Ferdinand Holtkamp
Ferdinand G. "Fritz" Holtkamp (c. 1889 – 1944) was an American college football and college basketball coach] He served as the head football coach at Mississippi Agricultural & Mechanical College—now known as Mississippi State University—from 1920 to 1921 and Western Reserve University—now a part of Case Western Reserve University—from 1922 to 1925, compiling a career college football coaching record of 25–26–3. During his two-season tenure at Mississippi A&M, Holtkamp compiled a record of 9–7–1) Holtkamp was also the head basketball coach at Western Reserve from 1922 to 1925.
Holtkamp pictured in Reveille 1922, Mississippi State yearbook | |
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | c. 1889 |
| Died | 1944 (aged 55) Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1916–1919 | Ohio State |
| Position(s) | Center |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1920–1921 | Mississippi A&M |
| 1922–1925 | Western Reserve |
| Basketball | |
| 1922–1925 | Western Reserve |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 25–26–3 (football) 21–25 (basketball) |
Holtkamp played college football at Ohio State University as a center from 1916 to 1919. He died in 1944 at the age of 55 at Pearl Harbor following a long illness. He had been employed at the naval base as a civilian in construction.