Horace C. Butterworth (December 3, 1868 – December 8, 1939) was the first head coach for the

Chicago Maroons men's basketball The Chicago Maroons men's basketball team is an NCAA Division III college basketball team competing in the University Athletic Association. Home games are played at the Gerald Ratner Athletics Center, located on the University of Chicago's campus ...

team, the fourth head football coach for the

Northwestern Wildcats baseball The Northwestern Wildcats baseball team is the varsity intercollegiate athletic team of the Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, United States. The team competes in the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I and are membe ...

team as well as the fourth head coach for the

Temple Owls football The Temple Owls football team represents Temple University in the sport of college football. The Temple Owls compete in the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision as a member of the American Athletic Conference (The American). They play thei ...

team. Additionally, Butterworth was the fourth athletic director for Northwestern and maintain the position from 1903 to 1904. Butterworth attended

Delaware College The University of Delaware (colloquially UD or Delaware) is a public land-grant research university located in Newark, Delaware. UD is the largest university in Delaware. It offers three associate's programs, 148 bachelor's programs, 121 mas ...

for his undergraduate studies and completed his doctorate from the

University of Chicago The University of Chicago (UChicago, Chicago, U of C, or UChi) is a private university, private research university in Chicago, Illinois. Its main campus is located in Chicago's Hyde Park, Chicago, Hyde Park neighborhood. The University of Chic ...

in 1898. Even though he had a record of 10–4, his time as the

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head coach was cut short when the university suspended the program based on a lack of interest. In his only season as the

coach his team played a 17-game season, of which 12 games were verses Western Conference opponents. At Temple, his coaching record was 4–0–2. This ranks him 16th at Temple in total wins and first at Temple by winning percentage.Temple Coaching Records

Head coaching record

Football

References

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