Harry Hess (American football)

Harry Hess
Playing career
Football
1895–1897Kansas
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1899–1901Fairmount
1902Friends
Baseball
1899–1901Fairmount
Head coaching record
Overall10–11–2 (football)

Samuel H. "Harry" Hess was an American college football and college baseball coach. He was the second head football at Fairmount College—now known as Wichita State University—in Wichita, Kansas, serving for three seasons, from 1899 to 1901, and compiling a record of 10–10–2.[1] Hess was also the head baseball coach at Fairmount from 1899 to 1901. In 1902, he coached football at Friends University in Wichita.[2]

Hess was a pharmacist in Wichita and had played football at the University of Kansas.[3]

  1. ^ DeLassus, David. "Wichita St. Coaching Records". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 29, 2012. Retrieved April 12, 2013.
  2. ^ "Coaches Have Been Secured". The Wichita Daily Beacon. Wichita, Kansas. September 18, 1902. p. 6. Retrieved November 11, 2024 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  3. ^ Rydjord, John (1977). A History of Fairmount College. Regents Press of Kansas. p. 162. ISBN 0700601546. Retrieved April 12, 2013.