Kenneth Knox

Kenneth Knox
Biographical details
Born	September 13, 1920; Brazeau, Missouri, U.S.
Died	February 24, 1970 (aged 49); Cape Girardeau, Missouri, U.S.
Playing career
Football
1946	Southeast Missouri State
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1948–1951	Sikeston HS (MO)
1952–1967	Southeast Missouri State
Track
1952–?	Southeast Missouri State
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
?–1970	Southeast Missouri State
Head coaching record
Overall	88–59–4 (college football); 35–0–3 (high school football)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
	Football; 6 MIAA (1955, 1957–1959, 1962, 1967)

Kenneth B. Knox (September 13, 1920 – February 24, 1970) was an American football and track coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Southeast Missouri State College—now known as Southeast Missouri State University—from 1952 to 1967, compiling a record of 88–59–4. Knox also coached track at Southeast Missouri State and was the school's athletic director until his death in early 1970.

Knox was born in Brazeau, Missouri and attended high school in Perryville, Missouri. He served in the United States Navy in the Pacific during World War II, reaching the rank of lieutenant commander before his discharge. Knox played college football at Southeast Missouri State, where was a member of the Emmett Stuber's undefeated 1946 team and graduated in 1948. He began his coaching career in 1948 at Sikeston High School in Sikeston, Missouri, where he led his football teams to a record of 35–0–3 in four seasons. He was hired as head coach in football and track at his alma mater, Southeast Missouri State, in 1952.^[1]

Knox died on February 24, 1970, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, following a long illness.^[2]

Head coaching record

College football


Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
Southeast Missouri State Indians (Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1952–1967)
1952	Southeast Missouri State	4–4	2–3	4th
1953	Southeast Missouri State	4–3–2	1–2–2	5th
1954	Southeast Missouri State	7–2	4–1	2nd
1955	Southeast Missouri State	9–0	5–0	1st
1956	Southeast Missouri State	2–7	0–5	6th
1957	Southeast Missouri State	6–2–1	4–0–1	1st
1958	Southeast Missouri State	7–1–1	5–0	1st
1959	Southeast Missouri State	7–2	5–0	1st
1960	Southeast Missouri State	6–4	4–1	2nd
1961	Southeast Missouri State	5–5	3–2	T–2nd
1962	Southeast Missouri State	7–3	5–0	1st
1963	Southeast Missouri State	4–6	2–3	T–3rd
1964	Southeast Missouri State	5–5	4–1	2nd
1965	Southeast Missouri State	2–8	2–3	4th
1966	Southeast Missouri State	5–5	4–1	2nd
1967	Southeast Missouri State	8–2	5–0	1st
Southeast Missouri State:		88–59–4	55–22–3
Total:		88–59–4
National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth

References

^ "Knox Named Cape State Grid Coach". The Daily Standard. Sikeston, Missouri. Associated Press. March 21, 1952. p. 1. Retrieved February 4, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Kenneth Knox, Coach, Dies in Cape". The Daily Standard. Sikeston, Missouri. February 24, 1970. p. 10. Retrieved February 4, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .

[1] "Knox Named Cape State Grid Coach". The Daily Standard. Sikeston, Missouri. Associated Press. March 21, 1952. p. 1. Retrieved February 4, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .

[2] "Kenneth Knox, Coach, Dies in Cape". The Daily Standard. Sikeston, Missouri. February 24, 1970. p. 10. Retrieved February 4, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .

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