Albert Kawal
Quick Facts
Biography
Albert Peter Kawal (July 4, 1912 – January 1, 1990) was an American football and basketball player and coach of football, basketball, and baseball.He served as the head football coach at Drake University (1947–1948), Temple University (1949–1954), and Southern Illinois University Carbondale (1960–1961), compiling a career college football record of 52–53–6.Kawal was also the head baseball coach at the University of Tulsa in 1964, tallying a mark of 10–12.He played football and basketball at Northwestern University
Coaching career
Drake
Kawal got his first head coaching job as the 16th head football coach at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa and he held that position for two seasons, from 1947 until 1948.His record at Drake was 8–10–1.
Temple
Kawalhe was the 15th head football coach at Temple University in Philadelphia and he held that position for six seasons, from 1949 until 1954.Hisrecord at Temple was 24–28–3.
Southern Illinois
Kawal was the eighth head football coach at Southern Illinois University Carbondale and served there four seasons, from 1955 until 1958.His record at Southern Illinois was 20–15–2.
Head coaching record
Football
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Drake Bulldogs (Missouri Valley Conference) | |||||||||
1947 | Drake | 1–7–1 | 1–3 | 4th | |||||
1948 | Drake | 7–3 | 1–1 | 3rd | W Salad | ||||
Drake: | 8–10–1 | 2–4 | |||||||
Temple Owls (Independent) | |||||||||
1949 | Temple | 5–4 | |||||||
1950 | Temple | 4–4–1 | |||||||
1951 | Temple | 6–4 | |||||||
1952 | Temple | 2–7–1 | |||||||
1953 | Temple | 4–4–1 | |||||||
1954 | Temple | 3–5 | |||||||
Drake: | 24–28–3 | ||||||||
Southern Illinois Salukis (Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) | |||||||||
1955 | Southern Illinois | 4–4–2 | 4–1–1 | 3rd | |||||
1956 | Southern Illinois | 4–5 | 3–3 | T–3rd | |||||
1957 | Southern Illinois | 5–4 | 3–3 | T–4th | |||||
1958 | Southern Illinois | 7–2 | 4–2 | T–2nd | |||||
Southern Illinois: | 20–15–2 | 14–9–1 | |||||||
Total: | 52–53–6 |