Fred Cozens

Frederick Warren Cozens (November 17, 1890 – January 2, 1954) was an American college basketball, football, and boxing coach. He was the first head coach of both basketball and football at UCLA and served as the school's athletic director from 1919 to 1942.

Fred Cozens
Cozens at UCLA in 1920
Biographical details
Born(1890-11-19)November 19, 1890
Portland, Oregon
DiedJanuary 2, 1954(1954-01-02) (aged 63)
Berkeley, California
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1919Southern Branch
Basketball
1919–1921Southern Branch
Baseball
1920–1924Southern Branch
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1919–1942Southern Branch / UCLA
Head coaching record
Overall2–6 (football)
20–4 (basketball)

Cozens was born in Portland, Oregon in 1890.[1] His father, Frederick Cozens (born 1849), was emigrated from England in 1870 and became a salesman at a hardware store in Portland. His mother Carrie E. (Beharrell) Cozens was born in Indiana in 1858. Cozens had an older sister, Ella M. Cozens, born in 1884.[2][3] He received bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of California in 1915 and 1918, respectively, and a Ph.D. at the University of Oregon in 1928.[4]

Cozens was employed by the University of California for nearly 40 years.[5] He began as a teaching fellow and physical education instructor at Berkeley from 1915 to 1919. In June 1917, he was employed as an instructor of physical education at the University of California at Berkeley, California.[1]

In 1919, Cozens moved to the Southern Branch of the University of California, now known as UCLA,[6] where he served as the Director of Physical Education and Athletics and professor of physical education from 1919 to 1942.[5] He became the first head coach of the Southern Branch men's basketball and football teams in 1919. Cozens remained the Southern Branch's basketball coach through 1921 and guided them to a 20–4 record. His Southern Branch football teams compiled a 2–6 record. The Southern Branch did not participate in an athletic conference until 1920, so the 1919 football team played a schedule full of local high schools and other assorted teams. Cozens also served as the dean of UCLA's college of Applied Arts from 1939 to 1942.[4]

At the time of the 1920 United States Census, Cozens was living in Los Angeles with his wife Helen J. Cozens and one-and-a-half year old son, Federick K. Cozens. Cozens' occupation was recorded as a professor at a university.[7] At the time of the 1930 United States Census, Cozens was still living in Los Angeles with his wife, Helen. The couple had two sons, Frederick K. and James B. Cozens. Cozens' occupation was again listed as a professor at a university.[8]

Cozens returned to Berkeley in 1942 and served as a professor and director of physical education from 1942 to 1954.[5] Cozens died in 1954 in Berkeley.[5]

Head coaching record

Football
Year Team Overall ConferenceStanding Bowl/playoffs
Southern Branch Cubs (Independent) (1919)
1919 Southern Branch 2–6
Southern Branch: 2–6
Total:2–6

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Basketball
Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Southern Branch Cubs (Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (1920–1921)
1919–20 Southern Branch 12–28–22nd
1920–21 Southern Branch 9–29–01st
Southern Branch: 21–417–2
Total:21–4

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

[10]

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References
  1. Draft Registration Card completed by Frederick Warren Cozens, June 1917. Ancestry.com. World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 [database on-line]. Registration Location: Alameda County, California; Roll: 1530663; Draft Board: 2.
  2. Census entry for Frederick Cozens and family. Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Census Place: Portland Ward 8, Multnomah, Oregon; Roll: T623_1350; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 69.
  3. Census entry for Frederick Cozens and family. Ancestry.com. 1910 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Census Place: Portland Ward 8, Multnomah, Oregon; Roll: T624_1287; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 0207; Image: 312; FHL Number: 1375300.
  4. "Cozens Given Campus Post". Berkeley Daily Gazette. November 19, 1942.
  5. "Frederick Warren Cozens, Physical Education: Berkeley and Los Angeles". University of California.
  6. "About University Archives". library.ucla.edu. UCLA Library. Retrieved July 18, 2017.
  7. Census entry for Frederick W. Cozens. Ancestry.com. 1920 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Census Place: Los Angeles Assembly District 63, Los Angeles, California; Roll: T625_106; Page: 15B; Enumeration District: 151; Image: 250.
  8. Census entry for Frederick W. Cozens. Ancestry.com. 1930 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Census Place: Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California; Roll: 147; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 390; Image: 604.0.
  9. 2013 UCLA Football Media Guide, UCLA, 2013
  10. "2015–16 UCLA men's basketball Media Guide" (PDF). uclabruins.com. UCLA Athletics. Retrieved July 18, 2017.
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