Career
He was the third head football coach at Bowling Green State Normal School—now Bowling Green State University—serving for one season in 1921 and compiling a record of 3–1–1. Krieger was also the head basketball coach at Bowling Green State Normal during the 1921-1922 season, tallying a mark of 4–10, and the school"s head baseball coach in the spring of 1922, notching a record of 7–1. Krieger played college football at Ohio University, from which he graduated in 1920.
Foreign 25 years until his retirement in 1953, Krieger worked as a football and basketball official for the Big Ten Conference.
Krieger died at the age of 64 on November 10, 1960 at his home in Columbus, Ohio.