Gary Kinchen

{{Short description|American football player and coach (1941–2011)}}

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1941|1|13|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Albany, Louisiana, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2011|8|17|1941|1|13}}

| death_place = Baton Rouge, Louisiana, U.S.

| alma_mater =

| player_years1 = 1960–1962

| player_team1 = LSU

| player_positions = Center

| coach_years1 = 1963–1964

| coach_team1 = Glen Oaks HS LA) (assistant)

| coach_years2 = 1965

| coach_team2 = Glen Oaks HS LA)

| coach_years3 = 1966

| coach_team3 = Southwestern Louisiana (assistant)

| coach_years4 = 1967–1968

| coach_team4 = Tulane (assistant)

| coach_years5 = 1969–1970

| coach_team5 = Rice (OL/DL)

| coach_years6 = 1972–1973

| coach_team6 = Nicholls State

| overall_record = 5–17 (college)

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Ronald Gary Kinchen (January 13, 1941 – August 17, 2011) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Nicholls State University from 1972 to 1973, compiling a record of 5–17.

Playing career

Kinchen was an alumnus of the Louisiana State University (LSU), where he played college football as a center and lettered for the LSU Tigers from 1960 to 1962.{{cite web|url=https://issuu.com/lsuathletics/docs/19fb-mediaguide|title=Lettermen History|publisher=issuu.com/lsuathletics|access-date=March 24, 2020}}{{cite book |last1=Baton Rouge Advocate|title=Greatest Moments in LSU Football History|date= October 1998|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MMm2bpw7d6QC&q=gary+kinchen&pg=PA41|access-date=March 24, 2020|publisher=Sports Publishing LLC|location=Champaign, Illinois|isbn=1582610185|page=39}}

Coaching career

=High School career=

Kinchen was an assistant coach at Glen Oaks High School in Baton Rouge, Louisiana from 1963 to 1964 and head coach in 1965.{{cite web|url=http://geauxcolonels.com/documents/2012/8/13/History-Records.pdf?id=449|title=All-Time Records|publisher=geauxcolonels.com|page=68|access-date=December 1, 2012}}

=College career=

In 1966 to 1967, Kinchen was athletic director, and head football and baseball coach at Glen Oaks High School in Baton Rouge

From 1967 to 1968, he was an assistant at Tulane University. Starting in 1969 through 1970, Kinchen was offensive line/defensive line coach at Rice University

In 1972, Kinchen was named the first head football coach at Nicholls State University.{{Cite web |url=http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=cfoot2/teams/direct559.htm |title=Nicholls State University Directory |publisher=sportsnetwork.com |access-date=November 21, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714224630/http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=cfoot2%2Fteams%2Fdirect559.htm |archive-date=July 14, 2014 }}{{Cite web|url=http://www.totalfootballstats.com/TeamProfile.asp?id=2231 |title=Nicholls State Colonels|publisher=totalfootballstats.com|access-date=November 21, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120129092226/http://totalfootballstats.com/TeamProfile.asp?id=2231|archive-date=January 29, 2012|url-status=dead }} He coached through the 1973 season and finished with a record of 5–17 at Nicholls State.{{Cite web|last=DeLassus|first=David|url=http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/coaching/alltime_coach_year_by_year.php?coachid=3036|title=Gary Kinchen Records by Year|publisher=College Football Data Warehouse|access-date=February 14, 2013|archive-date=July 14, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714185319/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/coaching/alltime_coach_year_by_year.php?coachid=3036|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=https://static.southland.org/custompages/media_guide/2015_SLC_FB_Media_Guide.pdf|title=Coaching Records|publisher=southland.org|page=49|access-date=March 23, 2020}}