Ed Schwager

Ed Schwager
Biographical details
Born(1909-12-03)December 3, 1909
DiedApril 25, 1992(1992-04-25) (aged 82)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1942Whitewater State
1946–1955Whitewater State
Basketball
1942–1944Whitewater State
1946–1948Whitewater State
Baseball
1955–1959Whitewater State
Track
1946–1953Whitewater State
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1942–1971Whitewater State
Head coaching record
Overall22–44–4 (football)
19–22 (basketball)
31–20 (baseball)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Football
1 WSCC (1950)

Edgar Howard Schwager (December 3, 1909 – April 25, 1992) was an American football player and coach and college athletics administrator. He was a star athlete at Whitewater State Teachers College, competing in basketball, football, and track and field. He led the basketball team in scoring three years in a row and was captain of Whitewater's 1929–30 basketball team.[1] He was the head coach for the Whitewater football team in 1942 and from 1946 to 1955. He also served as the school's basketball coach from 1942 to 1944 and 1946 to 1948, baseball coach from 1955 to 1959, track coach from 1946 to 1953, and athletic director from 1942 to 1971.[1][2][3] Prior to 1942, he had been a coach at Dodgeville and Oconomowoc High Schools.[2] He served in the United States Navy during World War II.[1] He died in 1992 and was posthumously inducted into the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Hall of Fame in 2015.[3]

Head coaching record

Football

Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs
Whitewater State Quakers (Wisconsin State College Conference) (1942)
1942 Whitewater State 2–4 2–2 3rd (Southern)
Whitewater State Quakers (Wisconsin State College Conference) (1946–1955)
1946 Whitewater State 0–6 0–4 5th (Southern)
1947 Whitewater State 2–3–1 1–2–1 T–3rd (Southern)
1948 Whitewater State 2–5–1 1–4–1 T–8th
1949 Whitewater State 2–4–1 2–3–1 T–6th
1950 Whitewater State 6–0 6–0 T–1st
1951 Whitewater State 3–3 3–2 3rd
1952 Whitewater State 2–4 1–3 7th
1953 Whitewater State 2–4 2–3 T–6th
1954 Whitewater State 0–7 0–5 T–9th
1955 Whitewater State 1–4–1 1–3–1 7th
Whitewater State: 22–44–4 19–32–4
Total: 22–44–4
      National championship         Conference title         Conference division title or championship game berth

References

  1. ^ a b c "Ed Schwager WIAC Hall of Fame Slideshow". University of Wisconsin Whitewater. Retrieved December 23, 2015.
  2. ^ a b "Ed Schwager Named As Whitewater Director". The Freeport Journal-Standard. September 3, 1942. p. 17.
  3. ^ a b "Fisher, Nelson, Schwager Enshrined in WIAC Hall of Fame". University of Wisconsin Whitewater. August 7, 2015.