Dan A. Killian

{{Short description|American football and baseball coach}}

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| name = Dan A. Killian

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1880|2|5}}

| birth_place = Allegan, Michigan, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1953|1|15|1880|2|5}}

| death_place = Lansing, Michigan, U.S.

| alma_mater = University of Michigan (1902)

| coach_sport1 = Football

| coach_years2 = 1904–1906

| coach_team2 = LSU

| coach_sport3 = Baseball

| coach_years4 = 1905–1906

| coach_team4 = LSU

| coach_sport5 = Track and Field

| coach_years6 = 1905–1906

| coach_team6 = LSU

| overall_record = 8–6–2 (football)
14–9 (baseball)

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Dan Arnold Killian (February 5, 1880 – January 15, 1953) was an American college football and college baseball coach. He served as the head football coach at Louisiana State University (LSU) from 1904 to 1906, compiling a record of 8–6–2.{{cite web|url=http://www.lsusports.net/fls/5200/assets/docs/fb/pdf/17guide.pdf|title=LSU Year-by-Year Records|publisher=lsusports.net|page=107|accessdate=2018-07-29|archive-date=2018-01-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180119120040/http://www.lsusports.net/fls/5200/assets/docs/fb/pdf/17guide.pdf|url-status=dead}} Killian was also the head coach of the LSU baseball team from 1905 to 1906{{cn|date=January 2023}} (tallying a mark of 14–9), as well as head coach of the LSU Tigers track and field team from 1905 to 1906.{{cite web|url=http://www.lsusports.net/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=5200&ATCLID=210934020|title=LSU Track and Field Media Guide|publisher=lsusports.net|page=7|accessdate=2018-08-01|archive-date=2018-08-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180802101755/http://www.lsusports.net/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=5200&ATCLID=210934020|url-status=dead}} He also served as athletic director.{{cite web|title=Dan Killian Resigns|url=https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=AMNEWS&t=pubname%3A138F0D9908AC8D5F%7CLSAB%7C138FFECC909AB153%7C138FFE8785E79426%7C1223BCE5B718A166%7CTPIC%7C138FFFA98DD25010%21Multiple%2BPublications&sort=YMD_date%3AD&maxresults=20&f=advanced&b=pubname&val-base-0=%22Dan%20Killian%20Resigns%22&fld-base-0=alltext&bln-base-1=and&val-base-1=December%2012%2C%201906&fld-base-1=YMD_date&docref=image/v2%3A1223BCE5B718A166%40EANX-122BCA6D04A0AD58%402417557-12272532A07524A0%409-125BCDB806713052%40Books%2BDoing%2BWell%2BAt%2BCity%2BPark%2BTrack%252C%2BAs%2BOnly%2BTwo%2Bof%2Bthe%2BSix%2BChoices%2BWon|work=New Orleans Daily Picayune (p. 10)|date=December 12, 1906}}

Killian was a graduate of the University of Michigan, where he lettered as a shortstop in baseball in 1902.{{cite web|title=Bentley Historical Library: University of Michigan Baseball Rosters—Search Results|url=https://bentley.umich.edu/athdept/rosters/search.php?data=baseball&lastname_option=equals&lastname=Killian&firstname_option=equals&firstname=Dan+Arnold&number_option=equals&number=&year_option=equals&year=&startyear=&endyear=&letter_option=equals&letter=&position_option=equals&position=&class=any&hometown_option=equals&hometown=&state=&highschool_option=equals&highschool=&sortby=lastname%2C+firstname%2C+year&find=FIND|work=bentley.umich.edu|date=June 24, 2016|accessdate=January 29, 2020}} He also reportedly played quarterback on the football team,{{cite web|title=Baton Rouge Has Work Ahead, But Is Willing|url=https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=AMNEWS&t=pubname%3A138F0D9908AC8D5F%7CLSAB%7C138FFECC909AB153%7C138FFE8785E79426%7C1223BCE5B718A166%7CTPIC%7C138FFFA98DD25010%21Multiple%2BPublications&sort=YMD_date%3AA&maxresults=20&f=advanced&b=pubname&val-base-0=%22Baton%20Rouge%20Has%20Work%20Ahead%22&fld-base-0=alltext&bln-base-1=and&val-base-1=October%2023%2C%201904&fld-base-1=YMD_date&docref=image/v2%3A1223BCE5B718A166%40EANX-122A5F44BB68B998%402416777-122723C459EBDD40%4014-12E20C4B93785830%40Lane%2527s%2BTeam%2BDebut%2BPromises%2BFine%2BSeason.%2B%255BIllegible%255D%2BGiants%2BDefeated%252C%2B11%2Bto%2B0%252C%2BNot%2BEqualing%2Bthe|work=New Orleans Daily Picayune (p. 15)|date=October 23, 1904}} but if he did, he apparently did not qualify for a letter.{{cite web|title=Roster Databases|url=https://bentley.umich.edu/athdept/rosters/index.php|work=bentley.umich.edu|date=October 23, 2019|accessdate=January 29, 2020}}

In 1906 he left coaching "to do sporting work for a newspaper" in Chicago.

He died in Lansing, Michigan in 1953.{{cite book|title=The Michigan Alumnus|author=University of Michigan. Alumni Association|date=1952|volume=59|publisher=Alumni Association of the University of Michigan.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ogLiAAAAMAAJ|page=261|accessdate=June 20, 2015}}