Frank Ballenger | |
Birth Date: | 14 February 1903 |
Birth Place: | Cambridge, Ohio, U.S. |
Death Place: | Sun City Center, Florida, U.S. |
Coach Sport1: | Football |
Coach Years2: | 1936–1937 |
Coach Team2: | Adrian |
Coach Years3: | 1939–? |
Coach Team3: | Ball State (assistant) |
Coach Sport4: | Basketball |
Coach Years5: | 1936–1938 |
Coach Team5: | Adrian |
Coach Years6: | 1939–? |
Coach Team6: | Ball State (assistant) |
Overall Record: | 4–14 (football) 7–29 (basketball) |
Championships: | Football 1 Michigan-Ontario (1936) |
Frank Edward Ballenger (February 14, 1903 – June 14, 1984) was an American football, basketball, and track coach. Ballenger was the head football coach at Adrian College in Adrian, Michigan. He held that position for the 1936 and 1937 seasons. His coaching record at Adrian was 4–14.[1] He received his bachelor of arts at Muskingum University.[2] [3] He was born in Cambridge, Ohio in on February 14, 1903.[4] [5] [6]
Ballanger moved to Ball State Teachers College—now known as Ball State University—in 1939 and served there as an assistant football, basketball, and track coach and as an assistant professor of physical education. After serving in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II, he returned to Ball State before joining the faculty at Kent State University, where he remained until his retirement. Ballanger died on June 14, 1984, in Sun City Center, Florida.[7]