Malcolm Pitt
American football, basketball and baseball coach and college athletics administrator / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Malcolm Upshur "Mac" Pitt (January 10, 1897 – September 16, 1985)[2] was an American football, basketball, and baseball coach and college athletics administrator. At the University of Richmond he served as the head men's basketball coach from 1933 to 1952, the head baseball coach from 1935 to 1971, and the athletic director from 1942 to 1967. Pitt was also the head football coach for two seasons, from 1943 to 1944. Pitt's 1934–35 basketball squad finished a perfect 20–0, the only unbeaten Spider basketball team in history. As a student at Richmond from 1915 to 1918, Pitt played football and baseball and ran on the track team.
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Biographical details | |
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Born | (1897-01-10)January 10, 1897 Richmond, Virginia, U.S. |
Died | September 16, 1985(1985-09-16) (aged 88) Richmond, Virginia, U.S. |
Alma mater | University of Richmond[1] |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1943–1944 | Richmond |
Basketball | |
1933–1952 | Richmond |
Baseball | |
1935–1971 | Richmond |
Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
1942–1967 | Richmond |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 8–7 (football) 197–169 (basketball) 426–257–5 (baseball) |
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