Alvin Twitchell

Alvin Twitchell
Twitchell (left) pictured in The Banyan 1923, BYU yearbook
Biographical details
Born(1892-05-13)May 13, 1892
Beaver, Utah, U.S.
DiedMay 10, 1955(1955-05-10) (aged 62)
Pueblo, Colorado, U.S.
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1922–1924BYU
1941Pueblo Centennial HS (CO)
Basketball
1920–1925BYU
1926–1930Colorado College
Head coaching record
Overall5–13–1 (college football)
100–51 (college basketball)

Alvin Greenwood Twitchell (May 13, 1892 – May 10, 1955)[1] was an American football and basketball coach. He was the first head football coach at Brigham Young University (BYU), serving from 1922 to 1924 and compiling a record of 5–13–1. Twitchell was also the head basketball coach at BYU from 1920 to 1925 and at Colorado College from 1926 to 1930, amassing a career college basketball mark of 100–51.

Twitchell started his football coaching tenure at BYU in 1922 with a game against Utah Agricultural in Logan, Utah. BYU lost the game 41–3. Twitchell finished the year with a record of 1–5 with the only win coming against the Wyoming. His career record at BYU was 5–13–1.

  1. ^ "Alvin Twitchell". Standard-Examiner. Ogden, Utah. May 12, 1955. Retrieved December 1, 2013.