Elmer Holm was the 21st head football coach for Washburn University

Washburn University

Washburn University is a co-educational, public institution of higher learning in Topeka, Kansas, USA. It offers undergraduate and graduate programs, as well as professional programs in law and business. Washburn has 550 faculty members, who teach more than 6,400 undergraduate students and...

 in Topeka, Kansas

Topeka, Kansas

Topeka |Kansa]]: Tó Pee Kuh) is the capital city of the U.S. state of Kansas and the county seat of Shawnee County. It is situated along the Kansas River in the central part of Shawnee County, located in northeast Kansas, in the Central United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was...

 and he held that position for six seasons, from 1936 until 1941. His overall coaching record at Washburn was 23 wins, 31 losses, and 3 ties. This ranks him seventh at Washburn in terms of total wins and 23rd at Washburn in terms of winning percentage.

Following his career at Washburn, Holm spent the 1942 season as an assistant coach at Nebraska

University of Nebraska–Lincoln

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