Ward Haylett

Ward H. Haylett (September 20, 1895 – November 1, 1990) was an American football, basketball, track and field, and cross country running coach.

Haylett served as the head football coach at Doane College—now known as Doane University—in Crete, Nebraska from 1924 to 1927 and Kansas State College of Agriculture and Applied Science—now known as Kansas State University compiling a career college football coaching record of 23–32–6.

[2] After graduating from college, Ward Haylett coached track and field at the high school level in Clay Center, Nebraska, for five years.

One of his top athletes at Kansas State was sprinter Thane Baker, who captured three medals, including one gold, at the 1956 Olympics.

Haylett was also head coach of the U.S. track and field team for the test Pan-American Games in 1937,[3] and a three-time member of the United States Olympic Committee.