Harry M. Bell
# Harry M. Bell

Harry M. Bell was an American football and basketball coach. He served in the head football coach at Des Moines University in Des Moines, Iowa from 1920 to 1923, Lombard College in Galesburg, Illinois in 1924 to 1929, Butler University in Indianapolis, Indiana from 1930 to 1931, and at Illinois Wesleyan University in Bloomington, Illinois from 1935 to 1938. Bell was also the head basketball coach at Illinois Wesleyan from 1935 to 1939, tallying a mark of 51–31.

## Head coaching record

### College football

| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Des Moines Tigers (Independent) (1920–1921) ||||||
| 1920 | Des Moines | 7–2 | | |
| 1921 | Des Moines | 5–3 | | |
| Des Moines Tigers (North Central Conference) (1922–1923) ||||||
| 1922 | Des Moines | 4–2–1 | 0–1–1 | T–6th |
| 1923 | Des Moines | 5–4–1 | 2–1–1 | 3rd |
| Des Moines: | Des Moines: | 21–11–2 | 2–2–2 | |
| Lombard Olive (Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (1924) ||||||
| 1924 | Lombard | 5–4 | 5–0 | 1st |
| Lombard Olive (Independent) (1925–1928) ||||||
| 1925 | Lombard | 3–5 | | |
| 1926 | Lombard | 5–3 | | |
| 1927 | Lombard | 4–4 | | |
| 1928 | Lombard | 3–4–1 | | |
| Lombard Olive (Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (1929) ||||||
| 1929 | Lombard | 6–1–1 | 3–0 | T–1st |
| Lombard: | Lombard: | 26–21–2 | 8–0 | |
| Butler Bulldogs (Indiana Intercollegiate Conference) (1930–1931) ||||||
| 1930 | Butler | 2–7 | | |
| 1931 | Butler | 3–5 | | |
| Butler: | Butler: | 5–12 | | |
| Illinois Wesleyan Titans (Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (1935–1937) ||||||
| 1935 | Illinois Wesleyan | 7–3 | 4–1 | T–5th |
| 1936 | Illinois Wesleyan | 5–3–1 | 5–0–1 | T–1st |
| 1937 | Illinois Wesleyan | 5–3–1 | 3–2–1 | T–9th |
| Illinois Wesleyan Titans (Illinois College Conference) (1938) ||||||
| 1938 | Illinois Wesleyan | 3–4–1 | 2–1 | T–3rd |
| Illinois Wesleyan: | Illinois Wesleyan: | 20–13–3 | 14–4–2 | |
| Total: | Total: | 72–57–7 | | |
| National championship  Conference title  Conference division title or championship game berth ||||||
