 Koehler pictured inThe Hilltop 1915, Marquette yearbook | |
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1880-02-24)February 24, 1880 Norka (Krasnoarmeysky District),Saratov Oblast, Russia |
| Died | August 3, 1961(1961-08-03) (aged 81) West Bend, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1899–1901 | Nebraska |
| Position(s) | Center |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1903 | Chicago (assistant) |
| 1904–1905 | Lawrence |
| 1906–1910 | Denver |
| 1914–1915 | Marquette |
| Basketball | |
| 1905–1906 | Lawrence |
| 1906–1909 | Denver |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 39–29–4 (football) 15–22 (basketball) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| Football 1CFA (1908) | |
John Peter "Deacon"Koehler (February 24, 1880 – August 3, 1961)[1] was an Americancollege football andcollege basketball coach. He served as the head football coach at Lawrence Institute inAppleton, Wisconsin—now known asLawrence University—from 1904 to 1905, at theUniversity of Denver from 1906 to 1910, and atMarquette University from 1914 to 1915, compiling a career college football head coaching record of 39–29–4. Koehler was also the head basketball coach at Lawrence from 1905 to 1906 and at Denver from 1906 to 1909, tallying a career college basketball head coaching record mark of 15–22.
Koehler was the health commissioner ofMilwaukee from 1925 until his retirement in 1940. He died on August 3, 1961, at his home inWest Bend, Wisconsin, after a heart attack.[2]
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lawrence Vikings(Independent)(1904–1905) | |||||||||
| 1904 | Lawrence | 4–2–1 | |||||||
| 1905 | Lawrence | 7–3 | |||||||
| Lawrence: | 11–5–1 | ||||||||
| Denver Ministers(Colorado Football Association)(1906–1908) | |||||||||
| 1906 | Denver | 2–3 | 2–2 | T–2nd | |||||
| 1907 | Denver | 2–6 | 1–3 | 4th | |||||
| 1908 | Denver | 7–1 | 4–0 | T–1st | |||||
| Denver Pioneers(Independent)(1909) | |||||||||
| 1909 | Denver | 7–2 | |||||||
| Denver Pioneers(Rocky Mountain Conference)(1910) | |||||||||
| 1910 | Denver | 4–3–1 | 2–2 | T–3rd | |||||
| Denver: | 22–15–1 | 9–7 | |||||||
| Marquette Blue and Gold(Independent)(1914–1915) | |||||||||
| 1914 | Marquette | 2–7 | |||||||
| 1915 | Marquette | 4–2–2 | |||||||
| Marquette: | 6–9–2 | ||||||||
| Total: | 39–29–4 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth | |||||||||
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