A. D. Kirwan

A. D. Kirwan
Kirwan in 1921 as captain of his high school football team

7th President of the University of Kentucky
In office 1968–1969
Preceded by	John W. Oswald
Succeeded by	Otis A. Singletary
Personal details
Born	(1904-12-22)December 22, 1904 Louisville, Kentucky
Died	November 30, 1971(1971-11-30) (aged 66) Lexington, Kentucky

Albert Dennis Kirwan (December 22, 1904 – November 30, 1971) was an American football coach and university administrator. He was the seventh President of the University of Kentucky. He also was the head football coach at Kentucky from 1938 to 1944.

Kirwan received the A.B. degree from UK in 1926, an M.A. degree from the University of Louisville in 1944 and was awarded an LL.B. degree from the Jefferson School of Law and a doctorate from Duke University, in 1947.^[1]

After leaving the football program, Kirwan took a fellowship in history at Duke University. He returned to UK as a professor and an administrator, serving as Dean of Men, Dean of Students, and Dean of the Graduate School. He served as president of the university for a short period in 1968 prior to Otis Singletary's presidency.^[2]

Kirwan wrote or co-wrote several history books and was a lecturer at other American and European universities. His legacy is remembered at UK with the naming of Kirwan Tower and the low-rise Kirwan dormitories for Dr. Kirwan.

Kirwan's son, William English Kirwan, a 1962 UK graduate, is currently the third Chancellor of the University System of Maryland, and former president of the University of Maryland, College Park and The Ohio State University.

Head coaching record

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
Kentucky Wildcats (Southeastern Conference) (1938–1942)
1938	Kentucky	2–7	0–4	12th
1939	Kentucky	6–2–1	2–2–1	T–5th
1940	Kentucky	5–3–2	1–2–2	9th
1941	Kentucky	5–4	0–4	12th
1942	Kentucky	3–6–1	0–5	T–11th
Kentucky Wildcats (Southeastern Conference) (1944)
1944	Kentucky	3–6	1–5	9th
Kentucky:		24–28–4	4–22–3
Total:		24–28–4

References

External links

A. D. Kirwan at the College Football Data Warehouse

Kentucky Wildcats head football coaches

A. M. Miller (1892)
John Thompson (1893)
W. P. Finney (1894)
Charles B. Mason (1895)
Dudley Short (1896)
Lyman Eaton (1897)
W. R. Bass (1898–1899)
W. H. Kiler (1900–1901)
E. W. McLeod (1902)
Jack Wright (1903)
Fred Schacht (1904–1905)
J. White Guyn (1906–1908)
Edwin Sweetland (1909–1910)
Prentiss Douglass (1911)
Edwin Sweetland (1912)
Alpha Brummage (1913–1914)
John J. Tigert (1915–1916)
Stanley A. Boles (1917)
Andrew Gill (1918–1919)
William Juneau (1920–1922)
Jack Winn (1923)
Fred J. Murphy (1924–1926)
Harry Gamage (1927–1933)
Chet A. Wynne (1934–1937)
A. D. Kirwan (1938–1942)
No team (1943)
A. D. Kirwan (1944)
Bernie Shively (1945)
Bear Bryant (1946–1953)
Blanton Collier (1954–1961)
Charlie Bradshaw (1962–1968)
John Ray (1969–1972)
Fran Curci (1973–1981)
Jerry Claiborne (1982–1989)
Bill Curry (1990–1996)
Hal Mumme (1997–2000)
Guy Morriss (2001–2002)
Rich Brooks (2003–2009)
Joker Phillips (2010–2012 )
Mark Stoops (2013– )

Presidents of the University of Kentucky

James K. Patterson (1878) Henry S. Barker (1911) Frank L. McVey (1917) Herman L. Donovan (1941) Frank G. Dickey (1956) John W. Oswald (1963) Albert D. Kirwan (1968) Otis A. Singletary (1969) David Roselle (1987) Charles T. Wethington, Jr. (1990) Lee T. Todd, Jr. (2001) Eli Capilouto (2011)

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