Mike Ahearn

Mike Ahearn
Biographical details

Sport(s)	Football, basketball, baseball, ice hockey
Born	(1878-11-28)November 28, 1878 Rotherham, England
Died	February 5, 1948(1948-02-05) (aged 69) Manhattan, Kansas
Playing career
Football
c. 1900	Massachusetts Agricultural
Basketball
1902–1904	Massachusetts Agricultural
Baseball
1898	Massachusetts Agricultural
1901–1904	Massachusetts Agricultural
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1905–1910	Kansas State
Basketball
1906–1911	Kansas State
Baseball
1904–1910	Kansas State
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1920–1947	Kansas State
Head coaching record
Overall	39–12 (football) 28–27 (basketball) 90–35–12 (baseball)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Football 2 KCAC (1909–1910)

Michael Francis Ahearn (November 28, 1878 – February 5, 1948) was an American football, basketball, and baseball player, coach, college athletics administrator, and professor. He served as the tenth head football coach at Kansas State Agricultural College, now Kansas State University, holding the position for six seasons, from 1905 until 1910, and compiling a record of 39–12. His 39 wins are the second highest in the history of Kansas State Wildcats football, and his winning percentage of .765 is the highest of any coach in program history. Ahearn was also the head basketball coach at Kansas State from 1906 to 1911, tallying a mark of 28–27, and the head baseball coach at the school from 1904 to 1910, amassing a record of 90–35–12. From 1920 until 1947, he was the athletic director at Kansas State, during which time the school built Memorial Stadium, the Wildcats home football venue from 1922 until 1967.

Ahearn was born on November 28, 1878 in Rotherham, England. He attended Massachusetts Agricultural College, now the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where he lettered in football, basketball, baseball, and ice hockey.^[1] Over the years, he served Kansas State in a variety of roles that included coach, professor, head of the Department of Physical Education, and Director of Athletics. Ahearn died on February 5, 1948 in Manhattan, Kansas.^[2] Kansas State honored his memory in 1950 with the opening of Ahearn Field House, which currently houses the school's volleyball and indoor track and field teams, and was home to the men's and women's basketball teams until 1988.

Head coaching record

Football

Year	Team	Overall	Standing
Kansas State Aggies (Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference) (1905–1910)
1905	Kansas State	6–2
1906	Kansas State	5–2
1907	Kansas State	5–3
1908	Kansas State	6–2
1909	Kansas State	7–2	1st
1910	Kansas State	10–1	1st
Kansas State:		39–12
Total:		39–12
National championship Conference title Conference division title

Basketball

Season	Team	Overall
Kansas State Aggies (Independent) (1906–1911)
1906–07	Kansas State	5–6
1907–08	Kansas State	1–12
1908–09	Kansas State	6–3
1909–10	Kansas State	11–3
1910–11	Kansas State	5–3
Kansas State:		28–27
Total:		28–27

References

↑ AP (September 19, 1944). "Gardner May Be New K-State Man; Mike Ahearn Is Nearing End of K-State Athletic Trail". Lawrence Journal-World. Retrieved March 29, 2011.
↑ AP (February 6, 1948). "Michael Ahearn Dies in Kansas". The Tuscaloosa News. Retrieved March 29, 2011.

External links

Mike Ahearn at the College Football Data Warehouse

Kansas State Wildcats head baseball coaches

H. W. Wagner (1897)
Unknown (1898–1903)
Mike Ahearn (1904–1910)
Unknown (1911)
Guy Lowman (1912–1915)
Unknown (1916–1917)
No team (1918)
Zora G. Clevenger (1919–1921)
E. C. Curtiss (1922–1924)
Charles Corsaut (1925–1934)
Wesley Fry (1935–1938)
Charles Corsaut (1939)
Frank Myers & Dougal Russell (1940)
Chili Cochrane (1941–1942)
No team (1943–1945)
Chili Cochrane (1946)
Lud Fiser (1947–1948)
Fritz Knorr (1949–1950)
Ray Wauthier (1951–1964)
Bob Brasher (1965–1972)
Phil Wilson (1973–1977)
David Baker (1978–1983)
Bill Hickey (1984)
Gary Vaught (1985–1986)
Mike Clark (1987–2003)
Brad Hill (2004– )

Kansas State Wildcats head football coaches

Ira Pratt (1896)
A. W. Ehrsam (1897)
Billy P. Williamson (1898)
Albert Hansen (1899)
Fay Moulton (1900)
Wade Moore (1901)
Cyrus E. Dietz (1902)
G. O. Dietz (1903)
Reuben F. Booth (1904)
Mike Ahearn (1905–1910)
Guy Lowman (1911–1914)
John R. Bender (1915)
Zora G. Clevenger (1916–1919)
Charlie Bachman (1920–1927)
Bo McMillin (1928–1933)
Pappy Waldorf (1934)
Wesley Fry (1935–1939)
Hobbs Adams (1940–1941)
Ward Haylett (1942–1944)
Lud Fiser (1945)
Hobbs Adams (1946)
Sam Francis (1947)
Ralph Graham (1948–1950)
Bill Meek (1951–1954)
Bus Mertes (1955–1959)
Doug Weaver (1960–1966)
Vince Gibson (1967–1974)
Ellis Rainsberger (1975–1977)
Jim Dickey (1978–1985)
Lee Moon # (1985)
Stan Parrish (1986–1988)
Bill Snyder (1989–2005)
Ron Prince (2006–2008)
Bill Snyder (2009– )

Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.

Kansas State Wildcats men's basketball head coaches

Charles W. Melick (1905–1906)
Mike Ahearn (1906–1911)
Guy Lowman (1911–1914)
Carl J. Merner (1914–1916)
Zora G. Clevenger (1916–1920)
E. A. Knoth (1920–1921)
E. C. Curtis (1921–1923)
Charlie Corsaut (1923–1933)
Frank Root (1933–1939)
Jack Gardner (1939–1942)
Chili Cochrane (1942–1943)
Cliff Rock (1943–1944)
Fitz Knorr (1944–1946)
Jack Gardner (1946–1953)
Tex Winter (1953–1968)
Cotton Fitzsimmons (1968–1970)
Jack Hartman (1970–1986)
Lon Kruger (1986–1990)
Dana Altman (1990–1994)
Tom Asbury (1994–2000)
Jim Wooldridge (2000–2006)
Bob Huggins (2006–2007)
Frank Martin (2007–2012)
Bruce Weber (2012– )

Kansas State Wildcats athletic directors

Zora G. Clevenger (1916–1920)
Mike Ahearn (1920–1947)
Thurlo McCrady (1947–1951)
Larry Mullins (1951–1956)
Bebe Lee (1956–1969)
Ernie Barrett (1969–1975)
John Jermier (1976–1977)
DeLoss Dodds (1978–1981)
Dick Towers (1981–1985)
Larry Travis (1985–1988)
Steve Miller (1988–1992)
Milt Richards (1992–1993)
Max Urick (1993–2001)
Tim Weiser (2001–2008)
Bob Krause (2008–2009)
John Currie (2009– )

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