| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1888-03-03)March 3, 1888 Kendall County, Illinois, U.S. |
| Died | June 3, 1983(1983-06-03) (aged 95) Denver, Colorado, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1912 | Indiana |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1916 | East Aurora HS (IL) |
| 1919–1921 | Lincoln HS (NE) |
| 1922–1925 | Colorado College |
| 1927–1928 | Northern Normal |
| 1930–1934 | Western State (CO) |
| Basketball | |
| 1922–1926 | Colorado College |
| 1927–1929 | Northern Normal |
| 1930–1934 | Western State (CO) |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1922–1925 | Colorado College |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 25–47–6 (college football) 93–59 (college basketball) |
Telfer Lamar Mead (March 3, 1888 – June 3, 1983) was an American football and basketball coach and college athletics administrator.[1] He served as the head football coach at Colorado College from 1922 to 1925, Northern Normal and Industrial School—now known as Northern State University—in Aberdeen, South Dakota from 1927 to 1928, and Western State College of Colorado—now known as Western Colorado University—in Gunnison, Colorado from 1930 to 1934, compiling a career college football coaching record of 25–47–6. He was also the head basketball coach at Colorado College from 1922 to 1926, Northern Normal and Industrial from 1927 to 1929, and Western State from 1930 to 1934, tallying a career college basketball coaching mark of 93–59.[2][3]
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colorado College Tigers (Rocky Mountain Conference) (1922–1925) | |||||||||
| 1922 | Colorado College | 3–3–1 | 2–3–1 | 5th | |||||
| 1923 | Colorado College | 6–1–1 | 5–1–1 | T–2nd | |||||
| 1924 | Colorado College | 5–3 | 4–3 | 5th | |||||
| 1925 | Colorado College | 5–4–1 | 4–4 | T–6th | |||||
| Colorado College: | 19–11–3 | 15–11–2 | |||||||
| Northern Normal Wolves (South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference) (1927–1928) | |||||||||
| 1927 | Northern Normal | 0–7–2 | 0–4–2 | 10th | |||||
| 1928 | Northern Normal | 2–2–1 | 2–2–1 | T–7th | |||||
| Northern Normal: | 2–9–3 | 2–6–3 | |||||||
| Western State Mountaineers (Rocky Mountain Conference) (1930–1934) | |||||||||
| 1930 | Western State | 0–6 | 0–5 | 12th | |||||
| 1931 | Western State | 1–6 | 1–5 | 10th | |||||
| 1932 | Western State | 1–5 | 0–5 | 12th | |||||
| 1933 | Western State | 0–5 | 0–5 | 12th | |||||
| 1934 | Western State | 2–5 | 0–3 | 11th | |||||
| Western State: | 4–27 | 1–23 | |||||||
| Total: | 25–47–6 | ||||||||
