |||||||
Bowdoin Polar Bears (New England Small College Athletic Conference) (1971–1983) | |||||||||
1971 | Bowdoin | 3–4 | |||||||
1972 | Bowdoin | 2–5 | |||||||
1973 | Bowdoin | 4–3 | |||||||
1974 | Bowdoin | 3–4 | |||||||
1975 | Bowdoin | 4–3 | |||||||
1976 | Bowdoin | 4–4 | |||||||
1977 | Bowdoin | 4–4 | |||||||
1978 | Bowdoin | 3–5 | |||||||
1979 | Bowdoin | 5–3 | |||||||
1980 | Bowdoin | 5–3 | |||||||
1981 | Bowdoin | 2–6 | |||||||
1982 | Bowdoin | 4–4 | |||||||
1983 | Bowdoin | 1–7 | |||||||
Bowdoin: | 55–66 | ||||||||
Total: | 55–66 |
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