Biographical details | |
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Born | Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania, U.S. | September 21, 1892
Died | March 16, 1973 New Wilmington, Pennsylvania, U.S. | (aged 80)
Coaching career ( HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1924–1927 | South Hills HS (PA) |
1928–1936 | South Side HS (PA) |
1937–1942 | Westminster (PA) |
Basketball | |
c. 1920 | Woodlawn HS (PA) |
1928–1937 | South Side HS (PA) |
1937–1956 | Westminster (PA) |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 16–26–6 (college football) 296–129 (college basketball) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
Basketball Pennsylvania State High School (1933) [1] | |
Grover Cleveland "Pappy" Washabaugh (September 21, 1892 – March 16, 1973) was an American football and basketball coach. He served as the head football coach at Westminster College from 1937 to 1942, during which time he compiled a 16–26–6 record, and the head basketball coach from 1937 to 1956, during which time he compiled a 296–129 record. [2]
Washabaugh's first coaching experience came at Woodlawn High School in Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, where he mentored the basketball team and taught physical education. [3] He then coached at South Hills High School for four years before moving on to South Side High School in Pittsburgh. [4] From 1927 to 1936, he served as South High's head football and basketball coach. [5] In 1937, he took over as the head basketball and football coach at Westminster College. [4] Washabaugh also served as the school's athletic director. [6] In August 1943, Westminster College discontinued its football team. [6] It was later revived after World War II for the 1946 season. [2] Washabaugh continued to serve as the basketball coach until 1956 and posted a 296–129 record. [7]
In January 1959, he returned home to Pittsburgh after suffering a mild stroke. [8] Washabaugh retired in 1961. [3] He was inducted into the Helms Foundation Hall of Fame and the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics Hall of Fame. [3] Washabaugh died on March 16, 1973, at Jameson Memorial Hospital in New Castle, Pennsylvania, at the age of 80. [9] He was survived by his wife Grace, with whom he had a son and two daughters. [3]