Harry Mehre
American football head coach
1901 – 1978
Who was Harry Mehre?
Harry J. Mehre was an American football and basketball player and coach. He served as the head football coach at the University of Georgia and the University of Mississippi, compiling a career college football record of 98–60–7. Mehre also served as the head coach of the Minneapolis Marines of the NFL in 1923, tallying a mark of 4–5–2.
Mehre attended the University of Notre Dame and played center on both the football and basketball teams. He graduated in 1922 and played in that year and in 1923 with the Minneapolis Marines, also serving as head coach in 1923. Mehre was also a football line coach and head basketball coach at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota.
In 1924, Mehre came to the University of Georgia as an assistant coach under George Woodruff. Upon Woodruff's retirement, Mehre became head coach and compiled a 59–34–6 record over ten years. He also was Georgia's athletic director. After leaving Georgia, Mehre served as the head coach at the University of Mississippi from 1938 to 1945, compiling a 39–26–1 record there.
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- Born
- Sep 19, 1901
Huntington - Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- University of Notre Dame
- Lived in
- Indiana
- Died
- Sep 27, 1978
Atlanta
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on July 23, 2013
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