- Mike Ahearn
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Mike Ahearn 
Sport(s) Football, basketball, baseball, ice hockey Biographical details Born November 28, 1878 Place of birth Rotherham, England Died February 5, 1948 (aged 69) Place of death Manhattan, Kansas Playing career Football
c. 1900
Basketball
1902–1904
Baseball
1898
1901–1904
Massachusetts Agricultural
Massachusetts Agricultural
Massachusetts Agricultural
Massachusetts AgriculturalCoaching career (HC unless noted) Football
1905–1910
Basketball
1906–1911
Baseball
1904–1910
Kansas State
Kansas State
Kansas StateAdministrative career (AD unless noted) 1920–1947 Kansas State Head coaching record Overall 39–12 (football)
28–27 (basketball)
90–35–12 (baseball)Statistics College Football Data Warehouse Accomplishments and honors Championships Football
2 KCAC (1909–1910)Michael Francis Ahearn (November 28, 1878 – February 5, 1948) was an American football, basketball, and baseball player, coach, college athletics administrator, and professor. He served as the tenth head football coach at Kansas State Agricultural College, now Kansas State University, holding the position for six seasons, from 1905 until 1910, and compiling a record of 39–12. His 39 wins are second most in the history of Kansas State Wildcats football, and his winning percentage of .765 is the highest of any coach in program history. Ahearn was also the head basketball coach at Kansas State from 1906 to 1911, tallying a mark of 28–27, and the head baseball coach at the school from 1904 to 1910, amassing a record of 90–35–12. From 1920 until 1947, he was the athletic director at Kansas State, during which time the school built Memorial Stadium, the Wildcats home football venue from 1922 until 1967.
Ahearn was born on November 28, 1878 in Rotherham, England. He attended Massachusetts Agricultural College, now the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where he lettered in football, basketball, baseball, and ice hockey.[1] Over the years, he served Kansas State in a variety of roles that included coach, professor, head of the Department of Physical Education, and Director of Athletics. Ahearn died on February 5, 1948 in Manhattan, Kansas.[2] Kansas State honored his memory in 1950 with the opening of Ahearn Field House, which currently houses the school's volleyball and indoor track and field teams, and was home to the men's and women's basketball teams until 1988.
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Head coaching record
Football
Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs Kansas State Wildcats (Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference) (1905–1910) 1905 Kansas State 6–2 1906 Kansas State 5–2 1907 Kansas State 5–3 1908 Kansas State 6–2 1909 Kansas State 7–2 1st 1910 Kansas State 10–1 1st Kansas State: 39–12 Total: 39–12 References
- ^ AP (September 19, 1944). "Gardner May Be New K-State Man; Mike Ahearn Is Nearing End of K-State Athletic Trail". Lawrence Journal-World. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ZA1GAAAAIBAJ&sjid=wucMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4624,1400990. Retrieved March 29, 2011.
- ^ AP (February 6, 1948). "Michael Ahearn Dies in Kansas". The Tuscaloosa News. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=5Nc-AAAAIBAJ&sjid=40wMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4509,2323630. Retrieved March 29, 2011.
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Kansas State Wildcats head baseball coaches H. W. Wagner (1897) • Unknown (1898–1903) • Mike Ahearn (1904–1910) • Unknown (1911) • Guy Lowman (1912–1915) • Unknown (1916–1917) • No team (1918) • Zora G. Clevenger (1919–1921) • E. C. Curtiss (1922–1924) • Charles Corsaut (1925–1934) • Wesley Fry (1935–1938) • Charles Corsaut (1939) • Frank Myers & Dougal Russell (1940) • Chili Cochrane (1941–1942) • No team (1943–1945) • Chili Cochrane (1946) • Lud Fiser (1947–1948) • Fritz Knorr (1949–1950) • Ray Wauthier (1951–1964) • Bob Brasher (1965–1972) • Phil Wilson (1973–1977) • David Baker (1978–1983) • Bill Hickey (1984) • Gary Vaught (1985–1986) • Mike Clark (1987–2003) • Brad Hill (2004– )
Kansas State Wildcats head football coaches Ira Pratt (1896) • Jub Ehrsam (1897) • Billy P. Williamson (1898) • Albert Hansen (1899) • Fay Moulton (1900) • Wade Moore (1901) • Cyrus E. Dietz (1902) • G. O. Dietz (1903) • Reuben F. Booth (1904) • Mike Ahearn (1905–1910) • Guy Lowman (1911–1914) • John R. Bender (1915) • Zora G. Clevenger (1916–1919) • Charlie Bachman (1920–1927) • Bo McMillin (1928–1933) • Pappy Waldorf (1934) • Wesley Fry (1935–1939) • Hobbs Adams (1940–1941) • Ward Haylett (1942–1944) • Lud Fiser (1945) • Hobbs Adams (1946) • Sam Francis (1947) • Ralph Graham (1948–1950) • Bill Meek (1951–1954) • Bus Mertes (1955–1959) • Doug Weaver (1960–1966) • Vince Gibson (1967–1974) • Ellis Rainsberger (1975–1977) • Jim Dickey (1978–1985) • Stan Parrish (1986–1988) • Bill Snyder (1989–2005) • Ron Prince (2006–2008) • Bill Snyder (2009– )
Kansas State Wildcats men's basketball head coaches C. W. Melick (1905–1906) • Mike Ahearn (1906–1911) • Guy Lowman (1911–1914) • Carl J. Merner (1914–1916) • Zora G. Clevenger (1916–1920) • E. A. Knoth (1920–1921) • E. C. Curtis (1921–1923) • Charlie Corsaut (1923–1933) • Frank Root (1933–1939) • Jack Gardner (1939–1942) • Chili Cochrane (1942–1943) • Cliff Rock (1943–1944) • Fitz Knorr (1944–1946) • Jack Gardner (1946–1953) • Tex Winter (1953–1968) • Cotton Fitzsimmons (1968–1970) • Jack Hartman (1970–1986) • Lon Kruger (1986–1990) • Dana Altman (1990–1994) • Tom Asbury (1994–2000) • Jim Wooldridge (2000–2006) • Bob Huggins (2006–2007) • Frank Martin (2007– )
Kansas State Wildcats athletic directors Zora G. Clevenger (1916–1920) • Mike Ahearn (1920–1947) • Thurlo McCrady (1947–1951) • Larry "Moon" Mullins (1951–1956) • H. B. "Bebe" Lee (1956–1969) • Ernie Barrett (1969–1975) • John "Jersey" Jermier (1976–1977) • DeLoss Dodds (1978–1981) • Dick Towers (1981–1985) • Larry Travis (1985–1988) • Steve Miller (1988–1992) • Milt Richards (1992–1993) • Max Urick (1993–2001) • Tim Weiser (2001–2008) • Bob Krause (2008–2009) • John Currie (2009– )
Categories:- 1878 births
- 1948 deaths
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- Kansas State Wildcats baseball coaches
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- Kansas State University faculty
- UMass Minutemen baseball players
- UMass Minutemen basketball players
- UMass Minutemen football players
- UMass Minutemen men's ice hockey players
- People from Rotherham
- College football coaches first appointed in the 1900s stubs
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