{{Short description|American football player and coach (1910–1995)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox college coach | name = Neal Mehring | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1910|3|1}} | birth_place = Rocky Ford, Colorado, U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|1995|1|10|1910|3|1}} | death_place = Littleton, Colorado, U.S. | alma_mater = University of Nebraska–Lincoln (1936)<br/>University of Colorado Boulder | player_sport1 = Football | player_years2 = 1932–1934 | player_team2 = Nebraska | player_positions = Guard | coach_sport1 = Football | coach_years2 = 1936 | coach_team2 = Lincoln HS (NE) (assistant) | coach_years3 = 1937–1944 | coach_team3 = Salida HS (CO) (assistant) | coach_years4 = 1945 | coach_team4 = La Junta HS (CO) | coach_years5 = 1946–1947 | coach_team5 = Adams State | coach_years6 = 1948–1951 | coach_team6 = Nebraska (assistant) | coach_sport7 = Basketball | coach_years8 = 1946–1947 | coach_team8 = Adams State | coach_years9 = 1948–1951 | coach_team9 = Nebraska (assistant) | overall_record = 11–4 (college football) | bowl_record = | tournament_record = | championships = 1 NMC (1946) | awards = | coaching_records = }} '''Neal Eugene Mehring''' (March 1, 1910 – January 10, 1995)<ref>{{Cite news |date=January 12, 1995 |title=Neal Mehring |pages=17 |work=The Grand Island Independent |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-grand-island-independent-neal-mehrin/135672709/ |access-date=November 23, 2023}}</ref> was an American college football and basketball coach. He was the fourth head football coach at Adams State College—now known as Adams State University—in Alamosa, Colorado, serving for two seasons from 1946 to 1947.<ref>[http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ii/rmac/adams_state/coaching_records.php College Football Data Warehouse] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090107190242/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ii/rmac/adams_state/coaching_records.php |date=January 7, 2009 }} Adams State Grizzlies all-time coaching records</ref> He was the head football coach for La Junta High School in 1945. He also coached football for Lincoln High School, Salida High School,<ref>{{Cite news |date=April 6, 1950 |title=Athletic Banquet Plans Call For Interesting Program |pages=1 |work=The Niobrara Tribune |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-niobrara-tribune-athletic-banquet-pl/135672652/ |access-date=November 23, 2023}}</ref> and Nebraska.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |date=July 15, 1948 |title=Neal Mehring Added to N.U. Athletic Staff |pages=18 |work=Lincoln Journal Star |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/lincoln-journal-star-neal-mehring-added/135672570/ |access-date=November 23, 2023}}</ref> He was the head basketball coach for Adams State and an assistant for Nebraska.<ref>{{Cite news |date=April 12, 1950 |title=Neal Mehring Slated to Speak at Banquet Here |pages=8 |work=Holdrege Daily Citizen |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/holdrege-daily-citizen-neal-mehring-slat/135672603/ |access-date=November 23, 2023}}</ref> He played college football for Nebraska as a guard.<ref name=":0" />
==Head coaching record== ===College football=== {{CFB Yearly Record Start | type = coach | team = | conf = | bowl = | poll = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Subhead | name = Adams State Indians | conf = New Mexico Conference | startyear = 1946 | endyear = 1947 }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = conference | year = 1946 | name = Adams State | overall = 5–1 | conference = 4–0 | confstanding = 1st | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = 1947 | name = Adams State | overall = 6–3 | conference = 5–1 | confstanding = 2nd | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal | name = Adams State | overall = 11–4 | confrecord = 9–1 }} {{CFB Yearly Record End | overall = 11–4 | bowls = no | poll = no | polltype = }}
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