 Schlademan at Michigan State | |
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | February 11, 1890 Seafield, Indiana, U.S. |
| Died | December 22, 1980 (aged 90) Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| c. 1910 | DePauw |
| Baseball | |
| c. 1910 | DePauw |
| Track and field | |
| c. 1910 | DePauw |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1911 | Missouri Wesleyan |
| 1916–1918 | Baker |
| 1919 | Kansas (freshmen) |
| 1920 | Kansas (line) |
| Basketball | |
| 1916–1919 | Baker |
| 1919 | Kansas (interim HC) |
| 1926–1928 | Washington State |
| Track and field | |
| 1914 | DePauw |
| 1919–1926 | Kansas |
| 1926–1940 | Washington State |
| 1940–1958 | Michigan State |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1911–1912 | Baker |
| 1916–1919 | Missouri Wesleyan |
Karl L. Schlademan (February 11, 1890 – December 22, 1980) was an American college sports coach and athletics administrator. Principally a track and field coach, Schlademan also coached football, basketball and cross country. He served as the head track and field coach at DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana in 1914, the University of Kansas from 1919 to 1926, the State College of Washington—now known as Washington State University—from 1926 to 1940, and Michigan State University from 1940 to 1958.
At Kansas, Schlademan was instrumental in the founding of the Kansas Relays and was the Jayhawks' fourth head basketball coach in an interim capacity for the first game of the 1919–20 season for Phog Allen. He spent 18 years at Michigan State, initially as the track and field coach and then later adding cross country to his duties. Schlademan is an inductee into the Drake Relay Hall of Fame, Michigan State University's Athletic Hall of Fame in 1995, U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Hall of Fame, and the Washington State University Hall of Fame.