Ed Schwager
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | December 3, 1909 |
| Died | April 25, 1992 (aged 82) |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1942 | Whitewater State |
| 1946–1955 | Whitewater State |
| Basketball | |
| 1942–1944 | Whitewater State |
| 1946–1948 | Whitewater State |
| Baseball | |
| 1955–1959 | Whitewater State |
| Track | |
| 1946–1953 | Whitewater State |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1942–1971 | Whitewater State |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 22–44–4 (football) 19–22 (basketball) 31–20 (baseball) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| Football 1 WSCC (1950) | |
Edgar Howard Schwager (December 3, 1909 – April 25, 1992) was an American football player and coach and college athletics administrator. He was a star athlete at Whitewater State Teachers College, competing in basketball, football, and track and field. He led the basketball team in scoring three years in a row and was captain of Whitewater's 1929–30 basketball team.[1] He was the head coach for the Whitewater football team in 1942 and from 1946 to 1955. He also served as the school's basketball coach from 1942 to 1944 and 1946 to 1948, baseball coach from 1955 to 1959, track coach from 1946 to 1953, and athletic director from 1942 to 1971.[1][2][3] Prior to 1942, he had been a coach at Dodgeville and Oconomowoc High Schools.[2] He served in the United States Navy during World War II.[1] He died in 1992 and was posthumously inducted into the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Hall of Fame in 2015.[3]
Head coaching record[edit]
Football[edit]
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whitewater State Quakers (Wisconsin State College Conference) (1942) | |||||||||
| 1942 | Whitewater State | 2–4 | 2–2 | 3rd (Southern) | |||||
| Whitewater State Quakers (Wisconsin State College Conference) (1946–1955) | |||||||||
| 1946 | Whitewater State | 0–6 | 0–4 | 5th (Southern) | |||||
| 1947 | Whitewater State | 2–3–1 | 1–2–1 | T–3rd (Southern) | |||||
| 1948 | Whitewater State | 2–5–1 | 1–4–1 | T–8th | |||||
| 1949 | Whitewater State | 2–4–1 | 2–3–1 | T–6th | |||||
| 1950 | Whitewater State | 6–0 | 6–0 | T–1st | |||||
| 1951 | Whitewater State | 3–3 | 3–2 | 3rd | |||||
| 1952 | Whitewater State | 2–4 | 1–3 | 7th | |||||
| 1953 | Whitewater State | 2–4 | 2–3 | T–6th | |||||
| 1954 | Whitewater State | 0–7 | 0–5 | T–9th | |||||
| 1955 | Whitewater State | 1–4–1 | 1–3–1 | 7th | |||||
| Whitewater State: | 22–44–4 | 19–32–4 | |||||||
| Total: | 22–44–4 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth | |||||||||
References[edit]
- ^ a b c "Ed Schwager WIAC Hall of Fame Slideshow". University of Wisconsin Whitewater. Retrieved December 23, 2015.
- ^ a b "Ed Schwager Named As Whitewater Director". The Freeport Journal-Standard. September 3, 1942. p. 17.
- ^ a b "Fisher, Nelson, Schwager Enshrined in WIAC Hall of Fame". University of Wisconsin Whitewater. August 7, 2015.
External links[edit]
- 1909 births
- 1992 deaths
- Wisconsin–Whitewater Warhawks athletic directors
- Wisconsin–Whitewater Warhawks baseball coaches
- Wisconsin–Whitewater Warhawks football coaches
- Wisconsin–Whitewater Warhawks football players
- Wisconsin–Whitewater Warhawks men's basketball coaches
- College men's track and field athletes in the United States
- College track and field coaches in the United States
- United States Navy personnel of World War II