Alan Bovard

Alan J. Bovard (September 24, 1906 – July 11, 1983) was an American football player and coach. He was an All-Big Ten Conference center at the University of Michigan in 1929. He later served as the athletic director at Michigan Technological University from 1947 to 1972 and the head football coach from 1947 to 1956.

Athlete Bovard was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and grew up in Ithaca, New York.

High school coach Bovard graduated from Michigan in 1930 and served as an assistant football coach under Harry Kipke for the 1930 Michigan Wolverines football team. He was employed as a high school football and basketball coach from 1931 to 1947.

Michigan Tech In January 1947, Bovard was hired as the athletic director, head football coach and head of the physical education department at Michigan Technological University. He served as the football coach from 1947 to 1956. In 1948, Bovard led the Michigan Tech Huskies football team to its first undefeated season, finishing the season with a 7–0 record and outscoring opponents 209 to 58. He served as athletic director for 25 years and expanded Michigan Tech's athletic program into eleven varsity and seventeen intramural programs.

In October 1972, Bovard announced his retirement from Michigan Tech, effective December 31, 1972.

Death and Hall of Fame inductions In July 1983, Bovard died in Marquette, Michigan, where he had been hospitalized for several weeks.

Head coaching record College football