Ralph McKinzie

Ralph Clyde "Mac" McKinzie (October 1, 1894 – December 7, 1990) was an American football, basketball, and baseball coach and athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Eureka College in Eureka, Illinois from 1921 to 1937 and Wartburg College in Waverly, Iowa from 1938 to 1939. At Eureka, McKinzie was the football coach for Ronald Reagan, the 40th President of the United States.

McKinzie was born on October 1, 1894, in Winterset, Iowa, to John William (1860–1951) and Sarah Minnie Brassfield McKinzie (1871–1950). A native of Tonkawa, Oklahoma, McKinzie began his college career at Methodist University of Oklahoma—now known as Oklahoma City University—on a football scholarship.

McKinzie received a Master of Arts degree from University of Iowa. The same year, he left Eureka to become athletic director and coach at Wartburg.

McKinzie died on December 7, 1990, at Maple Lawn Nursing Home in Eureka.

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