Ferdinand Holtkamp | |
Death Date: | 1944 (aged 55) |
Death Place: | Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, U.S. |
Player Sport1: | Football |
Player Years2: | 1916–1919 |
Player Team2: | Ohio State |
Player Positions: | Center |
Coach Sport1: | Football |
Coach Years2: | 1920–1921 |
Coach Team2: | Mississippi A&M |
Coach Years3: | 1922–1925 |
Coach Team3: | Western Reserve |
Coach Sport4: | Basketball |
Coach Years5: | 1922–1925 |
Coach Team5: | Western Reserve |
Overall Record: | 25–26–3 (football) 21–25 (basketball) |
Ferdinand G. "Fritz" Holtkamp (– 1944) was an American college football and college basketball coach] He served as the head football coach at Mississippi Agricultural & Mechanical College—now known as Mississippi State University—from 1920 to 1921 and Western Reserve University—now a part of Case Western Reserve University—from 1922 to 1925, compiling a career college football coaching record of 25–26–3. During his two-season tenure at Mississippi A&M, Holtkamp compiled a record of 9–7–1)[1] [2] Holtkamp was also the head basketball coach at Western Reserve from 1922 to 1925.
Holtkamp played college football at Ohio State University as a center from 1916 to 1919. He died in 1944 at the age of 55 at Pearl Harbor following a long illness. He had been employed at the naval base as a civilian in construction.[3]