Chester R. Stackhouse
Chester Ray "Stack" Stackhouse (August 8, 1905 – June 30, 1978) was an American football and track and field coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Lincoln University in Pennsylvania in 1948, Willamette University from 1949 to 1951, and Slippery Rock State Teachers College—now known as Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania—from 1953 to 1954, compiling a career college football coaching record of 21–29–3. Stackhouse was an assistant track coach at the University of Michigan from 1935 to 1941.[1] in 1952 he joined the football coaching staff at Stanford University as an assistant under head coach Chuck Taylor.[2]
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | August 8, 1905 Nankin, Ohio, U.S. |
| Died | June 30, 1978 (aged 72) Turner, Oregon, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1927–1928 | Central Michigan / Central State |
| Basketball | |
| 1927–1929 | Central Michigan / Central State |
| Track | |
| c. 1928 | Central Michigan / Central State |
| Position(s) | Center (football) |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| c. 1930 | Saginaw HS (MI) |
| 1948 | Lincoln (PA) |
| 1949–1951 | Willamette |
| 1952 | Stanford (assistant) |
| 1953–1954 | Slippery Rock |
| Track | |
| c. 1930 | Saginaw HS (MI) |
| 1935–1941 | Michigan (assistant) |
| 1949–1952 | Willamette |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1947–1949 | Lincoln (PA) |
| 1949–1952 | Willamette |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 21–29–3 (college football) |
Stackhouse was born on August 8, 1905, in Nankin, Ohio. He died on June 30, 1978, at his farm in Turner, Oregon.[3] His daughter, Ann Rule, was an author of true crime books.[4]
Head coaching record Edit
College football Edit
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln Lions (Colored Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1948) | |||||||||
| 1948 | Lincoln | 6–4 | 4–2 | 3rd | |||||
| Lincoln: | 6–4 | 4–2 | |||||||
| Willamette Bearcats (Northwest Conference) (1949–1951) | |||||||||
| 1949 | Willamette | 3–6 | 1–4 | 5th | |||||
| 1950 | Willamette | 4–4–2 | 1–4 | T–5th | |||||
| 1951 | Willamette | 3–5 | 1–4 | 5th | |||||
| Willamette: | 10–15–2 | 3–12 | |||||||
| Slippery Rock Rockets (Pennsylvania State Teachers College Conference) (1953–1954) | |||||||||
| 1953 | Slippery Rock | 4–3–1 | 1–2–1 | 7th | |||||
| 1954 | Slippery Rock | 1–7 | 1–3 | 11th | |||||
| Slippery Rock: | 5–10–1 | 2–5–1 | |||||||
| Total: | 21–29–3 | ||||||||
References Edit
- ^ "Stackhouse Is Bearcat Boss". Herald and News. Klamath Falls, Oregon. Associated Press. June 20, 1949. p. 8. Retrieved August 3, 2018 – via Newspapers.com .
- ^ Kowitz, Chris, Jr. (September 17, 1952). "Stackhouse Coaching at Stanford; Ex-Bearcat Football Boss Now Aide to Chuck Taylor". Capital Journal. Salem, Oregon. p. 10. Retrieved August 3, 2018 – via Newspapers.com .
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "WU Relays founder C.R. Stackhouse dies at 72". Statesman Journal. Salem, Oregon. July 2, 1978. p. 1D. Retrieved August 3, 2018 – via Newspapers.com .
- ^ "Chester Stackhouse". Statesman Journal. Salem, Oregon. July 2, 1978. p. 3C. Retrieved August 3, 2018 – via Newspapers.com .
External links Edit
- Chester R. Stackhouse at Find a Grave