Ross O. Armstrong
American football and basketball player and coach (1905–1990)
Biographical details | |
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Born | (1905-02-04)February 4, 1905 Brooklyn, Iowa, U.S. |
Died | January 3, 1990(1990-01-03) (aged 84) Chadron, Nebraska. U.S. |
Playing career | |
Football | |
1925 | Iowa |
Basketball | |
1924–1927 | Iowa |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1938–1952 | Chadron State |
Basketball | |
1935–1950 | Chadron State |
Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
1937–1950 | Chadron State |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 51–52–4 (football) 157–76 (basketball) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
Football 2 NCC (1947–1948) | |
Ross Oakley Armstrong Sr. (February 4, 1905 – January 3, 1990) was an American football and basketball player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Chadron State College in Chadron, Nebraska from 1938 to 1952.[1] Armstrong was also the head basketball coach at Chadron State from 1935 to 1950, tallying a mark of 157–76.
As a college athlete, Armstrong played football and basketball at the University of Iowa.[2]
Head coaching record
Football
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Chadron State Eagles (Nebraska Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1938–1952) | |||||||||
1938 | Chadron State | 2–6 | 0–2 | T–3rd | |||||
1939 | Chadron State | 4–3–1 | 2–1 | 2nd | |||||
1940 | Chadron State | 5–4 | 1–2 | 4rd | |||||
1941 | Chadron State | 3–4 | 0–3 | 4th | |||||
1942 | Chadron State | 4–1–1 | 1–1 | T–2nd | |||||
Chadron State Eagles (Nebraska College Conference) (1943–1952) | |||||||||
1943 | No team—World War II | ||||||||
1944 | No team—World War II | ||||||||
1945 | Chadron State | 0–4 | 0–2 | ||||||
1946 | Chadron State | 3–7 | 1–5 | 8th | |||||
1947 | Chadron State | 7–1–1 | 5–1–1 | T–1st | |||||
1948 | Chadron State | 7–1 | 6–1 | T–1st | |||||
1949 | Chadron State | 7–3 | 6–2 | 2nd | |||||
1950 | Chadron State | 5–4–1 | 4–2–1 | T–4th | |||||
1951 | Chadron State | 1–8 | 1–6 | 7th | |||||
1952 | Chadron State | 3–6 | 2–5 | 7th | |||||
Chadron State: | 51–52–4 | 29–33–2 | |||||||
Total: | 51–52–4 | ||||||||
National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth |
References
- ^ "Ross Armstrong". chadroneagles.com. Retrieved October 18, 2018.
- ^ "Oregon Beaten by Livermore Cageres". Berkeley Daily Gazette. December 23, 1925. Retrieved November 18, 2018.
External links
- Ross O. Armstrong at Find a Grave
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Chadron State Eagles head football coaches
- Unknown (1905–1906)
- No team (1907)
- Unknown (1908)
- No team (1909–1910)
- Charles E. White (1911)
- Clarence A. Berge (1912)
- George Bealer (1913–1914)
- Orin Weymouth (1915–1916)
- No team (1917–1918)
- Ray B. McCandless (1919)
- Ralph E. West (1920–1923)
- Ernest C. Wills (1924)
- Roy Wynne (1925–1926)
- Arthur R. Stark (1927–1929)
- Ruffus F. Trapp (1930–1937)
- Ross O. Armstrong (1938–1942)
- No team (1943–1944)
- Ross O. Armstrong (1945–1952)
- LaVerne J. Fitzgibbon (1953–1954)
- William C. Baker (1955)
- Paul Glod (1956)
- William C. Baker (1957–1961)
- James R. Kuechler (1962–1964)
- Jack E. McBride (1965–1966)
- Bill Giles (1967–1971)
- Glenn Brady (1972)
- Sparky Adams (1973–1977)
- Jerry Welch (1978–1981)
- Gary Richardson (1982–1983)
- Don Turner (1984–1986)
- Brad Smith (1987–2004)
- Bill O'Boyle (2005–2011)
- Brad Smith # (2011)
- Jay Long (2012– )
# denotes interim head coach