Sport(s) | Football, basketball, baseball |
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Biographical details | |
Born |
Massachusetts |
March 23, 1874
Died | June 6, 1952 Auburn, New York |
(aged 78)
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1901–1902 | Michigan Agricultural |
Basketball | |
1901–1903 | Michigan Agricultural |
Baseball | |
1902–1903 | Michigan Agricultural |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 7–9–1 (football) 11–0 (basketball) 9–15–1 (baseball) |
George Edward Denman (March 23, 1874 – June 6, 1952) was an American teacher and football, basketball, and baseball coach. He served as the third head football coach at Michigan Agricultural College, now known as Michigan State University, from 1901 to 1902, compiling a record of 7–9–1. Bemies was also the second head basketball coach at Michigan Agricultural from 1901 to 1903, tallying a mark of 11–0, and the head coach of Michigan Agricultural's baseball team from 1902 to 1903, where his record was 9–15–1.
Denman was born in March 1874 in New York. His father, Edmond Denman, was an immigrant from England who worked as a day laborer. His mother, Maria Denman, was a native of New York. He had an older brother, William, born in March 1873.
Denman began his higher education during the 1893-1894 academic year at Union College in Schenectady, New York. He later attended Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts. He was a member of the senior class during the 1897-1898 academic year, and received his degree in 1898.
In 1900, he was living in Auburn, New York and working as a teacher.
He served as the third head football coach at Michigan Agricultural College, now known as Michigan State University, from 1901 to 1902, compiling a record of 7–9–1. Denman was also the second head basketball coach at Michigan Agricultural from 1901 to 1903, tallying a mark of 11–0, and the head coach of Michigan Agricultural's baseball team from 1902 to 1903, where his record was 9–15–1.
In 1905, he was instructor of French and Latin at the Central University in Lexington, Kentucky.
From 1903 to 1910, Denman was the athletic director and headmaster of the Centenary Collegiate Institute in Hackettstown, New Jersey.
In 1913, Denman was an instructor of Latin at the Mackenzie School in Dobbs Ferry, New York.