Leo Prendergast

Leo Prendergast

Prendergast pictured in Epitome 1946, Lehigh yearbook
Sport(s) Football, basketball
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)
19431945 Lehigh
Basketball
19431946 Lehigh
Head coaching record
Overall 3151 (football)
941 (basketball)

Statistics

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 3151. 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 941. 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

Football

Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs
Lehigh Engineers (Middle Three Conference) (1943–1945)
1943 Lehigh 051
1944 Lehigh 06
1945 Lehigh 24
Lehigh: 3151
Total: 3151

References

  1. AP (June 18, 1943). "PRENDERGAST HEAD COACH; Lehigh Promotes Line MentorPlans to Continue Football". The New York Times. Retrieved October 29, 2011.
  2. Bethlehem Globe-Times, February 4, 1938

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