Alvin Greenwood Twitchell (May 13, 1892 â May 10, 1955) was an American football and basketball coach. He was the first head football coach at Brigham Young University (BYU), serving from 1922 to 1924 and compiling a record of 5âÂÂ13âÂÂ1. Twitchell was also the head basketball coach at BYU from 1920 to 1925 and at Colorado College from 1926 to 1930, amassing a career college basketball mark of 100âÂÂ51.
Twitchell started his football coaching tenure at BYU in 1922 with a game against Utah Agricultural in Logan, Utah. BYU lost the game 41âÂÂ3. Twitchell finished the year with a record of 1âÂÂ5 with the only win coming against the Wyoming. His career record at BYU was 5âÂÂ13âÂÂ1.