| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1889-09-05)September 5, 1889 Duluth, Minnesota, U.S. |
| Died | November 8, 1973(1973-11-08) (aged 84) Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1914 | Springfield YMCA |
| Position(s) | Tackle |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1915–1916 | Middlebury |
| Basketball | |
| 1917–1918 | Lawrence |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 8–6–3 (football) 4–2 (basketball) |
Edwin Noyes Holmes (September 5, 1889 – November 8, 1973) was an Americancollege football andcollege basketball coach and educator. He served as the head football coach atMiddlebury College inMiddlebury, Vermont from 1915 to 1916, compiling a record of 8–6–3. Holmes was also the head basketball coach at Lawrence College—now known asLawrence University—inAppleton, Wisconsin for one season, in 1917–18, tallying a mark of 4–2.[1]
Holmes graduated from theUniversity of Sioux Falls and coached football for two years atWilliam Jewell College inLiberty, Missouri. He played football in 1914 as atackle at the International YMCA College—now known asSpringfield College—inSpringfield, Massachusetts, where took a three-year course in physical education. Holmes was hired as physical director at Middlebury in 1915, succeedingRay Fisher.[2] In 1917, he was hired at Lawrence College to succeedMark Catlin Sr. as coach.[3] In 1918, Holmes was appointed asathletic director for military training camps in the vicinity ofAustin, Texas.[4]
A native ofMinneapolis, Holmes moved toTulsa, Oklahoma, fromMuskogee, Oklahoma, in 1920. There he was the owner of the Tulsa Monument Company, until retiring in 1956, and a member of the board of directors of the Morris Plan Bank and Security Federal Savings & Loan Association. Holmes died on November 8, 1973, of an apparent heart attack.[5]
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Middlebury(Independent)(1915–1916) | |||||||||
| 1915 | Middlebury | 3–4–2 | |||||||
| 1916 | Middlebury | 5–2–1 | |||||||
| Middlebury: | 8–6–3 | ||||||||
| Total: | 8–6–3 | ||||||||
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