Lloyd Hollingsworth

American athletics coach
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroAmerican athletics coach
PlacesUnited States of America
wasMilitary personnel Sports coach Tennis coach
Work fieldMilitary Sports
Gender
Male
Birth23 October 1911
Death9 August 2004 (aged 92 years)
Star signScorpio
Education
University of Minnesota
The details

Biography

Lloyd E. "Holly" Hollingsworth (October 23, 1911 – August 9, 2004) was an American football, basketball, baseball, ice hockey, tennis, and gymnastics coach. He served three stints as the head football coach at Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, Minnesota, in 1942, from 1946 to 1950, and from 1952 to 1960, compiling a record of 94–33–5. His tenure was interrupted by service in the United States Navy during World War II and the United States Army during the Korean War.

Hollingsworth attended Roosevelt High School in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He moved on to Gustavus Adolphus, where he earned 11 varsity letters in football, baseball, and gymnastics. After graduating in 1936, he coached as high schools in Clinton, Madison, and Waseca, Minnesota. He returned to Gustavus Adolphus in 1942 as athletic director and head coach in football, basketball, and baseball. Hollingsworth resigned as athletic director at Gustavus Adolphus in 1974 and retired from his post of chairman of the school's Department of Health and Physical Education in 1978.

Hollingsworth earned a master's degree from the University of Minnesota and a doctorate in education from New York University (NYU) in 1958. He died on August 9, 2004.

Head coaching record

Football

YearTeamOverallConferenceStandingBowl/playoffs
Gustavus Adolphus Gusties (Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference)
1942Gustavus Adolphus5–32–25th
Gustavus Adolphus Gusties (Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference)
1946Gustavus Adolphus7–0–16–01st
1947Gustavus Adolphus7–1–14–13rd
1948Gustavus Adolphus7–1–14–1T–2nd
1949Gustavus Adolphus8–15–12nd
1950Gustavus Adolphus9–26–01stL Refrigerator
Gustavus Adolphus Gusties (Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference)
1952Gustavus Adolphus7–16–0T–1st
1953Gustavus Adolphus6–25–1T–1st
1954Gustavus Adolphus7–26–01st
1955Gustavus Adolphus5–35–11st
1956Gustavus Adolphus4–54–3T–3rd
1957Gustavus Adolphus5–3–15–1–1T–2nd
1958Gustavus Adolphus8–17–01stL NAIA Semifinal
1959Gustavus Adolphus8–17–01st
1960Gustavus Adolphus3–5–13–3–1T–5th
Gustavus Adolphus:63–20–649–17–3
Total:62–20–6
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