Leon Bumbarger McCarty (June 20, 1888 – September 18, 1962) was an American football and baseball coach. He was the 17th head football coach at the University of Kansas, serving for one season, in 1919, and compiling a record of 3–2–3.[1][2] McCarty also was head baseball coach at Kansas from 1914 to 1917 and in 1920, tallying a record of 37–21–1 and winning Missouri Valley Conference championships in 1914 and 1915.
McCarty was a 1910 graduate of Ohio State University, where he lettered in football in 1908 and 1909.[3]
Head coaching record
Football
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas Jayhawks (Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1919) | |||||||||
| 1919 | Kansas | 3–2–3 | 1–1–1 | T–3rd | |||||
| Kansas: | 3–2–3 | 1–1–1 | |||||||
| Total: | 3–2–3 | ||||||||
References
- ^ “Kansas Names Coach” Christian Science Monitor July 14, 1919
- ^ Kansas Coaching Records Archived September 29, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ The New York Times “Leon McCarty to Coach Kansas” July 24, 1919
