Hal Kopp

Hal Kopp

Biographical details
Born	(1909-01-19)January 19, 1909
Died	May 10, 1998(1998-05-10) (aged 89) Rhode Island, U.S.
Playing career
1932	Western Maryland
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1937–1940	Northeastern (line)
1941–1943	Brown (line)
late 1940s	Harvard (line)
late 1940s	Yale (line)
1950	Rhode Island State
1952–1955	Rhode Island
1956–1958	BYU
1959	Boston University (line)
1960	Connecticut (line)
1964–1970	Waltham HS (MA)
1972–1975	Bentley
Head coaching record
Overall	51–39–6 (college)
Bowls	0–1
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
3 Yankee Conference (1952–1953, 1955)
Awards
2× Rhode Island Coach of the Year (1953, 1955) New England Coach of the Year (1955)

Harold W. Kopp (January 19, 1909 – May 10, 1998) was an American football coach. He served as the head football coach at the University of Rhode Island, Brigham Young University (BYU), and Bentley University, compiling a career college football record of 51–39–6.

At Rhode Island, Kopp led the Rams to three Yankee Conference titles in five seasons (two shared, one outright). When they won their first title in 1952, it was the first championship in the Rhode Island football program's history. In 1955, he led them to the program's first bowl game, the Refrigerator Bowl, where the Rams lost, 12–10, to Jacksonville State.

As the coach of the BYU Cougars football team, Kopp produced winning records in his last two seasons, but was dismissed from the university when rumors surfaced that he had committed a potential NCAA rules infraction. From 1964 to 1970 Kopp was head football coach at Waltham High School. The team went undefeated in 1965. Kopp was also the first-ever head coach for the Bentley Falcons football program when he took the reins in 1972. He coached there for four seasons.

Kopp was author of a book titled I've Seen It All. He died on May 10, 1998.

Head coaching record

College

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
Rhode Island State Rams (Yankee Conference) (1950)
1950	Rhode Island State	3–5	2–3	3rd
Rhode Island Rams (Yankee Conference) (1952–1955)
1952	Rhode Island	7–1	3–1	T–1st
1953	Rhode Island	6–2	3–1	T–1st
1954	Rhode Island	6–2	3–1	2nd
1955	Rhode Island	6–1–2	4–0	1st	L Refrigerator
Rhode Island State / Rhode Island:		28–11–2	15–6
BYU Cougars (Skyline Conference) (1956–1958)
1956	BYU	2–7–1	1–5–1	7th
1957	BYU	5–3–2	5–1–1	2nd
1958	BYU	6–4	5–2	3rd
BYU:		13–14–3	11–8–2
Bentley Falcons (Independent) (1972–1975)
1972	Bentley	4–2–1
1973	Bentley	2–3
1974	Bentley	3–3
1975	Bentley	1–6
Bentley:		10–14–1
Total:		51–39–6
National championship         Conference title         Conference division title or championship game berth