1908–1909 Hampden–Sydney 1910 VPI 1911 VPI Name L. Riess | 1908–1912 Hampden–Sydney Alma mater Swarth College 1912 VPI | |
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Sport(s) Football, basketball, baseball Born October 19, 1887
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ( 1887-10-19 ) Role American football head coach Died January 5, 1946, Antwerp, Belgium | ||
Lewis William "Lew" Riess (October 19, 1887 – January 5, 1946) an American football and baseball coach. He served as the head football coach at Hampden–Sydney College from 1908 to 1910 and at Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute (VPI)—now known as Virginia Tech—in 1911, compiling a career college football record of 14–9–2. Riess was also the head basketball coach at Hampden–Sydney from 1908 to 1912, amassing a record of 3–6, and the head baseball coach at Virginia Tech in 1912, tally a mark of 9–9. He died of a heart attack in 1946 in Belgium.
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