Leo Prendergast
Prendergast pictured in Epitome 1946, Lehigh yearbook | |
Sport(s) | Football, basketball |
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Biographical details | |
Born | August 25, 1902 |
Died | September 1967 (aged 65) |
Playing career | |
Football | |
c. 1923 | Lafayette |
Position(s) | Lineman |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1942 | Lehigh (line) |
1943–1945 | Lehigh |
Basketball | |
1943–1946 | Lehigh |
Head coaching record | |
Overall |
3–15–1 (football) 9–41 (basketball) |
Leo F. Prendergast (August 25, 1902 – September 1967) was an American football player and coach of football and basketball. He served as the head football coach at Lehigh University from 1943 to 1945, compiling a record of 3–15–1. Prendergast was the 20th football head coach for the Lehigh Mountain Hawks. Prendergast was also the head basketball coach at Lehigh from 1943 to 1946, tallying a mark of 9–41. He attended Lafayette College, where he played football as a lineman under Jock Sutherland, and from which he graduated in 1924.[1] Prendergast had previously been the head football coach at Bethlehem High School (1927–1937), and after World War II was the line coach for the Bethlehem Bulldogs semi-professional football team.[2]
Head coaching record
College football
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Lehigh Engineers (Middle Three Conference) (1943–1945) | |||||||||
1943 | Lehigh | 0–5–1 | |||||||
1944 | Lehigh | 0–6 | |||||||
1945 | Lehigh | 2–4 | |||||||
Lehigh: | 3–15–1 | ||||||||
Total: | 3–15–1 |
References
- ↑ "PRENDERGAST HEAD COACH; Lehigh Promotes Line Mentor—Plans to Continue Football". The New York Times. Associated Press. June 18, 1943. Retrieved October 29, 2011.
- ↑ Bethlehem Globe-Times, February 4, 1938
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