Edwin Mortimer Hopkins
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| Sport(s) | Football |
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| Biographical details | |
| Born |
September 16, 1862 Kent, New York |
| Died | June 13, 1946 (aged 83) Lawrence, Kansas |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1891 | Kansas |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 7–0–1 |
Edwin Mortimer "E. M." Hopkins (September 16, 1862 – June 13, 1946) was a university professor and American football coach. He served on the faculty at the University of Kansas from 1891 to 1937, where he was the head of the English department for many years. Hopkins graduated from Princeton University in 1888 with a bachelor's degree in English and earned a master's degree the following year. While at Princeton he was elected to the "Lit" board in 1888. That same year he won "The Lippincott prize" of $50 for writing the best article on "Social Life at Princeton". He returned to Princeton to complete his PhD in 1894, and upon his return to KU he became a full professor in English.
While Hopkins never played football, he was hired to be the very first head football coach of the Kansas Jayhawks for the second season of the program's history. He was hired for the most part because he had recently arrived at the university from back east where the sport had already been established for several decades and was quickly gaining in popularity, which gave him a fresh thorough understanding of the game. He led the team to an undefeated season with a mark of 7–0–1.
At the University of Kansas, he was instrumental in founding several regional and national organizations. He was a founder of the Quill Club, the English Journal, and the Kansas Association of Teachers of English. As he was a direct descendent of Stephen Hopkins, one of the passengers of the Mayflower, he founded the Kansas Society of Mayflower Descendants. In addition, he was a charter member of the American Association of University Professors and played an important role in the formation of the National Council of Teachers of English where he served as director for several years and president in 1915. He was also the director of a large national survey on the cost and labor of English in the United States from 1913 to 1931 backed by the United States Bureau of Education, the National Education Association, the Modern Language Association, and the National Council. In 1905, he reorganized the University Daily Kansan as part of his work reorganizing the school of Journalism at the university, which he had begun in 1903.
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