Sport(s) Football, basketball Name Alvin Twitchell 1926–1930 Colorado College | 1920–1925 BYU 1922–1924 BYU Role Basketball Coach | |
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Born May 13, 1892
Beaver, Utah ( 1892-05-13 ) 1941 Pueblo Centennial HS (CO) Overall 5–13–1 (college football)
100–51 (college basketball) Died May 10, 1955, Pueblo, Colorado, United States | ||
Alvin Greenwood Twitchell (May 13, 1892 – May 10, 1955) was an American football and basketball coach. He was the first head football coach at Brigham Young University (BYU), serving from 1922 to 1924 and compiling a record of 5–13–1. Twitchell was also the head basketball coach at BYU from 1920 to 1925 and at Colorado College from 1926 to 1930, amassing a career college basketball mark of 100–51.
Twitchell started his football coaching tenure at BYU in 1922 with a game against Utah Agricultural in Logan, Utah. BYU lost the game 41–3. Twitchell finished the year with a record of 1–5 with the only win coming against the Wyoming. His career record at BYU was 5–13–1.
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