Earl Carlton "Irish" Krieger (August 30, 1896 â November 10, 1960) was an American football and basketball player, coach of football, basketball, and baseball, and official in football and basketball. He was the third head football coach at Bowling Green State Normal SchoolâÂÂnow known as Bowling Green State UniversityâÂÂserving for one season in 1921 and compiling a record of 3âÂÂ1âÂÂ1. Krieger was also the head basketball coach at Bowling Green State Normal during the 1921âÂÂ22 season, tallying a mark of 4âÂÂ10, and the school's head baseball coach in the spring of 1922, notching a record of 7âÂÂ1. Krieger played college football at Ohio University, from which he graduated in 1920. He played professional football in the National Football League (NFL), for the Detroit Tigers in 1921 and the Columbus Panhandles in 1922.
In addition to coaching at Bowling Green, Krieger was also a member of the football coaching staffs at his alma mater and at the University of Tennessee. For 25 years until his retirement in 1953, he worked as a football and basketball official for the Big Ten Conference. He was also a member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's football rules committee. Krieger died at the age of 64 on November 10, 1960.