Lew Lane

For the English entertainer and theatre producer, see Lew Lane (entertainer).

Lewman Arthur Lane (October 17, 1899 – December 24, 1980) was an American football and basketball coach. He was the 24th head football coach at Washburn University in Topeka, Kansas, serving for one season, in 1945, and compiling a record of 3–1.^[1][2] He had previously coached at Rockhurst University in Kansas City, Missouri before coming to Washburn.^[3] He returned there to coach football again in 1947.^[4]

Lew Lane

Biographical details
Born	(1899-10-17)October 17, 1899 St. Marys, Kansas, U.S.
Died	December 24, 1980(1980-12-24) (aged 81) St. Marys, Kansas, U.S.
Alma mater	Creighton University (1924)
Playing career
1924	Kansas City Blues
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1945	Washburn
Basketball
1942–1945	Rockhurst
1947–1949	Rockhurst
Head coaching record
Overall	3–1 (football) 31–67 (basketball)

Lane was a druggist who managed a family drugstore founded by his father, Daniel J. Lane, in St. Mary's Township, Kansas.^[5] He died in 1980.^[6]

Head coaching record

Football

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
Washburn Ichabods (Central Intercollegiate Conference) (1945)
1945	Washburn	3–1
Washburn:		3–1
Total:		3–1