American sportsman

Paul Johannes Amen (July 6, 1916 – June 4, 2005) was a prominent Nebraskan with notable accomplishments in both athletics and banking. He served as the head football coach at Wake Forest University from 1956 to 1959, compiling a record of 11–26–3. Amen was also the head baseball coach at the United States Military Academy from 1943 to 1954, tallying a mark of 133–76–7.

Contents

• 1 Playing career
• 2 Coaching career
• 3 Banking career and death
• 4 Head coaching record
  • 4.1 Football
• 5 References
• 6 External links

Playing career

Amen lettered in football, basketball, and baseball at the University of Nebraska. He was a member of the first U.S. Olympic baseball team at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin and played in the minor leagues in 1938 and 1939 before ending his athletic playing career.

Coaching career

Amen earned a master's degree in education from the University of Nebraska in 1940 while an *istant football coach there under Biff Jones. From 1943 to 1955, he was an *istant football coach and head baseball coach at West Point. He was a founding member of the American Baseball Coaches *ociation in 1945, serving as its president in 1952. Amen then became head football coach at Wake Forest University in 1956, where he was named ACC Coach of the Year in 1956 and 1959.

Banking career and death

After leaving Wake Forest, Amen retired from sports and begin a career at Wachovia Bank in Charlotte, North Carolina, where he rose to the rank of vice president. He then moved back to his birthplace to become president of the National Bank of Commerce in Lincoln, Nebraska. In 1979, Amen was appointed Director of the Nebraska Department of Banking and Finance by Governor Charles Thone. He submitted his resignation as State banking director in 1983 to Governor Bob Kerrey within weeks of the collapse of Commonwealth Savings Company in Lincoln. Investigations showed that he had borne no responsibility for its failure. Amen died on June 4, 2005.

Head coaching record

Football

References

External links

• Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference (Minors)
• Paul Amen at Find a Grave
• Obituary at the Lincoln Journal Star