Al Garten
{{Short description|American football and basketball coach}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox college coach
| name = Al Garten
| image =
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1905|6|20}}
| birth_place = Kansas, U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1981|7|3|1905|6|20}}
| death_place = Watsonville, California, U.S.
| alma_mater =
| coach_sport1 = Football
| coach_years2 = 1936–1937
| coach_team2 = Eastern New Mexico
| coach_years3 = 1939–1953
| coach_team3 = Eastern New Mexico
| coach_sport4 = Basketball
| coach_years5 = 1936–1938
| coach_team5 = Eastern New Mexico
| coach_years6 = 1939–1965
| coach_team6 = Eastern New Mexico
| overall_record = 66–62–4 (football)
273–352 (basketball)
| bowl_record =
| tournament_record =
| championships = Football
3 NMC (1950–1952)
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Alvin Davis Garten (June 20, 1905 – July 3, 1981) was an American football and basketball coach. He served two stints as the head football coach at Eastern New Mexico University in Portales, New Mexico, from 1936 to 1937 and again from 1939 to 1953, compiling a record of 66–62–4.{{cite web|url=http://www.nmnathletics.com/fls/8200/Football/Footballmediaguide2007.pdf |title=Archived copy |accessdate=December 11, 2007 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725192016/http://www.nmnathletics.com/fls/8200/Football/Footballmediaguide2007.pdf |archivedate=July 25, 2011 }} Garten was also the head basketball coach at Eastern New Mexico for 26 seasons, tallying a mark of 273–352.{{cite web |author= |title=Men's Basketball Coaches |url=https://goeasternathletics.com/sports/2017/12/29/mens-basketball-coaches.aspx |publisher=Eastern New Mexico Athletics |accessdate=July 17, 2020 }} The school did not field football or basketball teams from 1942 through 1944 because of World War II.
Head coaching record
=Football=
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Eastern New Mexico Greyhounds
| conf = Independent
| startyear = 1936
| endyear = 1937
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1936
| name = Eastern New Mexico
| overall = 5–5
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1937
| name = Eastern New Mexico
| overall = 7–2–1
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Eastern New Mexico Greyhounds
| conf = Independent
| startyear = 1939
| endyear = single
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1939
| name = Eastern New Mexico
| overall = 7–3
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| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Eastern New Mexico Greyhounds
| conf = New Mexico Conference
| startyear = 1940
| endyear = 1953
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1940
| name = Eastern New Mexico
| overall = 4–6
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| ranking2 = no
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| championship =
| year = 1941
| name = Eastern New Mexico
| overall = 1–8
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| ranking2 = no
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| year = 1942
| name = No team—World War II
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
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| year = 1943
| name = No team—World War II
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| year = 1944
| name = No team—World War II
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1945
| name = Eastern New Mexico
| overall = 0–6
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1946
| name = Eastern New Mexico
| overall = 1–7–1
| conference = 1–3
| confstanding = 4th
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1947
| name = Eastern New Mexico
| overall = 5–4
| conference = 3–3
| confstanding = 4th
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1948
| name = Eastern New Mexico
| overall = 6–3
| conference = 5–2
| confstanding = 3rd
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1949
| name = Eastern New Mexico
| overall = 6–4–1
| conference = 4–2–1
| confstanding = 3rd
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year = 1950
| name = Eastern New Mexico
| overall = 5–5
| conference = 5–1
| confstanding = 1st
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year = 1951
| name = Eastern New Mexico
| overall = 8–1
| conference = 5–0
| confstanding = 1st
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year = 1952
| name = Eastern New Mexico
| overall = 7–1–1
| conference = 4–1
| confstanding = T–1st
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1953
| name = Eastern New Mexico
| overall = 4–7
| conference = 3–3
| confstanding = T–3rd
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| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Eastern New Mexico
| overall = 66–62–4
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{{CFB Yearly Record End
| overall = 66–62–4
| bowls = no
| poll = no
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References
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External links
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