Leland L. Mendenhall

Leland L. Mendenhall
Biographical details
Born	January 6, 1892; Earlham, Iowa, U.S.
Died	October 4, 1970 (aged 78); Cedar Falls, Iowa, U.S.
Playing career
Football
1913	Drake
1916	Iowa
Position(s)	Halfback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1917–1919	Boone HS (IA)
1920	Carleton (assistant)
1921–1924	Iowa State Teachers
Basketball
1917–1920	Boone HS (IA)
1920–1921	Carleton
1921–1924	Iowa State Teachers
Baseball
1921	Carleton
1922–1923	Iowa State Teachers
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1921–1960	Iowa State Teachers
Head coaching record
Overall	15–11–2 (college football); 27–7 (college basketball, excluding Carleton)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
	Basketball; 1 MIAC regular season (1921)

Leland Lester Mendenhall (January 6, 1892 – October 4, 1970) was an American football, basketball, baseball, and tennis coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach (1921 to 1924), head basketball coach (1921 to 1924) and head baseball coach (1922 to 1923) at the University of Northern Iowa (then known as Iowa State Teachers College) in Cedar Falls, Iowa.^[1] Mendenhall also coached tennis at Iowa State Teachers and was the school's athletic director.

Mendenhall was a 1916 football letter winner at the University of Iowa.^[2]

Mendenhall died on October 4, 1970, at Sartori Memorial Hospital in Cedar Falls.^[3]

Head coaching record[edit]

College football[edit]


Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
Iowa State Teachers (Independent) (1921)
1921	Iowa State Teachers	5–1–1
Iowa State Teachers (Iowa Conference) (1922–1924)
1922	Iowa State Teachers	5–2
1923	Iowa State Teachers	3–3–1
1924	Iowa State Teachers	2–5	1–5	12th
Iowa State Teachers:		15–11–2
Total:		15–11–2

References[edit]

^ "Leland Mendenhall". Iowa GenWeb. Retrieved December 6, 2018.
^ "The Iowa Alumnus, Volume 15". University of Iowa. Retrieved December 6, 2018.
^ "Mendenhall Dead At 78". The Des Moines Register. Des Moines, Iowa. October 5, 1970. p. 4-S. Retrieved December 19, 2020 – via Newspapers.com .

External links[edit]

Leland L. Mendenhall at Find a Grave

[1] "Leland Mendenhall". Iowa GenWeb. Retrieved December 6, 2018.

[2] "The Iowa Alumnus, Volume 15". University of Iowa. Retrieved December 6, 2018.

[3] "Mendenhall Dead At 78". The Des Moines Register. Des Moines, Iowa. October 5, 1970. p. 4-S. Retrieved December 19, 2020 – via Newspapers.com .

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