Mike Ahearn

Mike Ahearn
Biographical details
Born(1878-11-28)November 28, 1878
Rotherham, England
DiedFebruary 5, 1948(1948-02-05) (aged 69)
Manhattan, Kansas, U.S.
Playing career
Football
c. 1900Massachusetts Agricultural
Basketball
1902–1904Massachusetts Agricultural
Baseball
1898Massachusetts Agricultural
1901–1904Massachusetts Agricultural
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1905–1910Kansas State
Basketball
1906–1911Kansas State
Baseball
1904–1910Kansas State
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1920–1947Kansas State
Head coaching record
Overall39–12 (football)
28–27 (basketball)
90–35–12 (baseball)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Football: 2 KCAC (1909–1910)
Basketball: 1 KCAC (1910)
Baseball: 2 KCAC (1907–1908)

Michael Francis Ahearn (November 28, 1878 – February 5, 1948) was a British-American athlete and college athletics administrator. Ahearn played and coached American football, basketball, and baseball, and was a college professor and athletic director at Kansas State Agricultural College—now known as Kansas State University.[1] He also helped guide the evolution of the rules of modern football, serving ten years on the college football rules committee (1922–1931), initially under Secretary Walter Camp and alongside Amos Alonzo Stagg.[1]

He was selected as a charter member of the Kansas Sports Hall of Fame.

  1. ^ a b "Michael Ahearn Dies in Kansas". The Tuscaloosa News. Associated Press. February 6, 1948. Retrieved March 29, 2011.