Gwinn Henry

A career head coach after playing football and competing in track as an athlete, Gwinn Henry began coaching at Howard Payne in 1912.

After five years away from the game, he accepted the head coaching position for the College of Emporia (Kan.) Fighting Presbies in 1918, compiling a record of 37-3 and earning the attention of the University of Missouri, who hired him away in 1923.

Henry spent nine seasons coaching the Tigers, including a 7-1 mark in 1924 that led to a game against USC during the Los Angeles Christmas Festival, which Missouri lost.

Henry’s Tigers also compiled a 7-2 record in 1927 and won three championships in the Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association.

Henry went on to coach a combined seven seasons at New Mexico and Kanasas, serving as the Jayhawks’ athletic director from 1938-42 as well.