L. F. "Pop" Klein

Lloyd Frederick "Pop" Klein (c. 1900 – October 14, 1968) was a coach of football and basketball at the high school and collegiate levels.

L. F. "Pop" Klein
Biographical details
Bornc. 1900
DiedOctober 14, 1968 (aged 68)
Prescott, Arizona
Alma materCotner
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1923–1934Crete HS (NE)
1935–1942Kearney State
1945–1958Nebraska (assistant)
Basketball
1923–1935Crete HS (NE)
1935–1937Kearney State
1945–1946Nebraska
Head coaching record
Overall42–21–1 (college football)
22–28 (college basketball)
89–19 (high school football)
200–54 (high school basketball)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Football
4 NIAA (1936, 1938, 1941–1942)

He began his career as a football and basketball at Crete High School where he accumulated an 89–19 record in football and 200–54 in basketball.[1] He won a state basketball championship at Crete in 1928.[2]

Klein then moved on to become the head football coach at the University of Nebraska–Kearney where led them to a 42–21–1 in eight seasons. Klein was also the Nebraska–Kearney head men's basketball coach for two seasons (1935–1937) where he led the teams to a 15–15 record.[3] After that, he became an assistant football coach at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln for 14 seasons.[4] During his first year in Lincoln, he stepped in to be the men's basketball coach for one year due to the head coach being ill.[5]

Klein died at the age of 68, on October 14, 1968, at his home in Prescott, Arizona.[6]

Head coaching record

College football
Year Team Overall ConferenceStanding Bowl/playoffs
Kearney State Antelopes (Nebraska Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1935–1943)
1935 Kearney State 5–32–2T–2nd
1936 Kearney State 7–23–01st
1937 Kearney State 5–3–11–1–1T–2nd
1938 Kearney State 4–4–12–0–1T–1st
1939 Kearney State 3–50–34th
1940 Kearney State 7–22–12nd
1941 Kearney State 8–03–01st
1942 Kearney State 6–22–11st
Kearney State: 45–21–215–8–2
Total:42–21–1
      National championship         Conference title         Conference division title or championship game berth

References
  1. Ellis, Mark (2007). A Century of Sports at the University of Nebraska at Kearney (1st ed.). ISBN 9780738550640. Retrieved December 25, 2017.
  2. "L.F. "Pop" Klein". Beatrice Public Schools. Retrieved December 25, 2017.
  3. "MBB Records - Year by Year record" (PDF). April 10, 2013. Retrieved December 28, 2017.
  4. "Assistant Football Coaches at Nebraska Since 1926". huskers.com. Retrieved December 25, 2017.
  5. "Nebraska Coaching Ledger" (pdf). huskers.com. Retrieved December 25, 2017.
  6. "Coach Lloyd 'Pop' Klein, 68, dies". Arizona Republic. Phoenix, Arizona. October 17, 1968. p. 2C. Retrieved January 19, 2019 – via Newspapers.com .
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