Elmer A. Lampe

Elmer Andrew Lampe (December 11, 1900 – January 30, 1978) was an American football, basketball, and track and field coach and athletics administrator. He was the head basketball coach at Carroll College—now known as Carroll University—in Waukesha, Wisconsin from 1934 to 1938, the University of Georgia from 1938 to 1946, and Dartmouth College from 1946 to 1950. Lampe served as the head football coach at Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota from 1932 to 1933 and Carroll from 1934 to 1937, compiling a career college football head coaching mark of 24–11–7.

Early life, playing career, and education A native of Eveleth, Minnesota, Lampe attended the University of Chicago, where he was an All-American end in football. He also played on the school's basketball and track and field teams. Lampe graduated from Chicago in 1926 with a Bachelor of Philosophy. Lampe earned as Master of Science degree in physical education from the University of Wisconsin in 1934.

Coaching career Lampe began his coaching career in 1926, when he succeeded George F. Veenker as athletic coach at Emerson High School in Gary Indiana. He led his football teams at Gary to a record of 13–2–2 in two season before resigning in 1928 to move to Evanston High School in Evanston, Illinois. Lampe left Evanston High School in 1931 to become the ends coach for the football team at the University of Wisconsin, assisting head football coach Glenn Thistlethwaite.

In January 1932, Lampe was hired as head football coach at Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota. In 1934, Lampe was appointed athletic director and coach at Carroll College—now known as Carroll University—in Waukesha, Wisconsin, succeeding Thistlethwaite. He served as the head football coach at Carroll for four seasons, from 1934 to 1937, leading his teams to a record of 17–7–4.

On January 10, 1938, the University of Georgia's athletic board named Lampe as the school's new head basketball coach and ends coach for the Georgia Bulldogs football team under Joel Hunt, newly hired as head football coach. At that time, Frank Johnson was appointed head coach of the Georgia Bulldogs basketball team, as Lampe was not scheduled to come to Georgia until February, at which time he would be occupied with spring football training. When Johnson left Georgia on February 20, Lampe took charge of the Georgia basketball team. Lampe was head coach of Georgia' basketball team through the 1945–46 season, compiling a record of 82–84 over eight full seasons plus part of the 1937–38 season.

Lampe left Georgia in September 1946 to become the head basketball coach at Dartmouth College. His Dartmouth basketball teams had a record of 45–55 in fourth seasons, from 1946 to 1950. Lampe was succeeded as Dartmouth head basketball coach in 1950 by Doggie Julian, but retained his role as ends coach and head scout for the Dartmouth football team. He remained ends coach though the 1960 season, having served under head football coaches Tuss McLaughry and Bob Blackman. Lampe continued on at Dartmouth as an associate instructor in the physical education department, scout for the varsity football team, and end coach for the freshman football team until his retirement in 1966.

Later life and death Lampe retired to Deerfield Beach, Florida, and then moved to Boynton Beach, Florida. He died on January 30, 1978, at North Broward Hospital in Deerfield Beach.

Head coaching record College football

College basketball

CBB Yearly Record Entry championship = season = 1937–38 name = Georgia overall = 3–4 conference = 0–3

Works Elmer A. Lampe, "How to Play Defensive End." Athletic Journal, v. 9, p. 51 (1928). Elmer A. Lampe, "Statistics as an Aid to Football Strategy," Scholastic Coach, 21:14, April 1952.