Ferdinand Holtkamp

Ferdinand Holtkamp

File:FGHoltkamp.png Holtkamp pictured in Reveille 1922, Mississippi State yearbook
Sport(s)	Football, basketball
Biographical details
Born	c. 1889
Died	1944 (aged 55) Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
Alma mater	Ohio State University
Playing career
Football
1916–1919	Ohio State
Position(s)	Center
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1920–1921	Mississippi A&M
1922–1925	Western Reserve
Basketball
1922–1925	Western Reserve
Head coaching record
Overall	25–26–3 (football) 21–25 (basketball)
Statistics College Football Data Warehouse

Ferdinand G. "Fritz" Holtkamp (c. 1889 – 1944) was an American football player and coach of football and basketball. He served as the head football coach at the Agricultural and Mechanical College of the State of Mississippi—now known as Mississippi State University—from 1920 to 1921 and at Western Reserve University—now a part of Case Western Reserve University—from 1922 to 1925, compiling a career college football coaching record of 25–26–3. During his two-season tenure at Mississippi A&M, Holtkamp compiled an record of nine wins, seven losses, and one tie (9–7–1). Holtkamp was also the head basketball coach at Western Reserve from 1922 to 1925. He played college football at Ohio State University as a center from 1916 to 1919. Holtkamp died in 1944 at the age of 55 at Pearl Harbor following a long illness. He had been employed at the naval base as a civilian in construction.

Head coaching record

Football

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
Mississippi A&M Aggies (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1920–1921)
1920	Mississippi A&M	5–3	4–2
1921	Mississippi A&M	4–4–1	2–3–1
Mississippi A&M:		9–7–1	6–5–1
Western Reserve Pioneers (Ohio Athletic Conference) (1922–1925)
1922	Western Reserve	3–7	3–6	T–11th
1923	Western Reserve	5–4	5–4	7th
1924	Western Reserve	5–2–2	3–2–2	T–7th
1925	Western Reserve	3–6	2–5	17th
Western Reserve:		16–19–2	13–17–2
Total:		25–26–3

External links

• Fred Holtkamp at the College Football Data Warehouse