Lester Barnard
Biographical details
Born
(1894-10-25)October 25, 1894
Rogersville, Missouri, U.S.
Died
June 1, 1985(1985-06-01) (aged 90)
Orange County, California, U.S.
Playing career
Football
1913–1916
1918
1919
Basketball
1913–1917
Position(s)
End (football)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1920–1921
1922–1923
1924–1925
1928–1957
Basketball
1920–1922
1922–1924
1924–1926
Baseball
1924
Head coaching record
Overall
22–7–6 (college football)
22–37 (college basketball)
Lester Smith Barnard (October 25, 1894 – June 1, 1985) was an American football, basketball, baseball, and track coach. He served as the head football coach at West Tennessee Normal State School—now known as the University of Memphis—from 1922 to 1923 and Central Michigan University from 1924 to 1925, compiling a career college football coaching record of 22–7–6. Barnard was also the head basketball coach at West Tennessee from 1922 to 1924 and Central Michigan from 1924 to 1926, tallying a career college basketball mark of 22–37. He was a twin brother of Chester S. Barnard.[1] In 1985, he died at the age of 90 in California.[2]
Year
Team
Overall
Conference
Standing
Bowl/playoffs
West Tennessee State Normal (Independent) (1922)
5–2–3
6–3
West Tennessee State Normal:
11–5–3
Central Michigan Normalites/Dragons (Independent) (1924–1925)
7–1
4–1–3
Central Michigan:
11–2–3
Total:
22–7–6
# denotes interim head coach
# denotes interim head coach
# denotes interim head coach
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