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Merlin Ditmer
Sport(s)Football, basketball
Biographical details
Born(1886-04-09)April 9, 1886
Potsdam, Ohio
DiedMarch 10, 1950(1950-03-10) (aged 63)
Cincinnati, Ohio
Alma materOtterbein
Head coaching record
Overall13–37–4 (football)
6–25 (basketball)

Merlin A. Ditmer (April 9, 1886 – March 10, 1950) was an American football and basketball coach. He served as the head football coach (1920–1926) and head men's basketball coach (1920–1925) at Otterbein University in Westerville, Ohio.[1] Ditmer moved to Oxford, Ohio to work an assistant football and basketball coach at Miami University before serving as the school's athletic director from 1941 to 1948.[2]

Head coaching record[]

Football[]

Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs
Otterbein Cardinals (Independent) (1920)
1920 Otterbein 1–7
Otterbein Cardinals (Ohio Athletic Conference) (1921–1926)
1921 Otterbein 1–5–2 1–3–2 13th
1922 Otterbein 2–6 2–6 15th
1923 Otterbein 5–3 4–3 6th
1924 Otterbein 2–5 2–5 T–15th
1925 Otterbein 0–6–2 0–5–1 20th
1926 Otterbein 2–5 1–5 18th
Otterbein: 13–37–4 10–27–3
Total: 13–31–4
Indicates BCS bowl, Bowl Alliance or Bowl Coalition game.

References[]

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