Ed Knecht

{{Short description|American football player, coach, and administrator (1927–2018)}}

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1927|10|12}}

| birth_place = Toledo, Ohio, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2018|6|8|1927|10|12}}

| death_place = Corvallis, Oregon, U.S.

| alma_mater =

| player_years1 = 1946–1949

| player_team1 = Toledo

| coach_years1 = 1957–1959

| coach_team1 = Idaho (assistant)

| coach_years2 = 1960–196x

| coach_team2 = Defiance HS (OH)

| coach_years3 = 1964

| coach_team3 = Boise HS (ID)

| coach_years4 = 1965–1968

| coach_team4 = Oregon State (freshmen/LB)

| coach_years5 = 1974–1975

| coach_team5 = College of Idaho (assistant)

| coach_years6 = 1976–1977

| coach_team6 = College of Idaho

| admin_years1 = 1969–1973

| admin_team1 = Idaho

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Edward Theodore Knecht (October 12, 1927 – June 8, 2018) was an American football coach and collegiate athletic director. He was the head coach at the College of Idaho in Caldwell from 1976 to 1976.{{cite web|url=https://www.mchenryfuneralhome.com/obituaries/Edward-Knecht/#!/Obituary|title=Edward Knecht|publisher=mchenryfuneralhome.com|access-date=December 6, 2018}} Prior to the C of I, Knecht was the athletic director at the University of Idaho in Moscow from 1969 to 1973.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=p2tYAAAAIBAJ&sjid=K_gDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7210%2C371069|newspaper=Spokane Daily Chronicle |location=(Washington) |title=Vandals choose new AD |date=July 1, 1969 |page=37 }}{{cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/name/edward-knecht-obituary?pid=189276470|title=Edward Theodore Knecht|publisher=legacy.com|access-date=December 28, 2018}}