Doc Skender
Biographical details | |
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Born | (1906-10-26)October 26, 1906 Cherry Valley, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Died | August 17, 1969(1969-08-17) (aged 62) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Playing career | |
Football | |
c. 1930 | Duquesne |
Position(s) | Tackle |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1936–1943 | Duquesne (freshmen) |
1944–1949 | Duquesne (assistant) |
1950 | Duquesne (acting HC) |
Baseball | |
1951–1969 | Duquesne |
Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
1953–1969 | Duquesne |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 2–6–1 (football) 227–96 (baseball) |
Louis E. "Doc" Skender (October 26, 1906 – August 17, 1969) was an American football and baseball coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head baseball coach at Duquesne University from 1951 to 1969, compiling a record of 227–96. Skender was also the athletic director at Duquesne from 1951 to 1969 and served one season, in 1950, as acting head football coach, tallying a mark of 2–6–1. A native of Cherryville, Pennsylvania, Skender played college football at Duquesne as a tackle. He died at the age of 63, on August 17, 1969, at St. Clair Memorial Hospital in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.[1]
Head coaching record
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Duquesne Dukes (Independent) (1950) | |||||||||
1950 | Duquesne | 2–6–1 | |||||||
Duquesne: | 2–6–1 | ||||||||
Total: | 2–6–1 |
References
- ^ "Duquesne's Doc Skender Dies After Brief Illness". The Leader-Times. Kittanning, Pennsylvania. United Press International. August 18, 1969. p. 10. Retrieved May 15, 2018 – via Newspapers.com
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External links
- Doc Skender at Find a Grave
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Duquesne Dukes head football coaches
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- Unknown (1893)
- George S. Proctor (1894)
- No team (1895)
- Ernest Brown (1896)
- J. P. Wolfe (1897)
- John Van Cleve (1898)
- Will O. Walker (1899)
- Unknown (1900–1901)
- Thomas A. Giblin (1903)
- No team (1904–1912)
- Norman "Bill" Budd (1913–1914)
- No team (1915–1919)
- Jake Stahl (1920–1921)
- Harold Ballin (1922–1923)
- Mike Shortley (1924)
- Frank McDermott (1925–1926)
- Elmer Layden (1927–1933)
- Joe Bach (1934)
- Christie Flanagan (1935)
- John "Clipper" Smith (1936–1938)
- Aldo Donelli (1939–1942)
- No team (1943–1946)
- Kass Kovalcheck (1947–1948)
- Phil Ahwesh (1949)
- Doc Skender # (1950)
- No team (1951–1968)
- Joe Nicoletti (1969)
- Dan McCann (1970–1983)
- Terry Russell (1984–1987)
- Dan McCann (1988–1992)
- Greg Gattuso (1993–2004)
- Jerry Schmitt (2005– )
# denotes acting head coach