Bob Breitenstein (American football coach) explained

Bob Breitenstein
Birth Date:24 July 1913
Birth Place:Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.
Death Place:Boone, North Carolina, U.S.
Player Years1:1935–1936
Player Team1:Miami (OH)
Player Positions:Halfback
Coach Years1:1946–1948
Coach Team1:Shaker Heights HS (OH)
Coach Years2:1949–1955
Coach Team2:Miami (FL) (backfield)
Coach Years3:1957–1958
Coach Team3:Appalachian State (assistant)
Coach Years4:1959
Coach Team4:Appalachian State
Coach Years5:1960–1963
Coach Team5:Appalachian State (assistant)
Overall Record:6–4 (college)

Robert Logan Breitenstein (July 24, 1913 – March 28, 2002) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Appalachian State Teachers College—now known as Appalachian State University—for one season in 1959, compiling a record of 6–4.[1]

Breitenstein was a native of Cincinnati, Ohio. He attended Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, where he played college football as a halfback.[2] Breitenstein coached high school football at Shaker Heights High School in Shaker Heights, Ohio. He resigned as head football coach there in 1949 to take a job as backfield coach under Andy Gustafson at the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida.[3] In Miami, he coached quarterback George Mira and fullback Don Bosseler. Breitenstein died in 2002.

Head coaching record

College

Notes and References

  1. Book: Mike Flynn. Appalachian Football 2009 Media Guide. History and Traditions: All-Time Coaching Records. Appalachian Sports Information. PDF. 2009. 184.
  2. News: Peavy . Margaret . Family Life Centers Around Florida Room . . . September 23, 1954 . 2-B . August 11, 2015 .
  3. News: Breitenstein Quits to Join U. Miami . . . . May 22, 1949 . 6-D . August 10, 2015 . .