Marshall Wells

Marshall Wells
Biographical details
Born	February 20, 1912; Wisconsin, U.S.
Died	June 16, 1972 (aged 60); Boulder, Colorado, U.S.
Playing career
Football
1930–1933	Minnesota
Position(s)	Tackle
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1933	Hamline (line)
1934	Sioux Falls
1935	Iowa State (line)
1936–1938	Yale (line)
1939	Minnesota (assistant)
1940–1941	Millikin
1946–1947	Millikin
1948–1958	Colorado (line)
Basketball
1934–1935	Sioux Falls
1940–1942	Millikin
1945–1946	Millikin
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1945–1948	Millikin
Head coaching record
Overall	24–15–1 (football); 27–25 (basketball, Millikin only)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
	Football; 1 ICC (1941)
Awards
	First-team All-Big Ten (1932);

Marshall Wells (February 20, 1912 – June 16, 1972) was an American college football and college basketball coach. He served as the head football coach at Millikin College in Decatur, Illinois from 1940 to 1941 and again from 1946 to 1957, compiling a record of 18–13–1.^[1] Wells was also a faculty member and head basketball coach at Millikin.^[2]

Playing career[edit]

Wells played college football at the University of Minnesota for the Golden Gophers from 1930 to 1933. He played under the tutelage of two head coaches: Fritz Crisler, who had a 7–3 record his in 1931, his last year at Minnesota, and Bernie Bierman, who led the team to a share of the Big Ten Conference title in 1933.^[3]

Head coaching record[edit]

Football[edit]


Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
Sioux Falls Braves (South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference) (1934)
1934	Sioux Falls	6–2	5–2	3rd
Sioux Falls:		6–2	5–2
Millikin Big Blue (Illinois College Conference) (1940–1941)
1940	Millikin	5–3	4–2	T–3rd
1941	Millikin	8–0	6–0	1st
Millikin Big Blue (College Conference of Illinois) (1946–1947)
1946	Millikin	2–6	1–3	6th
1947	Millikin	3–4–1	2–2–1	T–5th
Millikin:		18–13–1	13–7–1
Total:		24–15–1
National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth

References[edit]

^ "Marshall Wells Appointed Line Coach at Colo". Nebraska State Journal. 25 February 1948. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
^ "Faculty List". Millikin College. 19 July 2015. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
^ "Year-by-Year Records". University of Minnesota Athletics. Retrieved April 17, 2019.

External links[edit]

Marshall Wells at Find a Grave

[1] "Marshall Wells Appointed Line Coach at Colo". Nebraska State Journal. 25 February 1948. Retrieved December 30, 2018.

[2] "Faculty List". Millikin College. 19 July 2015. Retrieved December 30, 2018.

[3] "Year-by-Year Records". University of Minnesota Athletics. Retrieved April 17, 2019.

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