Ted Shipkey

Ted Shipkey

Sport(s)	Football, basketball
Biographical details
Born	September 28, 1904
Died	July 18, 1978 (aged 73)
Playing career
Football
1924–1926	Stanford
Position(s)	End
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1930–1932	Arizona State
1937–1941	New Mexico
1946–1948	Los Angeles Dons (ends)
1949–1951	Montana
Basketball
1930–1933	Arizona State
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1930–1932	Arizona State
Head coaching record
Overall	55–43–4 (football) 32–30 (basketball)
Bowls	0–1
Statistics College Football Data Warehouse
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
2 Border (1931, 1938)
Awards
All-American, 1925 All-American, 1926

Theodore E. "Ted" Shipkey (September 28, 1904 – July 18, 1978)^[1] was an American football player, coach of football and basketball, and college athletics administrator. Playing football at Stanford University from 1924 to 1926, he was a two-time and All-American selection. Shipkey served as head football coach at Arizona State Teachers College at Tempe, now Arizona State University (1930–1932), the University of New Mexico (1937–1941), and the University of Montana (1949–1951), compiling a career college football coaching record of 55–43–4. He was also the head basketball coach at Arizona State from 1930 to 1933, tallying a mark of 32–30.

Playing career

Shipkey played end for Stanford under Pop Warner, and was an All-American in 1925 and 1926. He played in two Rose Bowls, and scored Stanford's only touchdowns in both the 1925 Rose Bowl, which Stanford lost to Notre Dame, 27–10, and the 1927 Rose Bowl, which ended in a 7–7 tie with Alabama.^[2]

Coaching career

From 1930 to 1932, he coached at Arizona State, and compiled a 13–10–2 record. From 1937 to 1941 he coached at New Mexico, where he compiled a 30–17–2 record. From 1949 to 1951, he coached at Montana, where he compiled a 12–16 record.

Head coaching record

Football

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
Arizona State Bulldogs (Independent) (1930)
1930	Arizona State	3–5–1
Arizona State Bulldogs (Border Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1931–1932)
1931	Arizona State	6–2	3–1	1st
1932	Arizona State	4–3–1	2–2–1	T–3rd
Arizona State:		13–10–2	5–3–1
New Mexico Lobos (Border Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1937–1941)
1937	New Mexico	4–4–1	2–3–1	5th
1938	New Mexico	8–3	4–2	T–1st	L Sun
1939	New Mexico	8–2	4–2	2nd
1940	New Mexico	5–4	4–2	4th
1941	New Mexico	5–4–1	3–2–1	5th
New Mexico:		26–17–2	17–11–2
Montana Grizzlies (Pacific Coast Conference) (1949)
1949	Montana	5–4	0–3	10th
Montana Grizzlies (NCAA University Division independent) (1950)
1950	Montana	5–5
Montana Grizzlies (Mountain States Conference) (1951)
1951	Montana	2–7
Montana:		13–10–2
Total:		55–43–4
National championship         Conference title         Conference division title

References

1. Ted Shipkey's obituary
2. Migdol, Gary (1997). Stanford: Home of Champions. Sports Publishing LLC. p. 75. ISBN 1-57167-116-1. Retrieved 2008-03-12.

External links

• Ted Shipkey at the College Football Data Warehouse