Ross MacKechnie

{{Short description|American football coach (1895–1967)}}

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{{Infobox college coach

| name = Ross MacKechnie

| image = ARMackechnie.png

| alt =

| caption = MacKechnie pictured in Reveille 1934, Mississippi State yearbook

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1895|12|24}}

| birth_place = Grahams Island, North Dakota, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1967|8|15|1895|12|24}}{{cite web |url=https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JGQ5-F4W |title=Archibald R Mackechnie |work= United States Social Security Death Index |publisher=Family Search |access-date=May 21, 2016}}

| death_place = San Francisco County, California, U.S.

| alma_mater = University of Washington

| coach_years1 = 1933–1934

| coach_team1 = Mississippi State

| overall_record = 7–12–1

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}}

Archibald Ross MacKechnie (December 24, 1895 – August 15, 1967) was an American college football coach and United States Army officer. He served as the head football coach at Mississippi State College—now known as Mississippi State University—from 1933 to 1934, compiling a record of 7–12–1.{{Cite web |last=DeLassus |first=David |title=Ross MacKechnie Records by Year |publisher=College Football Data Warehouse |url=http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/coaching/alltime_coach_year_by_year.php?coachid=1554 |access-date=February 19, 2012 |archive-date=November 6, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121106170954/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/coaching/alltime_coach_year_by_year.php?coachid=1554 |url-status=dead }}{{cite book |title=2006 Mississippi State Football Media Guide |editor1-first=Joe |editor1-last=Galbraith |editor2-first=Mike |editor2-last=Nemeth |year=2006 |publisher=EBSCO Media |location=Birmingham, Alabama |page=128 |url=http://www.nmnathletics.com/fls/16800/pdf/fb/fb_06mg_history.pdf?DB_OEM_ID=16800 |access-date=February 19, 2012 |format=PDF |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131211012443/http://www.nmnathletics.com/fls/16800/pdf/fb/fb_06mg_history.pdf?DB_OEM_ID=16800 |archive-date=December 11, 2013 }} A captain in the Army at the time, MacKechnie also had responsibility for instructing the Reserve Officers' Training Corps program at the time.{{cite book |last=Barner |first=W.G. |title=Mississippi Mayhem |year=1982 |publisher =Leisure Press |page=153 |isbn=9780932520043}}

During World War II, MacKechnie commanded the 162nd Infantry Regiment during operations in New Guinea during the Salamaua–Lae campaign.{{cite book |last=Bradley |first=Phillip |title=To Salamaua |publisher=Cambridge University Press |location= Port Melbourne, Victoria |year= 2010 |isbn=9780521763905 |page=162}}