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George Little
Title	Head Coach
Sport	Football
Born	May 27, 1889
Place of birth	Leominster, PA
Died	February 23, 1957 (aged 67)
Career highlights
Overall	54-16-4
Coaching stats
College Football DataWarehouse
Championships
Ohio Athletic Conference 1916, 1921
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1914-15 1915, 1919-21 1924 1925-26	Cincinnati Miami Michigan Wisconsin.
College Football Hall of Fame, 1955

George E. Little (May 27, 1889 in Leominster, Pennsylvania - February 23, 1957) was an American football coach best known for serving as head coach for University of Cincinnati, Miami University, University of Michigan and the University of Wisconsin-Madison. George was a 1912 graduate of Ohio Wesleyan University. He had a career record as a head coach of 54-16 -4 and was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1955. He was also the Athletic Director at Wisconsin and Rutgers University and was the Executive Secretary of the National Football Foundation and Hall of Fame.

Contents 1 Head coaching career 1.1 University of Cincinnati 1.2 Miami University 1.3 University of Michigan 1.4 University of Wisconsin-Madison 2 References

Little first head coach position was at the University of Cincinnati. He had an overall record of 10-8 including his only losing season a 4-5 record in 1915.

University of Cincinnati record

Year	Overall	(OAC /place)	Bowl game
1914	6-3	(4-2/3rdT)	None
1915	4-5	(3-3/7thT)	None

Little was named Miami University's Head Coach for the 1916 season succeeding C. J. Roberts. His first team went 7-0-1 and won the Ohio Athletic Conference. This team gave up 6 points (to the College of Wooster) with the only blemish being a 0-0 tie to Denison. Little tenure was interrupted to serve in the armed forces during World War I. He returned and led the Redskins a 7-1 record in 1919 and a 5-2-1 record in 1920. He once again won the Ohio Athletic Conference Championship in 1921 with a perfect 8-0 record. This team scored 238 points during the season and only gave up 13. His four years as Miami’s head coach he compiled an overall record of 27-3-2 including 21 games where the opponent did not score. He left Miami to become Fielding Yost’s top assistant at the University of Michigan.

Miami University record

Year	Overall	(OAC /place)	Bowl Game
1916	7-0-1	(6-0-1/1st)	None
1917	WW1 #	-	-
1918	WW1 #	-	-
1919	7-1	(3-0-2/4th)	None
1920	5-2-1	(3-2-1/8th)	None
1921	8-0	(7-0/1st)	None

# Little was serving in the armed forces during World War I

Little was the top assistant under Fielding Yost for two seasons at Michigan before being named head coach in 1924. That year, he compiled a record of 6-2. Little and the Wolverines shut out their opponents in five of the six victories. After that season, Little left to accept the Head Coach and Athletic Director position at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

University of Michigan record

Year	Overall	(Big Ten /place)	Bowl Game
1924	6-2	(4-2/4th)	None

In his two years as the Badgers’ head coach he compiled an overall record of 11-3-2. Lytle’s most successful year at Wisconsin was in 1925 where he led the Badgers to a 6-1-1 record and a second place finish in the Big Ten Conference. His one loss in the conference was to his former employer the University of Michigan by a score of 21-0. The Wolverines were led by his mentor Fielding Yost.

University of Wisconsin-Madison record

Year	Overall	(Big Ten /place)	Bowl Game
1925	6-1-1	(3-1-1/2nd T)	None
1926	5-2-1	(3-2-1/5th)	None

• Bentley Historical Library article
• Miami 2005 media guide
• UC 2005 media guide
• Wisconsin 2005 media guide
• U of M history and records
• season by season record
• college football hall of fame
• OAC history

v • d • e Cincinnati Bearcats Head Football Coaches
Berry • Reynolds • Fennell • Cavanaugh • Reed • Pratt • Chez • Foster • Foley • Inott • Burch • Dana • Little • Cortright • Marty • Chambers • McLaren • Babcock • King • Cohen • Woodworth • Meyer • Nolting • Gillman • Blackburn • Studley • Rice • Callahan • Mason • Staub • Gottfried • Brown • Currey • Murphy • Minter • Dantonio • Kelly

v • d • e Cincinnati Bearcats Head Basketball Coaches
Pratt • Chez • Foster • Schroetter • Easton • Little • Cortright • Morrison • Chambers • Rice • Halliday • Brown • Van Winkle • Ballard • Reuss • Farnham • Wiethe • Smith • Jucker • Baker • Catlett • Badger • Yates • Huggins • Kennedy • Cronin

v • d • e Miami Redskins/RedHawks Head Football Coaches
Fauver • Merrill • McIntyre • Branch • Hazzard • McPherson • Smith • Parmallee • Foster • Iddings • Sweetland • Donnelly • Roberts • Little • Rider • Ewing • Pittser • Wilton • Holcomb • Gillman • Blackburn • Hayes • Parseghian • Pont • Schembechler • Mallory • Crum • Reed • Rose • Walker • Hoeppner• Montgomery

v • d • e Miami RedHawks Head Basketball Coaches
Stone • Hoskins • Browne • Flack • Roberts • Little • Rider • Ewing • Tillotson • Mauer • Ewbank • Van Winkle • Foster • Brickels • Rohr • Shrider • Locke • Hedric • Peirson • Wright • Sendek • Coles

v • d • e Michigan Wolverines Head Football Coaches
Murphy • Crawford • Barbour • McCauley • Ward • Ferbert • Lea • Yost • Little • Wieman • Kipke • Crisler • Oosterbaan • Elliott • Schembechler • Moeller • Carr • Rodriguez

v • d • e Wisconsin Badgers Head Football Coaches
Kletsch • Mestre • Alward • Crawford • Davis • Stickney • King • Curtis • Hutchins • Barry • Richards • Juneau • Withington • Lowman • Ryan • Little • Thistlethwaite • Spears • Stuhldreher • Williamson • Bruhn • Coatta • Jardine • McClain • Hilles • Morton • Alvarez • Bielema