Norman G. Wann Explained

Norman G. Wann
Birth Date:8 July 1882
Birth Place:Silverwood, Indiana, U.S.
Death Place:Eagle Harbor Township, Michigan, U.S.
Player Sport1:Football
Player Team2:Earlham
Player Positions:Lineman
Coach Sport1:Football
Coach Years2:1908–1909
Coach Team2:Ottawa
Coach Years3:1915–1917
Coach Team3:Millikin
Coach Years4:1919–1922
Coach Team4:Millikin
Coach Years5:1923–1924
Coach Team5:Earlham
Coach Years6:1925
Coach Team6:Muncie Normal (assistant)
Coach Years7:1926–1927
Coach Team7:Muncie Normal / Ball Teachers
Coach Years8:1929–1931
Coach Team8:Detroit City College
Coach Sport9:Basketball
Coach Years10:1908–1910
Coach Team10:Ottawa
Coach Years11:1915–1918
Coach Team11:Millikin
Coach Years12:1919–1923
Coach Team12:Millikin
Coach Years13:1923–1925
Coach Team13:Earlham
Coach Sport14:Baseball
Coach Years15:1909–1910
Coach Team15:Ottawa
Coach Years16:1916–1918
Coach Team16:Millikin
Coach Years17:1920–1921
Coach Team17:Millikin
Coach Years18:1927
Coach Team18:Ball Teachers
Coach Sport19:Tennis
Coach Years20:1932–1953
Coach Team20:Detroit City College / Wayne
Overall Record:74–40–10 (football)
128–79 (basketball)
43–39 (baseball)
Championships:Football
3 IIAC (1916, 1919, 1920)
1 MWC (1922)

Norman Gillespie "Happy" Wann (July 8, 1882 – July 23, 1957) was an American college football player, track athlete, coach of multiple sports, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Ottawa University in Ottawa, Kansas (1908–1909), Millikin College (1915–1917, 1919–1922), Earlham College (1923–1924), Ball Teachers College, Eastern Division, Indiana State Normal School—now Ball State University (1926–1927), and the College of the City of Detroit—now Wayne State University (1929–1931), compiling a career college football head coaching record of 74–40–10. Wann was also the head basketball coach at Ottawa (1908–1910), Millikin (1915–1918, 1919–1923), and Earlham (1923–1925), amassing a career college basketball record of 128–79. In addition, he was the head baseball coach at Ottawa (1909–1910), Millikin (1916–1918, 1920–1921), Ball Teachers College (1927), tallying a career college baseball mark of 43–39.

Wann attended Earlham College, where he played football as a lineman and ran track. He left campus in 1908 one credit short of his BBS degree, which he did not receive until 1922. Earlham served with the American Expeditionary Forces in Europe during World War I. In 1929, he earned a master's degree in physical education from the University of Wisconsin. After his retirement from coaching, he moved to Eagle Harbor Township, Michigan. He died there on July 23, 1957.[1] Three years earlier, in 1954, he was inducted into Earlham's Athletic Hall of Fame. In 1986, he was inducted into the Wayne State University Athletics Hall of Fame.[2]

Head coaching record

Football

Notes and References

  1. News: . Former Coach Dies . . . . July 25, 1957 . 16 . July 23, 2017 . .
  2. Web site: Hall of Fame: Norman G. Wann . Wayne State University Athletics . . October 31, 2011.