Twitchell (left) pictured in The Banyan 1923, BYU yearbook
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Sport(s) | Football, basketball |
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Biographical details | |
Born |
Beaver, Utah |
May 13, 1892
Died | May 10, 1955 Pueblo, Colorado |
(aged 62)
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1922–1924 | BYU |
1941 | Pueblo Centennial HS (CO) |
Basketball | |
1920–1925 | BYU |
1926–1930 | Colorado College |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 5–13–1 (college football) 100–51 (college basketball) |
Alvin Greenwood Twitchell (May 13, 1892 – May 10, 1955) 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.