Burton Aherns Ingwersen (August 29, 1898 – July 15, 1969) was an American football, basketball, and baseball player and coach of football and baseball. He served as the head football coach at the University of Iowa from 1924 to 1931, compiling a career college football record of 33–27–4. Ingwersen played football, basketball, and baseball at the University of Illinois and was an assistant football coach at the school in two stints totaling 25 seasons. He also served as an assistant football coach at Northwestern University and was the head baseball coach there from 1936 to 1939, tallying a mark of 35–51–1. Early years and playing career Ingwersen was born in Bryant, Iowa, a suburb of Clinton, but his parents and he moved across the river to Fulton, Illinois when Ingwersen was in grade school. Since his high school in Fulton did not compete in football, Ingwersen played across the river at Clinton High School. Ingwersen accepted a scholarship offer from the University of Illinois. He was a member of Phi Kappa Psi. Ingwersen played for Robert Zuppke at Illinois from 1917 to 1919. During that time, the Illini won two Western Conference titles and the 1919 national championship. After graduating from Illinois, he played one year of professional football in the first year of the NFL for George Halas and the Decatur Staleys, later renamed the Chicago Staleys (1921) and Chicago Bears (1922). Coaching career Assistant at Illinois Ingwersen served as an assistant coach at Illinois under Robert Zuppke from 1921–1923, the team again winning the college national championship in 1923. Head coach at Iowa Coach Howard Jones left the University of Iowa for Trinity College, now known as Duke University, in 1923 after eight years that saw two unbeaten seasons, and a 42–17–1 overall record, though aside from the two undefeated years Jones never finished higher than fourth in the conference. Paul Belting succeeded Jones as Iowa's athletic director, and needing new coach to fill Jones's shoes, he nearly lured Knute Rockne from Notre Dame. Belting and Rockne had reached a deal in principle, but Rockne insisted that the media not be informed. When the Chicago Tribune ran a headline on March 23, 1924, speculating on Rockne's proposed move to Iowa, Rockne was quickly signed to a ten-year extension by Notre Dame. Belting offered Ingwersen a three-year contract, making him the 12th coach in Iowa football history. Ingwersen's appointment