Charles A. Huntington

Charles A. Huntington
Biographical details

Sport(s)	Football, basketball, baseball
Born	(1891-07-07)July 7, 1891
Died	January 21, 1973(1973-01-21) (aged 81)
Playing career
Football
1914–1916	Oregon
Position(s)	Quarterback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1918–1923	Oregon
Basketball
1919–1920	Oregon
Baseball
1919–1920	Oregon
Head coaching record
Overall	26–12–6 (football) 8–9 (basketball) 12–15 (baseball)
Bowls	0–1
Statistics College Football Data Warehouse
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Football PCC (1919)

Charles A. "Shy" Huntington (July 7, 1891 – January 1973)^[1] was a quarterback and later a multi-sport coach at the University of Oregon.^[2]

Playing and coaching career

Huntington began his football career as a quarterback and safety at the University of Oregon. He was the critical player in Oregon's Rose Bowl upset over heavily favored Pennsylvania in 1917, throwing a touchdown pass and intercepting three passes on defense as the Ducks won 14–0.^[3]

Huntington took over as head coach for the Ducks in 1918, and he remained at the helm for six seasons. He finished with a 26–12–6 record. In 1919, he coached the Ducks to a Rose Bowl berth; they lost to Harvard, 7–6, on January 1, 1920.^[3]

He served as Oregon's baseball coach in 1919 and 1920,^[4] and he coached the basketball team for one season, 1919–20, achieving a record of eight wins and nine losses.^[5]

Head coaching record

Football

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
Oregon Webfoots (Pacific Coast Conference) (1918–1923)
1918	Oregon	4–2	2–1	2nd
1919	Oregon	5–2	2–1	T–1st	L Rose
1920	Oregon	3–2–1	1–1–1	T–3rd
1921	Oregon	5–1–3	0–1–2	5th
1922	Oregon	6–1–1	3–0–1	2nd
1923	Oregon	3–4–1	0–4–1	8th
Oregon:		26–12–6	8–8–5
Total:		26–12–6
National championship Conference title Conference division title

References

↑ Shy Huntington's obituary
↑ McCann, Michael C. (1995). Oregon Ducks Football: 100 Years of Glory. Eugene, OR: McCann Communications Corp. ISBN 0-9648244-7-7.
1 2 Rose Bowl Legends Rose Bowl. URL accessed on August 16, 2006.
↑ Baseball: Researching the National Pastime University of Oregon. URL accessed on August 16, 2006.
↑ In that era, it was not uncommon for collegiate coaches to coach several sports. Jack of Both Trades. College Sporting News. URL accessed on August 16, 2006.

External links

Charles A. Huntington at the College Football Data Warehouse

Oregon Ducks starting quarterbacks

Huntington Van Brocklin Shaw T. Crabtree J. Crabtree Grosz Berry Trovato Brundage Olson Blanchard Fouts Turner Henderson Kennedy Durando Ogburn Lusk Jorgensen Miller Musgrave Nelson O'Neil Graziani Maas Smith Feeley Harrington Fife Clemens Dixon Kempt Roper Masoli Costa Thomas Bennett Mariota Adams Lockie

Oregon Ducks head football coaches

Cal Young & J. A. Church (1894)
Percy Benson (1895)
J. F. Frick (1896)
Joe Smith (1897)
Frank Simpson (1898–1899)
Lawrence Kaarsberg (1900)
Warren W. Smith (1901)
Marion Dolph (1902)
Warren W. Smith (1903)
Richard Shore Smith (1904)
Bruce Shorts (1905)
Hugo Bezdek (1906)
Gordon Frost (1907)
Robert Forbes (1908–1909)
Bill Warner (1910–1911)
Louis Pinkham (1912)
Hugo Bezdek (1913–1917)
Charles A. Huntington (1918–1923)
Joe Maddock (1924)
Richard Shore Smith (1925)
John McEwan (1926–1929)
Clarence Spears (1930–1931)
Prink Callison (1932–1937)
Tex Oliver (1938–1941)
John A. Warren (1942)
No team (1943–1944)
Tex Oliver (1945–1946)
Jim Aiken (1947–1950)
Len Casanova (1951–1966)
Jerry Frei (1967–1971)
Dick Enright (1972–1973)
Don Read (1974–1976)
Rich Brooks (1977–1994)
Mike Bellotti (1995–2008)
Chip Kelly (2009–2012)
Mark Helfrich (2013– )

Oregon Ducks men's basketball head coaches

Charles Burden (1902–1904)
No team (1904–1905)
Walter Winslow (1906)
Hugo Bezdek (1907)
Charles Murphy (1907–1908)
No team (1908–1909)
Bill Hayward (1909–1913)
Hugo Bezdek (1914–1915)
No team (1915–1916)
Hugo Bezdek (1917)
Bill Hayward (1918)
Dean Walker (1919)
Charles A. Huntington (1920)
George Bohler (1921–1923)
William Reinhart (1923–1935)
Howard Hobson (1935–1944)
John A. Warren (1944–1945)
Howard Hobson (1945–1947)
John A. Warren (1947–1951)
Bill Borcher (1951–1956)
Steve Belko (1956–1971)
Dick Harter (1971–1978)
Jim Haney (1978–1983)
Don Monson (1983–1992)
Jerry Green (1992–1997)
Ernie Kent (1997–2010)
Dana Altman (2010– )

Oregon Ducks head baseball coaches

No coach (1906–1907)
Thomas Kelly (1908–1910)
Paul Lynch (1911)
Homer Jamison (1912)
Hugo Bezdek (1913–1916)
No team (1917)
Dean Walker (1918)
Charles A. Huntington (1919–1920)
George Bohler (1921–1923)
William Reinhart (1924–1935)
Howard Hobson (1936–1943)
No team (1944–1945)
Howard Hobson (1946–1947)
Don Kirsch (1948–1970)
Mel Krause (1971–1981)
No team (1982–2008)
George Horton (2009– )

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