Jim Mentis
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Biographical details | |
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Born | Mount Vernon, Ohio, U.S. | December 25, 1925
Died | December 24, 2012 Mount Vernon, Missouri, U.S. | (aged 86)
Playing career | |
Football | |
1946–1949 | Southwest Missouri State |
Position(s) | End, tackle |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1950–1953 | Carthage Senior HS (MO) (assistant) |
1954–1960 | Springfield Central HS (MO) |
1961–1964 | Southwest Missouri State (assistant) |
1965–1968 | Southwest Missouri State |
Wrestling | |
1961–1962 | Southwest Missouri State |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 20–21 (college football) |
Bowls | 0–1 |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
Football 1 MIAA (1966) | |
James Edward Mentis (December 25, 1925 – December 24, 2012) was an American football and wrestling and coach. He served as the head football coach at Southwest Missouri State University–now known as Missouri State University–from 1965 to 1968, compiling a record of 20–21.[1] Mentis was also the school's wrestling coach from 1961 to 1962.[2]
Head coaching record
College football
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Southwest Missouri State Bears (Missouri Intercollegiate Athletics Association) (1965–1968) | |||||||||
1965 | Southwest Missouri State | 7–3 | 4–1 | 2nd | |||||
1966 | Southwest Missouri State | 7–4 | 5–0 | 1st | L Mineral Water | ||||
1967 | Southwest Missouri State | 4–6 | 2–3 | T–3rd | |||||
1968 | Southwest Missouri State | 2–8 | 2–3 | T–3rd | |||||
Southwest Missouri State: | 20–21 | 13–7 | |||||||
Total: | 20–21 | ||||||||
National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth |
References
- ^ "Jim Mentis". legacy.com. Retrieved November 13, 2019.
- ^ "Jim Mentis". Missouri State Bears. Retrieved November 15, 2019.
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