&sq=&lang=&file=File:Thomas_Kelley,_collegiate_coach.png) Kelly, c. 1908 | |
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | c. 1888 Du Quoin, Illinois, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1906, 1908–1909 | Chicago |
| Position(s) | Tackle |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1911–1913 | Muhlenberg |
| 1914 | Missouri Mines |
| 1915–1917 | Alabama |
| 1919 | Missouri (assistant) |
| 1920–1921 | Idaho |
| 1922 | Missouri |
| Basketball | |
| 1912–1914 | Muhlenberg |
| 1916–1917 | Alabama |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1915 | Alabama |
| 1920–1922 | Idaho |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 56–24–3 (football) 18–23 (basketball) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Records | |
| Military career | |
| Allegiance | United States |
| Service | United States Army |
| Years of service | 1917–1918 |
| Battles / wars | World War I |
Thomas Kelley (born c. 1888) was an American college football player and coach, college basketball coach, and athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Muhlenberg College from 1911t o 1913, the Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy—now known as the Missouri University of Science and Technology—in 1914, the University of Alabama from 1915 to 1917, the University of Idaho from 1920 to 1921, and the University of Missouri in 1922, compiling a career college football head coaching coaching record of 56–24–3 (.693). Kelley was also the head basketball coach at Muhlenberg from 1912 to 1914 and Alabama for the 1916–17 season, tallying a career college basketball record of 18–23 (.439). In addition, he served as the athletic director at Alabama in 1915 and Idaho from 1920 to 1922.