Marshall Wells | |
Birth Date: | 20 February 1912 |
Birth Place: | Wisconsin, U.S. |
Death Place: | Boulder, Colorado, U.S. |
Player Sport1: | Football |
Player Years2: | 1930–1933 |
Player Team2: | Minnesota |
Player Positions: | Tackle |
Coach Sport1: | Football |
Coach Years2: | 1933 |
Coach Team2: | Hamline (line) |
Coach Years3: | 1934 |
Coach Team3: | Sioux Falls |
Coach Years4: | 1935 |
Coach Team4: | Iowa State (line) |
Coach Years5: | 1936–1938 |
Coach Team5: | Yale (line) |
Coach Years6: | 1939 |
Coach Team6: | Minnesota (assistant) |
Coach Years7: | 1940–1941 |
Coach Team7: | Millikin |
Coach Years8: | 1946–1947 |
Coach Team8: | Millikin |
Coach Years9: | 1948–1958 |
Coach Team9: | Colorado (line) |
Coach Sport10: | Basketball |
Coach Years11: | 1934–1935 |
Coach Team11: | Sioux Falls |
Coach Years12: | 1940–1942 |
Coach Team12: | Millikin |
Coach Years13: | 1945–1946 |
Coach Team13: | Millikin |
Admin Years1: | 1945–1948 |
Admin Team1: | Millikin |
Overall Record: | 24–15–1 (football) 27–25 (basketball, Millikin only) |
Championships: | Football 1 ICC (1941) |
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Marshall Wells (February 20, 1912 – June 16, 1972) was an American college football and college basketball coach. He served as the head football coach at Millikin College in Decatur, Illinois from 1940 to 1941 and again from 1946 to 1957, compiling a record of 18–13–1.[1] Wells was also a faculty member and head basketball coach at Millikin.[2]
Wells played college football at the University of Minnesota for the Golden Gophers from 1930 to 1933. He played under the tutelage of two head coaches: Fritz Crisler, who had a 7–3 record his in 1931, his last year at Minnesota, and Bernie Bierman, who led the team to a share of the Big Ten Conference title in 1933.[3]