Lewis Yeager | |
Birth Date: | 10 September 1878 |
Birth Place: | West Virginia, U.S. |
Death Place: | Morgantown, West Virginia, U.S. |
Alma Mater: | West Virginia |
Coach Years1: | 1899 |
Coach Team1: | West Virginia |
Coach Years2: | 1901 |
Coach Team2: | West Virginia |
Overall Record: | 5–5 |
Lewis Armstrong Yeager,[1] first name sometimes spelled Louis (September 10, 1878 – December 10, 1906) was an American football coach He was the seventh head football coach at West Virginia University in Morgantown, West Virginia, serving for two seasons, in 1899 and 1901 to 1902, compiling a record of 5–5.
Yeager died suddenly in 1906 of heart disease.[2] He is interred at Oak Grove Cemetery in Morgantown.[3]