Lloyd Grow

Lloyd Eugene "Dob" Grow (July 23, 1903 – June 10, 1979) was an American college football and college basketball coach.^[1] He served as the head football coach at Henderson State Teachers College—now known as Henderson State University—in Arkadelphia, Arkansas in 1939 and Kalamazoo College in Kalamazoo, Michigan from 1949 to 1952, compiling a career college football head coaching record of 16–24–2. Grow was an alumnus of Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College and the University of Nebraska, where he received his Bachelor of Arts.^[2] Grow was an assistant at the University of Wyoming.^[3]

Lloyd E. Grow

Grow pictured in 1934 University of Wyoming yearbook
Biographical details
Born	(1903-07-23)July 23, 1903 Nebraska, U.S.
Died	June 10, 1979(1979-06-10) (aged 75) Dickson, Tennessee, U.S.
Alma mater	Northeastern Oklahoma A&M (1929)
Playing career
Football
1926–1927	Nebraska
Position(s)	Center
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1933–1937	Wyoming (line)
1939	Henderson State
1946	Kalamazoo (line)
1949–1952	Kalamazoo
Basketball
1946–1953	Kalamazoo
Head coaching record
Overall	16–24–2 (football)

Coaching career

Grow was the head football coach at Kalamazoo College in Kalamazoo, Michigan. He held that position for four seasons, from 1949 until 1952. His coaching record at Kalamazoo was 12–20–1.^[4]

Death

Grow died in June 1979. An obituary appeared in the Sports News on June 30, 1979.^[5]

Head coaching record

Football

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
Henderson State Reddies (Arkansas Intercollegiate Conference) (1939)
1939	Henderson State	4–4–1	3–1–1
Henderson State:		4–4–1	3–1–1
Kalamazoo Hornets (Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1949–1952)
1949	Kalamazoo	2–6	1–4	5th
1950	Kalamazoo	5–4	4–1	2nd
1951	Kalamazoo	2–6	2–3	T–4th
1952	Kalamazoo	3–4–1	2–3	T–3rd
Kalamazoo:		12–20–1	9–11
Total:		16–24–2