education training program. In 1944 Presnell served as backs coach at the North Carolina Pre-Flight School. He spent three years in the Navy. In 1954, Presnell returned to coaching as the head football coach for Eastern Kentucky University. He held that position from 1954 to 1963. He was then athletic director at Eastern Kentucky until his retirement in 1971. Presnell died in September 2004 in Ironton, Ohio at the age of 99. He had been the last surviving member of the Detroit Lions' inaugural 1934 team. Head coaching record Awards Member of Nebraska Hall of Fame (1973). Professional Football Researchers Association Hall of Very Good Class of 2007 References External links Nebraska profile 1905 births 2004 deaths American football halfbacks Detroit Lions players Eastern Kentucky Colonels athletic directors Eastern Kentucky Colonels football coaches Kansas Jayhawks football coaches Nebraska Cornhuskers football coaches Nebraska Cornhuskers football players Nebraska Cornhuskers athletic directors North Carolina Pre-Flight Cloudbusters football coaches Portsmouth Spartans players Ironton Tanks players United States Navy officers United States Navy personnel of World War II People from Thayer County, Nebraska Coaches of American football from Nebraska Players of American football from Nebraska