Harris Lamb

Harris A. Lamb (1904 – March 7, 1999) was an American football, basketball, and track coach.^[1] He served as the head football coach (1931–1941) and head basketball coach (1929–1937, 1939–1942) at Ohio Northern University in Ada, Ohio. He also coached track at Ohio Northern.^[2] Lamb to his alma mater, Coe College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, to serve as the head football coach (1945–1947) and head basketball coach (1942–1952).^[3]

Harris Lamb

Biographical details
Born	1904
Died	(1999-03-07)March 7, 1999 (aged 94)
Playing career
Football
1923–1926	Coe
Position(s)	Fullback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1931–1941	Ohio Northern
1945–1947	Coe
Basketball
1929–1937	Ohio Northern
1939–1942	Ohio Northern
1942–1952	Coe
Head coaching record
Overall	55–38–12 (football) 118–122 (basketball)

A native of Boone, Iowa, Lamb was captain of both the football and basketball teams at Coe. As coach at Coe, he was a mentor to Marv Levy, future Pro Football Hall of Fame coach.^[4] He was the brother of college football coach Clyde A. Lamb.

Head coaching record

Football

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
Ohio Northern Polar Bears (Ohio Athletic Conference) (1931–1941)
1931	Ohio Northern	6–2	3–1	T–6th
1932	Ohio Northern	4–2–1	3–1	T–4th
1933	Ohio Northern	0–5–2	0–4–1	T–19th
1934	Ohio Northern	6–0–1	4–0–1	3rd
1935	Ohio Northern	4–3–1	3–2–1	9th
1936	Ohio Northern	4–2–2	4–2–1	8th
1937	Ohio Northern	4–1–3	4–1–2	4th
1938	Ohio Northern	6–1–1	6–1–1	3rd
1939	Ohio Northern	5–3	5–2	6th
1940	Ohio Northern	5–3	4–3	8th
1941	Ohio Northern	6–1–1	5–0	2nd
Ohio Northern:		50–23–12	41–17–7
Coe Kohawks (Midwest Conference) (1945–1947)
1945	Coe	2–2
1946	Coe	3–5	1–5	9th
1947	Coe	0–8	0–6	9th
Coe:		5–15	1–11
Total:		55–38–12