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American sports coach (1886–1956)

E. T. MacDonnell
Biographical details
MacDonnell pictured in The Howler 1918, Wake Forest yearbook
Born	(1886-08-09)August 9, 1886 Hamilton, New York, U.S.
Died	March 30, 1956(1956-03-30) (aged 69) McColl, South Carolina, U.S.
Playing career
Football
1906–1909	Colgate

Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1914–1916	LSU
1917	Wake Forest
Basketball
1917–1918	Wake Forest
Baseball
1918	Wake Forest

Head coaching record
Overall	15–13–2 (football) 4–12 (basketball) 9–3 (baseball)

Edward Thomas MacDonnell (August 9, 1886 – March 30, 1956) was an American football, basketball, and baseball coach. He served as the head football coach at Louisiana State University (LSU) from 1914 to 1916 and at Wake Forest University for one season in 1917, compiling a career college football record of 15–13–2. MacDonnell was also the head basketball coach at Wake Forest for the 1917–18 season, tallying a mark of 4–12, and the school's head baseball coach in the spring of 1918, notching a record of 9–3. MacDonald was an alumnus of Colgate University, graduating in 1910. He was a member of Phi Gamma Delta.

Head coaching record

Football


Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
LSU Tigers (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1914–1916)
1914	LSU	4–4–1	0–1–1
1915	LSU	6–2	3–1
1916	LSU	4–1*	0–1*
LSU:		14–7–1	3–3–1	*Last five games of season were coached by Irving Pray and Dana X. Bible.
Wake Forest Baptists (Independent) (1917)
1917	Wake Forest	1–6–1
Wake Forest:		1–6–1
Total:		15–13–2

References

"Person Details for Edward Thomas Macdonnell, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918" — FamilySearch.org". familysearch.org. Retrieved April 14, 2015.
"LSU Year-by-Year Records" (PDF). lsusports.net. p. 107. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 19, 2018. Retrieved July 29, 2018.
The Phi Gamma Delta. Board of Trustees of the Fraternity of Phi Gamma Delta. 1956. Retrieved April 14, 2015.

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