Don Peden

Don Peden
Biographical details
Peden from 1925 Athena
Sport(s)	Football, baseball
Born	c. 1898 Kewanee, Illinois
Died	February 23, 1970 (aged 71) San Diego, California
Playing career
Football
1920–1921	Illinois
Baseball
1921–1922	Illinois
Position(s)	Halfback (football)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1923	Ohio (assistant)
1924–1946	Ohio
Baseball
1924–1948	Ohio
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1938–1949	Ohio
1950	Cincinnati Reds (scout)
Head coaching record
Overall	121–46–11 (football) 250–134 (baseball)
Statistics College Football Data Warehouse
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Football 6 Buckeye (1929–1931, 1935–1936, 1938)

Don C. Peden (c. 1898 – February 23, 1970) was an American football and baseball player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Ohio University from 1924 to 1946, compiling a record of 121–46–11. Peden's winning percentage of .711 is the highest of any coach in the history of the Ohio Bobcats football program. His teams won six Buckeye Athletic Association championships, in 1929, 1930, 1931, 1935, 1936, and 1938. Peden was also the head baseball coach at Ohio from 1924 to 1948, tallying a mark of 250–134. The Bobcats' football stadium was renamed in his honor as Peden Stadium following his retirement.^[1] Peden died at the age of 71 on February 23, 1970 in San Diego, California.^[2]

Head coaching record

Football

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
Ohio Bobcats (Ohio Athletic Conference) (1924–1927)
1924	Ohio	4–4	2–4	14th
1925	Ohio	6–2	3–2	T–8th
1926	Ohio	5–2–1	4–2–1	T–8th
1927	Ohio	4–2–2	3–1–2	T–7th
Ohio Bobcats (Buckeye Athletic Association) (1928–1938)
1928	Ohio	6–3
1929	Ohio	9–0		1st
1930	Ohio	8–0–1		1st
1931	Ohio	7–1		1st
1932	Ohio	7–2
1933	Ohio	6–2–1
1934	Ohio	4–4–1
1935	Ohio	8–0		1st
1936	Ohio	5–2–1		T–1st
1937	Ohio	5–3–1
1938	Ohio	7–2		T–1st
Ohio Bobcats (NCAA College Division independent) (1939–1946)
1939	Ohio	6–3
1940	Ohio	5–2–2
1941	Ohio	5–2–1
1942	Ohio	5–3
1943	No team—World War II
1944	No team—World War II
1945	Ohio	3–4
1946	Ohio	6–3
Ohio:		121–46–11
Total:		121–46–11
National championship Conference title Conference division title

References

↑ "Peden Stadium and Tower". Ohio University. Retrieved November 11, 2011.
↑ AP (February 24, 1971). "Don Peden Dies at 71". Xenia Daily Gazette (Xenia, Ohio). p. 6. Retrieved September 22, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.

External links

Don Peden at the College Football Data Warehouse

Ohio Bobcats head football coaches

No coach (1894)
Harvey Deme (1895)
Frank Remsburg (1896)
Warwick Ford (1897)
Peter McLaren (1898)
Fred Sullivan (1899)
Karl Core (1900)
Arlie C. Jones (1901)
Harold Monosmith (1902)
Fred Sullivan (1903)
Henry Hart (1904)
Joseph Railsback (1905)
Arthur McFarland (1906–1908)
Robert Woods (1909–1910)
Arthur Hinaman (1911–1912)
M. B. Banks (1913–1917)
Frank Gullum (1918–1919)
Russ Finsterwald (1920–1922)
John C. Heldt (1923)
Don Peden (1924–1942)
No team (1943–1944)
Don Peden (1945–1946)
Harold Wise (1947–1948)
Carroll Widdoes (1949–1957)
Bill Hess (1958–1977)
Bob Kappes (1978)
Brian Burke (1979–1984)
Cleve Bryant (1985–1989)
Tom Lichtenberg (1990–1994)
Jim Grobe (1995–2000)
Brian Knorr (2001–2004)
Frank Solich (2005– )

Ohio Bobcats head baseball coaches

Israel Moore Foster (1892)
No team (1893–1899)
Unknown (1900–1906)
Arthur McFarland (1907)
Unknown (1908)
John J. Corbett (1909)
Unknown (1910–1912)
M. B. Banks (1913–1918)
Frank Gullum (1919)
Russell Finsterwald (1920)
No team (1921)
Russell Finsterwald (1922)
Butch Grover (1923)
Don Peden (1924–1948)
Bob Wren (1949–1972)
Jerry France (1973–1988)
Joe Carbone (1989–2012)
Rob Smith (2013– )

Ohio Bobcats athletic directors

Don Peden (1938–1949) Carroll Widdoes (1950–1961) Bill Rohr (1963–1978) Harold McElhaney (1978–1995) Thomas Boeh (1995–2005) Kirby Hocutt (2005–2008) Jim Schaus (2008– )

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