Tunis Prins

Teunis Wayenberg Prins (commonly spelled Tunis) (August 7, 1895 – June 21, 1949) was an American pastor, college football coach, athletics administrator, and educator.

Biography Prins was born on August 7, 1895, in Sioux Center, Iowa. Prins enrolled at Hope College in 1913 and was a guard and forward on the school's basketball team. In 1915, he was voted as team captain. The brothers returned to Hope in 1919 and Tunis was a member of the state championship basketball team in 1920. Following his graduation he enrolled at New Brunswick Theological Seminary.

While attended New Brunswick, Prins was named as the pastor for the Whitehouse Reformed Church in Whitehouse Station, New Jersey. Throughout that time, Prins had attended the University of Michigan and Princeton University. In 1943, after athletic director and head football coach Richard Tysseling was commissioned into the United States Navy, Prins took over the roles. In two seasons he led the team to an overall record of 6–5 before resigning after the 1944 season. In 1944, he hired future Central head coach Eldon Tharp as an assistant coach.

Prins remained with Central after Tysseling returned, reverting back to director of intramural athletics.

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