title: Ferdinand Holtkamp
text: # Ferdinand Holtkamp
  
  Ferdinand G. "Fritz" Holtkamp (c. 1889 – 1944) was an American college football and college basketball coach] He served as the head football coach at Mississippi Agricultural & Mechanical College—now known as Mississippi State University—from 1920 to 1921 and Western Reserve University—now a part of Case Western Reserve University—from 1922 to 1925, compiling a career college football coaching record of 25–26–3. During his two-season tenure at Mississippi A&M, Holtkamp compiled a record of 9–7–1) Holtkamp was also the head basketball coach at Western Reserve from 1922 to 1925.
  
  Holtkamp played college football at Ohio State University as a center from 1916 to 1919. He died in 1944 at the age of 55 at Pearl Harbor following a long illness. He had been employed at the naval base as a civilian in construction.
  
  ## Head coaching record
  
  ### Football
  
  | Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Mississippi A&M Aggies (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1920–1921) ||||||
  | 1920 | Mississippi A&M | 5–3 | 4–2 | |
  | 1921 | Mississippi A&M | 4–4–1 | 2–3–1 | |
  | Mississippi A&M: | Mississippi A&M: | 9–7–1 | 6–5–1 | |
  | Western Reserve Pioneers (Ohio Athletic Conference) (1922–1925) ||||||
  | 1922 | Western Reserve | 3–7 | 3–6 | T–11th |
  | 1923 | Western Reserve | 5–4 | 5–4 | 7th |
  | 1924 | Western Reserve | 5–2–2 | 3–2–2 | T–7th |
  | 1925 | Western Reserve | 3–6 | 2–5 | 17th |
  | Western Reserve: | Western Reserve: | 16–19–2 | 13–17–2 | |
  | Total: | Total: | 25–26–3 | | |
  