John Peter "Deacon" Koehler (February 24, 1880 – August 3, 1961) was an American

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and

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coach. He served as the head football coach at Lawrence Institute in

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—now known as

Lawrence University Lawrence University is a Private college, private liberal arts college and Music school, conservatory of music in Appleton, Wisconsin, United States. Founded in 1847, its first classes were held on November 12, 1849. Lawrence was the second colle ...

—from 1904 to 1905, at the

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from 1906 to 1910, and at

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from 1914 to 1915, compiling a career college football head coaching record of 39–29–4. Koehler was also the head basketball coach at Lawrence from 1905 to 1906 and at Denver from 1906 to 1909, tallying a career college basketball head coaching record mark of 15–22. Koehler was the health commissioner of

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from 1925 until his retirement in 1940. He died on August 3, 1961, at his home in

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, after a heart attack.

Head coaching record

Football

References

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