David L. Holmes (coach)
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1887 Carlton, Kansas, U.S. |
| Died | June 19, 1960 Detroit, Michigan, U.S. |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1908–1911 | Bethel (KY) |
| 1912–1913 | Oklahoma Tech |
| 1918–1928 | Detroit Junior/City College |
| Basketball | |
| 1908–1912 | Bethel (KY) |
| 1914–1917 | Cass Technical HS (MI) |
| 1917–1929 | Detroit Junior/City College |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1908–1912 | Bethel (KY) |
| 1912–1914 | Oklahoma Tech |
| 1914–1917 | Cass Technical HS (MI) |
| 1917–1958 | Detroit Junior/City College / Wayne / Wayne State (MI) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 129–66 (college basketball) 50–47 (college outdoor track and field) 38–38 (college indoor track and field) 99–53 (college cross country) |
David Lynn Holmes (1887 – June 19, 1960) was an American college sports coach and athletics administrator. Over a 41-year period, he coached football, basketball, track and field, and cross country at Wayne State University in Detroit.
Holmes was born in Carlton, Kansas. He attended school in Oklahoma, and graduated from Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College—now known as Oklahoma State University—in 1908.[1] He later earned a master's degree from Columbia University.[2]
Holmes began his coaching career in 1908 at Bethel College in Russellville, Kentucky. There he served as physical director for four years, and coached football and basketball. He returned to his home state in 1912 when he was appointed head of the athletic department at the Oklahoma Institute of Technology—now known as Northern Oklahoma College—in Tonkawa.[3] Two years later, he was hired as the physical director at Cass Technical High School in Detroit.[4] Holmes married Hazel Jean Madden, on June 16, 1917.[5]
Holmes died of a heart attack, on June 19, 1960, at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit.[2] He was inducted into the Michigan Sports Hall of Fame in 1975.[6] Holmes' son, David L. Holmes (1932–2023), was a church historian and longtime professor at the College of William & Mary.[7]
Head coaching record
[edit]College football
[edit]| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Junior College / Detroit City College Tartars (Independent) (1918–1926) | |||||||||
| 1918 | Detroit Junior College | 4–0 | |||||||
| 1919 | Detroit Junior College | 3–5 | |||||||
| 1920 | Detroit Junior College | 5–1–1 | |||||||
| 1921 | Detroit Junior College | 6–0–2 | |||||||
| 1922 | Detroit Junior College | 2–3–2 | |||||||
| 1923 | Detroit City College | 4–3–1 | |||||||
| 1924 | Detroit City College | 2–5 | |||||||
| 1925 | Detroit City College | 4–3–1 | |||||||
| 1926 | Detroit City College | 2–4–1 | |||||||
| Detroit City College Tartars (Michigan Collegiate Conference) (1927–1928) | |||||||||
| 1927 | Detroit City College | 2–6 | 0–3 | 4th | |||||
| 1928 | Detroit City College | 2–5–1 | 0–3 | 4th | |||||
| Detroit City College: | 36–35–9 | 0–6 | |||||||
| Total: | |||||||||
References
[edit]- ^ "A. & M. Commencement 1908". The People's Press. Perkins, Oklahoma. May 28, 1908. p. 2. Retrieved March 18, 2025 – via Newspapers.com
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- ^ a b "Coaching Great As WSU Dies". Detroit Free Press. Detroit, Michigan. June 19, 1960. p. 37. Retrieved March 18, 2025 – via Newspapers.com .
- ^ "New Physical Director". The Tonkawa News. Tonkawa, Oklahoma. September 5, 1912. p. 1. Retrieved March 18, 2025 – via Newspapers.com .
- ^ "Coach Holmes, Basketball Mentor At Cass Tech Is The Very Essence Of "Pep"". Detroit Free Press. Detroit, Michigan. December 24, 1914. p. 9. Retrieved March 18, 2025 – via Newspapers.com .
- ^ "Married At Detroit". The Stillwater Democrat. Stillwater, Oklahoma. June 28, 1917. p. 1. Retrieved March 18, 2025 – via Newspapers.com .
- ^ "David Lynn Holmes". Michigan Sports Hall of Fame. Retrieved March 18, 2025.
- ^ "David Lynn Holmes Obituary". Detroit Free Press. Detroit, Michigan. May 13, 2023. Retrieved March 18, 2025 – via Newspapers.com .
- ^ "2023 Official Wayne State Football Media Guide" (PDF). Wayne State University. p. 115. Retrieved March 18, 2025.
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