Chester Brewer

Chester Brewer
Sport(s)	Football, basketball, baseball, track & field
Biographical details
Born	November 26, 1875 Owosso, Michigan
Died	April 16, 1953(1953-04-16) (aged 77) Columbia, Missouri, USA
Playing career
Football 1896	Wisconsin
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football 1899–1902 1903–1910 1911–1913 1917 1919 1922 Basketball 1903–1910 1910–1911 1922–1923 Baseball 1904–1910 1911 1914–1917 1918–1920 1933–1934	Albion Michigan Agricultural Missouri Michigan Agricultural Michigan Agricultural University Farm Michigan Agricultural Missouri University Farm Michigan Agricultural Missouri Missouri Michigan Agricultural Missouri
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1911–1917 1919–1922 1923–1935	Missouri Michigan Agricultural Missouri
Head coaching record
Overall	97–51–4 (football) 84–36 (basketball) 148–93–4 (baseball)
Statistics College Football Data Warehouse
Accomplishments and honors
Championships 3 MIAA (1900, 1903, 1905) 1 Missouri Valley (1913)

Chester Leland Brewer (November 26, 1875 – April 16, 1953) was an American football, basketball, baseball, and track and field coach and athletic director. He served as the head football coach at Albion College (1899–1902), Michigan Agricultural College, now Michigan State University, (1903–1910, 1917, 1919), the University of Missouri (1911–1913), and the University Farm, now the University of California, Davis, (1922), compiling a career record of 97–51–4. Brewer was also the head basketball coach at Michigan Agricultural (1903–1910), Missouri (1910–1911) and the University Farm (1922–1923), tallying a mark of 84–36, and the head baseball coach at Michigan Agricultural (1904–1910, 1918–1920) and Missouri (1911, 1914–1917, 1933–1934), amassing a record of 148–93–4.

Coaching career

From 1903 to 1910, and in 1917 and 1919, Brewer coached football at Michigan Agricultural College, where he compiled a 58–23–7 record, making him one of the school's most prolific coaches.

From 1911 to 1913, he coached football at the University of Missouri, where he compiled a 14–8–2 record. During his years at the Missouri, Brewer fulfilled many roles. He was hired as athletic director in 1910 and wasted little time in leaving his mark at the university, as he was one of the founding members of the M Men's Club. He founded the club on the eve of the 1911 football game against Kansas, and the organization became the sponsor for intramural sports championships at the university. Brewer was also the coach of the 1911 baseball team, which had an 8–3 record. He assumed the leadership of the baseball team a second time from 1914–1917 and achieved a 49–15–3 record. He remained at the Missouri until 1917 and at different periods also coached basketball and track. Brewer is also credited with beginning the homecoming tradition at the University of Missouri and the entire nation with the 1911 Kansas vs. Missouri football game.

Brewer left the Missouri at the end of the 1917 school year to serve in World War I. He spent the next year directing training camp activities at universities around the country. He returned to Michigan Agricultural College after the war. In 1922, he coached football at the University Farm in Davis, California, where he compiled a 3–4–2 record.

Brewer returned to Missouri in 1923 and was named athletic director and a professor of physical education. His second tenure as athletic director lasted until 1935. During these twelve years of leadership, he helped oversee the construction of Brewer Fieldhouse, which was named for him on February 8, 1930. Brewer also coached the Missouri Tigers baseball team one final time from 1933–1934 and finished with a 12–17 record. His final record as Missouri's baseball coach was 69–32–3. Brewer remained with the university as a professor until his death. He died on April 16, 1953 at the age of 77 in Columbia, Missouri.

Head coaching record

Football

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
Albion Britons (Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1899–1902)
1899	Albion	3–5
1900	Albion	6–1–2
1901	Albion	7–4–1
1902	Albion	4–6
Albion:		20–16–3
Michigan Agricultural Aggies (Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1903–1906)
1903	Michigan Agricultural	6–1–1		T–1st
1904	Michigan Agricultural	8–1
1905	Michigan Agricultural	10–2		1st
1906	Michigan Agricultural	7–2–2
Michigan Agricultural Aggies (Independent) (1907–1910)
1907	Michigan Agricultural	4–2–1
1908	Michigan Agricultural	6–0–2
1909	Michigan Agricultural	9–1
1910	Michigan Agricultural	6–1
Missouri Tigers (Missouri Valley Conference) (1911–1913)
1911	Missouri	2–4–2	0–2–2	5th
1912	Missouri	5–3	2–3	4th
1913	Missouri	7–1	4–0	T–1st
Missouri:		14–8–2	6–5–2
Michigan Agricultural Aggies (Independent) (1917)
1917	Michigan Agricultural	0–9
Michigan Agricultural Aggies (Independent) (1919)
1919	Michigan Agricultural	4–4–1
Michigan Agricultural:		60–23–7
University Farm Aggies (Independent) (1922)
1922	University Farm	3–4–2
University Farm:		3–4–2
Total:		97–51–14
National championship         Conference title         Conference division title

See also

• List of college football head coaches with non-consecutive tenure

External links

• Chester Brewer at the College Football Data Warehouse
• Chester Brewer at College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com

Template:Albion Britons football coach navbox

Template:UC Davis Aggies football coach navbox