Alvin Twitchell
Twitchell (left) pictured in The Banyan 1923, BYU yearbook
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| Sport(s) | Football, basketball |
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| Biographical details | |
| Born |
May 13, 1892 Beaver, Utah |
| Died | May 10, 1955 (aged 62) Pueblo, Colorado |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1922–1924 | BYU |
| 1941 | Pueblo Centennial HS (CO) |
| Basketball | |
| 1920–1925 | BYU |
| 1926–1930 | Colorado College |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 5–13–1 (college football) 100–51 (college basketball) |
Alvin Greenwood Twitchell (May 13, 1892 – May 10, 1955) was an American football and basketball coach. He was the first head football coach at Brigham Young University (BYU), serving from 1922 to 1924 and compiling a record of 5–13–1. Twitchell was also the head basketball coach at BYU from 1920 to 1925 and at Colorado College from 1926 to 1930, amassing a career college basketball mark of 100–51.
Twitchell started his football coaching tenure at BYU in 1922 with a game against Utah Agricultural in Logan, Utah. BYU lost the game 41–3. Twitchell finished the year with a record of 1–5 with the only win coming against the Wyoming. His career record at BYU was 5–13–1.
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