Ivan Doseff (September 26, 1884 – May 3, 1973) was a Bulgarian-American[1] football player and coach of football, basketball, and track, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Kalamazoo College in 1910, Fargo College in 1915, at Iowa State Teachers College—now known as the University of Northern Iowa—from 1919 to 1920, and at Luther College in Decorah, Iowa from 1921 to 1922, compiling a career college football record of 12–18–3.
Coaching career
Doseff was the head football coach at Kalamazoo College in Kalamazoo, Michigan for one season, in 1910, compiling a record of 1–5–1.
Death
Doseff died on May 3, 1973.[2]
Head coaching record
College football
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kalamazoo Baptists (Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1910) | |||||||||
| 1910 | Kalamazoo | 1–4–1 | 0–3–1 | 4th | |||||
| Kalamazoo: | 1–4–1 | 0–3–1 | |||||||
| Fargo Hilltoppers (Independent) (1915) | |||||||||
| 1915 | Fargo | 1–2–1 | |||||||
| Fargo: | 1–2–1 | ||||||||
| Iowa State Teachers (Independent) (1919–1920) | |||||||||
| 1919 | Iowa State Teachers | 2–4–1 | |||||||
| 1920 | Iowa State Teachers | 4–2–1 | |||||||
| Iowa State Teachers: | 6–6–2 | ||||||||
| Luther Norse (Independent) (1921–1922) | |||||||||
| 1921 | Luther | 2–4 | |||||||
| 1922 | Luther | 3–4 | |||||||
| Luther: | 5–8 | ||||||||
| Total: | 13–20–4 | ||||||||
References
- ^ “The Deseret News – Google News Archive Search”.
- ^ “Ivan Doseff”. Star Tribune. Minneapolis, Minnesota. May 4, 1973. p. 28. Retrieved September 16, 2018 – via Newspapers.com
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- ^ “NCAA Statistics; Coach; Ivan Doseff; Football”. National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved December 22, 2025.
- ^ “Kalamazoo College Football Year-by-Year”. Kalamazoo College. Retrieved December 22, 2025.