Merlin A. Ditmer

Merlin Ammon Ditmer (April 9, 1886 – March 10, 1950) was an American football and basketball coach. He served as the head football coach (1920–1926) and head men's basketball coach (1920–1925) at Otterbein University in Westerville, Ohio.^[1] Ditmer moved to Oxford, Ohio to work an assistant football and basketball coach at Miami University before serving as the school's athletic director from 1941 to 1948.^[2]

Merlin Ditmer

Biographical details
Born	(1886-04-09)April 9, 1886 Potsdam, Ohio, U.S.
Died	March 10, 1950(1950-03-10) (aged 63) Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.
Alma mater	Otterbein
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1920–1926	Otterbein
1927–1940	Miami (OH) (assistant)
Basketball
1920–1925	Otterbein
1927–1941	Miami (OH) (assistant)
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1941–1948	Miami (OH)
Head coaching record
Overall	13–37–4 (football) 6–25 (basketball)

Head coaching record

Football

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
Otterbein Cardinals (Independent) (1920)
1920	Otterbein	1–7
Otterbein Cardinals (Ohio Athletic Conference) (1921–1926)
1921	Otterbein	1–5–2	1–3–2	13th
1922	Otterbein	2–6	2–6	15th
1923	Otterbein	5–3	4–3	6th
1924	Otterbein	2–5	2–5	T–15th
1925	Otterbein	0–6–2	0–5–1	20th
1926	Otterbein	2–5	1–5	18th
Otterbein:		13–37–4	10–27–3
Total:		13–31–4