McConnell was also the head baseball coach at Arkansas in 1916, tallying a mark of 10–5.

[1] He was an alumnus of Purdue University, graduating in the class of 1914 with a BS in agriculture.

McConnell was the 15th head football coach at Doane College in Crete, Nebraska and he held that position for the 1914 season.

[4] McConnell served as the head football coach at the University of Arkansas in 1915 and 1916.

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