Gwinn Henry | |
Birth Date: | 5 August 1887 |
Birth Place: | Eden, Texas, U.S. |
Death Place: | Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S. |
Player Sport1: | Football |
Player Years2: | 1908 |
Player Team2: | Southwestern (TX) |
Player Positions: | End |
Coach Sport1: | Football |
Coach Years2: | 1912–1914 |
Coach Team2: | Howard Payne |
Coach Years3: | 1918–1922 |
Coach Team3: | Emporia |
Coach Years4: | 1923–1931 |
Coach Team4: | Missouri |
Coach Years5: | 1933 |
Coach Team5: | St. Louis Gunners |
Coach Years6: | 1934–1936 |
Coach Team6: | New Mexico |
Coach Years7: | 1939–1942 |
Coach Team7: | Kansas |
Coach Sport8: | Basketball |
Coach Years9: | 1913–1914 |
Coach Team9: | Howard Payne |
Coach Sport10: | Track and field |
Coach Years11: | 1927–1929 |
Coach Team11: | Missouri |
Admin Years1: | 1938–1942 |
Admin Team1: | Kansas |
Overall Record: | 100–78–16 (college football) 11–2–3 (pro football) 6–3 (college basketball) |
Bowl Record: | 0–1 |
Championships: | Football 2 KCAC (1918–1919) 3 MVIAA (1924–1925, 1927) |
Gwinn Henry (August 5, 1887 – May 16, 1955) was an American football player, track athlete, coach, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Howard Payne University, the College of Emporia, the University of Missouri, the University of New Mexico, and the University of Kansas, compiling a career college football record of 100–78–16. Henry was also the head coach of the St. Louis Gunners, an independent professional football team, in 1933.
Henry was the first head football coach at the Howard Payne University in Brownwood, Texas, and he held that position for two seasons, from 1912 until 1913. His coaching record at Howard Payne was 5–7–3.
Henry was head coach of the University of Missouri from 1923 to 1931. During his tenure, he compiled a 40–28–9 (.578) record. On December 25, 1924, he led Missouri against USC at the Los Angeles Christmas Festival, losing by a score of 20–7.[1]
Henry also coached at the University of Kansas, University of New Mexico, and the College of Emporia.[2]
Henry moved to Albuquerque, New Mexico, in 1943 and entered the real estate business. He died there on May 16, 1955, at the age of 67.[3]
Henry is the grandfather of collegiate track and field coach Pat Henry.[4]