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]