C. Brainerd Metheny | |
Birth Date: | 30 December 1889 |
Birth Place: | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Death Place: | Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Player Sport1: | Football |
Player Years2: | 1910 |
Player Team2: | Geneva |
Player Years3: | 1912 |
Player Team3: | Carnegie Tech |
Player Sport4: | Basketball |
Player Years5: | 1910–1911 |
Player Team5: | Geneva |
Player Positions: | Halfback, fullback (football) |
Coach Sport1: | Football |
Coach Years2: | 1913–1916 |
Coach Team2: | Geneva |
Coach Sport3: | Basketball |
Coach Years4: | 1913–1917 |
Coach Team4: | Geneva |
Admin Years1: | 1913–1917 |
Admin Team1: | Geneva |
Overall Record: | 17–15–2 (football) |
Coligny Brainerd Metheny (December 30, 1889 – October 19, 1960) was an American football and basketball coach, college athletics administrator, and insurance executive. He served as the head football coach at Geneva College in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania from 1913 to 1916, compiling a record of 17–15–2. Metheny was also the head basketball coach and athletic director at Geneva from 1914 to 1917. He played football and basketball at Geneva and football at the Carnegie Institute of Technology in 1912.[1]
Metheny served as a pilot in the United States Army during World War I. He was later a prominent life insurance executive in Pittsburgh. He was president of Metheny and Associates with an office in the Grant Building. Metheny died on October 19, 1960, at Providence Hospital in Beaver Falls.[2] In 1961, Geneva College named its new field house after Metheny.[3]