Lloyd Hollingsworth Explained

Lloyd Hollingsworth
Birth Date:23 October 1911
Death Place:St. Peter, Minnesota, U.S.
Player Sport1:Football
Player Team2:Gustavus Adolphus
Player Sport3:Baseball
Player Years4:c. 1935
Player Team4:Gustavus Adolphus
Player Sport5:Gymnastics
Player Years6:c. 1935
Player Team6:Gustavus Adolphus
Coach Sport1:Football
Coach Years2:1942
Coach Team2:Gustavus Adolphus
Coach Years3:1946–1950
Coach Team3:Gustavus Adolphus
Coach Years4:1952–1960
Coach Team4:Gustavus Adolphus
Coach Sport5:Basketball
Coach Years6:1942–1943
Coach Team6:Gustavus Adolphus
Coach Sport7:Baseball
Coach Years8:1943
Coach Team8:Gustavus Adolphus
Coach Years9:1946–1947
Coach Team9:Gustavus Adolphus
Coach Sport10:Ice hockey
Coach Years11:1953–1956
Coach Team11:Gustavus Adolphus
Admin Years1:1942–1974
Admin Team1:Gustavus Adolphus
Overall Record:94–33–5 (football)
11–8 (basketball)
17–18 (baseball)
17–14 (ice hockey)
Bowl Record:0–1
Tournament Record:Football
0–1 (NAIA playoffs)
Championships:Football
8 MIAC (1946, 1950, 1952–1955, 1958–1959)

Lloyd E. "Holly" Hollingsworth (October 23, 1911 – August 9, 2004) was an American football, basketball, baseball, ice hockey, tennis, and gymnastics coach. He served three stints as the head football coach at Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, Minnesota, in 1942, from 1946 to 1950, and from 1952 to 1960, compiling a record of 94–33–5. His tenure was interrupted by service in the United States Navy during World War II and the United States Army during the Korean War.

Hollingsworth attended Roosevelt High School in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He moved on to Gustavus Adolphus, where he earned 11 varsity letters in football, baseball, and gymnastics. After graduating in 1936, he coached as high schools in Clinton, Madison, and Waseca, Minnesota. He returned to Gustavus Adolphus in 1942 as athletic director and head coach in football, basketball, and baseball.[1] Hollingsworth resigned as athletic director at Gustavus Adolphus in 1974 and retired from his post of chairman of the school's Department of Health and Physical Education in 1978.[2]

Hollingsworth earned a master's degree from the University of Minnesota and a doctorate in education from New York University (NYU) in 1958. He died on August 9, 2004.[3]

Head coaching record

Football

Notes and References

  1. News: . Lloyd Hollingsworth Named Gustie Coach . . . May 14, 1942 . 19 . November 22, 2019 . .
  2. News: Schmitt . Mary . Hollingsworth to retire from Minnesota sports role . . . May 28, 1978 . 28 . November 22, 2019 . .
  3. News: . Hollingsworth . . . August 11, 2004 . B6 . November 22, 2019 . .