Hall of Fame
Hometown: Perry, Iowa
M. H. Wykoff, Class of 1917, came to Coe from Perry, Iowa, where he had been an All-State football captain. He lived up to all of his advance notices as the fullback on the 1914 Coe Point-a-Minute team. In 1915 his loyalty to Coach Moray Eby kept him at Coe, despite an enticing offer from a Big Ten university. That year, to his disappointment, Eby shifted him from fullback to tackle. In this new and unwanted position, Mr. Wykoff won both All-Conference and All-State honors and played so well that he was elected captain of the 1916 squad. During his years at Coe he was also a member of the track team.
After graduation from Coe, athletics became Mr. Wykoff's lifetime career. He held a variety of high school positions as principal, teacher and coach, most notable of which was at Joliet, Illinois, then one of the country's top high schools. There he coached football, basketball, track and swimming for 20 years. In his 30-year coaching career Mr. Wykoff has seen four of his athletes go on to win All-American honors. Throughout these years he has been a respected official in four sports.
A dedicated outdoorsman, M. H. Wykoff has been an avid hunter and fisherman, and for many years he and his wife raised and showed both field and show dogs throughout North and South America. He was one of the first importers of the German shorthaired pointer to the United States after World War One.
