Ed Linta

Ed Linta
Biographical details
Born	1932 (age 91–92)
Playing career
1952–1954	Kansas State
Position(s)	End
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1959–1961	Arizona (assistant)
1962	Wyoming (DB)
1963	Eastern Arizona
1964	Washburn (assistant)
1965–1966	Washburn
Head coaching record
Overall	4–13–1 (college)

Edward Linta (born 1932) is a former American football coach. He was the 28th head football coach at Washburn University in Topeka, Kansas, serving for two seasons, from 1965 to 1966, and compiling a record of 4–13–1.^[1] Linta played college football as an end at Kansas State University from 1952 to 1954. before coming to Washburn as an assistant in 1964, he was the head football coach at Eastern Arizona Junior College—now known as Eastern Arizona College—in 1963 and was an assistant football coach at the University of Arizona from 1959 to 1961 and the University of Wyoming in 1962.^[2]

Head coaching record[edit]


Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
Washburn Ichabods (Central Intercollegiate Conference) (1965–1966)
1965	Washburn	2–6–1	1–3	4th
1966	Washburn	2–7	1–3	4th
Washburn:		4–13–1	2–6
Total:		4–13–1

^ "History" (PDF). wusports.com. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
^ "Ed Linta To Take Over As Coach At Washburn". The Hays Daily News. Hays, Kansas. Associated Press. January 20, 1965. p. 4. Retrieved December 15, 2018 – via Newspapers.com .