Adrian Lindsey

Adrian Hobart "Ad" Lindsey (August 15, 1895 – October 2, 1980) was an American football player and coach of football and baseball.^[1] He served as the head football coach at Bethany College in Lindsborg, Kansas from 1922 to 1926, at the University of Oklahoma from 1927 to 1931, and at the University of Kansas from 1932 to 1938, compiling a career college football record of 66–64–16. Lindsey was also the head baseball coach at Kansas for one season in 1921, tallying a mark of 13–2.

Adrian Lindsey

Biographical details
Born	(1895-08-15)August 15, 1895 Vienna, Illinois, U.S.
Died	October 2, 1980(1980-10-02) (aged 85) Eudora, Kansas, U.S.
Playing career
Football
1914–1916	Kansas
Position(s)	Halfback, quarterback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1919–1921	Kansas (assistant)
1922–1926	Bethany (KS)
1927–1931	Oklahoma
1932	Kansas (assistant)
1932–1938	Kansas
Baseball
1921	Kansas
Head coaching record
Overall	66–64–16 (football) 13–2 (baseball)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
1 KCAC (1925)

Early life

89th Division team, Lindsey at top left

Lindsey played football at the University of Kansas from 1914 to 1916. During World War I, he served as a U.S. Army officer in France. As part of the occupation force after the Armistice, Lindsey played right halfback for the 89th Division squad that won the AEF football championship in March 1919. Bob Higgins, Paul Withington, Charles Gerhardt and George Clark were also members of the squad.^[2]

Coaching career

Lindsey began the 1932 season at Kansas as an assistant to Homer Woodson Hargiss. Hargiss was fired as head football coach on October 10, 1932, two days after the Jawhawks lost at home to Oklahoma, 21–6. Lindsey succeeded Hargiss as acting head coach with athletic director and head basketball coach Phog Allen overseeing the football program in a supervisory role.^[3]

Head coaching record

Football

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
Bethany Terrible Swedes (Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference) (1922–1926)
1922	Bethany	5–3	5–3	6th
1923	Bethany	2–7	2–7	13th
1924	Bethany	4–3–2	4–3–2	6th
1925	Bethany	7–0	7–0	T–1st
1926	Bethany	6–2	6–1	T–2nd
Bethany:		24–15–2	24–14–2
Oklahoma Sooners (Missouri Valley Conference / Big Six Conference) (1927–1931)
1927	Oklahoma	3–3–2	2–3	7th
1928	Oklahoma	5–3	3–2	T–2nd
1929	Oklahoma	3–3–2	2–2–1	4th
1930	Oklahoma	4–3–1	3–1–1	2nd
1931	Oklahoma	4–7–1	1–4	T–5th
Oklahoma:		19–19–6	11–12–2
Kansas Jayhawks (Big Six Conference) (1932–1938)
1932	Kansas	4–2[n 1]	3–1[n 1]	T–2nd
1933	Kansas	5–4–1	2–3	4th
1934	Kansas	3–4–3	1–2–2	4th
1935	Kansas	4–4–1	2–2–1	3rd
1936	Kansas	1–6–1	0–5	6th
1937	Kansas	3–4–2	2–1–2	3rd
1938	Kansas	3–6	1–4	6th
Kansas:		23–30–8	11–18–5
Total:		66–64–16
National championship         Conference title         Conference division title or championship game berth

Baseball

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Kansas Jayhawks (Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1921)
1921	Kansas	13–2
Kansas:		13–2 (.867)
Total:		13–2 (.867)
National champion         Postseason invitational champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference tournament champion

Notes

1. The first two games of the season were coached by Homer Woodson Hargiss.