Verne Ullom

Verne Ullom

Biographical details
Born	(1922-03-16)March 16, 1922 Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.
Died	August 11, 1976(1976-08-11) (aged 54) San Francisco, California, U.S.
Playing career
Football
1940–1943	Cincinnati
Position(s)	End
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1945–1952	Taylor HS (OH)
1953	Virginia (freshman backfield)
1954	Virginia (ends)
1955	Virginia (line)
1956–1957	Bates (line)
1958–1960	Principia (line)
1961	Columbia (line)
1963–1965	Colby (freshmen)
1966	Colby (defense)
Wrestling
1954	Virginia
Basketball
1945–1953	Taylor HS (OH)
1956–1958	Bates
1958–1961	Principia
1962–1963	Bates
1963–1965	Colby (freshmen)
1965–1967	Colby
Baseball
1946–1953	Taylor HS (OH)
1959–1961	Principia
1964–1965	Colby (freshmen)
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1958–1961	Principia
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Basketball 2 MIAA (1966–1967)

Verne R. Ullom (March 16, 1922 – August 11, 1976) was an American football player and coach. Ullom played end for the Cincinnati Bearcats football team and was drafted in the fifth round of the 1944 NFL draft. He went on to have a career as an assistant football coach at the high school and college level and was also the head wrestling coach at Virginia and the head men's basketball coach at Bates, Principia, and Colby.

Playing career

Ullom lettered in football, baseball, and basketball at the University of Cincinnati.[1] He was drafted by the Brooklyn Tigers in the 1944 NFL draft.[2]

Coaching

From 1945 to 1953, Ullom was the head football, basketball, and baseball coach at Taylor High School.[1] His football teams compiled a 59-13-1 record and his basketball teams won 89% of their games.[3]

In 1953, he became the freshman backfield coach and varsity wrestling coach at Virginia.[4] He became the varsity end coach in 1954 and was the defensive line coach in 1955.[3] In 1955, he was a scout for the Cincinnati Redlegs.[5] In 1956, he became the head basketball coach and assistant football coach at Bates.[1] In 1958, Ullom became the athletic director at Principia College.[3] He also served as the school's head baseball and basketball coach and was an assistant football coach.[6] He was the line coach at Columbia during the 1961 season. He returned to Bates during the 1962–63 season to fill in for head basketball coach Bob Peck, who was on sabbatical.[3] When Peck returned, Ullom moved to Bates' rival, Colby, as freshman football, basketball, and baseball coaches.[7] He became the varsity basketball coach in 1965 and led the Mules to two Maine Intercollegiate Athletic Association titles.[8][9] In 1967, he moved to intramural sports.[10]

References

1. "University of Va. Coach Joins Bates College Staff". Lewiston Evening Journal. August 20, 1956. Retrieved January 25, 2025.
2. "1944 NFL Draft". Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 25, 2025.
3. "Veteran Coach Ullom Adds Spark To Cats". Bates Student. February 20, 1963. Retrieved January 25, 2025.
4. "Short Circuit". The Free Lance-Star. August 17, 1953. Retrieved January 25, 2025.
5. Cincinnati Redlegs Yearbook 1955. 1955. p. 42. Retrieved January 25, 2025.
6. Thomas, Norman (September 14, 1961). "Sport Sandwich". Lewiston Evening Journal. Retrieved January 25, 2025.
7. "New Colby Coach". Meriden Journal. May 13, 1963. Retrieved January 25, 2025.
8. Taylor, Ted (November 24, 1965). "Mules Contemplate End of Challenging Giants". The Lewiston Daily Sun. Retrieved January 25, 2025.
9. Smith, Earl (2006). Mayflower Hill: A History of Colby College. University Press of New England. p. 155. Retrieved January 25, 2025.
10. Anderson, Don (March 10, 1967). "Sports Line Up: Spring Cleaning Time At the Sports Desk". The Telegraph. Retrieved January 25, 2025.