Leonard J. Umnus

Leonard J. Umnus

Biographical details
Born	(1903-04-18)April 18, 1903 Menominee, Michigan, U.S.
Died	April 13, 1996(1996-04-13) (aged 92) Watertown, Wisconsin, U.S.
Playing career
Football
1922–1924	Illinois
Position(s)	Center
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1925–1927	Fairmount/Wichita
?	Jordan College
1935–1970	Northwestern (WI)
Basketball
1925–1928	Fairmount/Wichita
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
National (1923)
Awards
Wisconsin Football Coaches Hall of Fame Upper Peninsula Sports Hall of Fame[1]

Leonard J. Umnus (April 18, 1903 – April 13, 1996) was an American football, basketball, and baseball coach.

Umnus enrolled at the University of Illinois in the fall of 1921. While at Illinois he played football with Red Grange under coach Robert Zuppke. Umnus was awarded "letters" for three years as a center and guard. He also was awarded athletic letters for Illinois in boxing.^[2]

Umnus was the 15th head football coach at Fairmont College—now known as Wichita State University—in Wichita, Kansas and he held that position for three seasons, from 1925 until 1927, compiling a record of 12–7–4.^[3] Fairmont College became the Municipal University of Wichita in 1926.

Between coaching in Wichita and Northwestern College, Umnus started the football program at the now defunct Jordan College in Menominee, Michigan.^[4]

Umnus later coached the Northwestern College Trojans^[5] in Watertown, Wisconsin (now a part of Martin Luther College in New Ulm, Minnesota).^[6] He was the head coach at the school for 35 seasons and his teams produced a record of 135–64–9. At Northwestern, he coached all sports including baseball and basketball.^[7]