Babe Hollingbery
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Orin E. "Babe" Hollingbery (July 15, 1893 – January 12, 1974) was an American football
coach. He served as the head coach at the State College of Washington, now Washington State University
, from 1926 to 1942, compiling a record of 93–53–14. Hollingbery's 93 wins are the most by any coach in the history of the Washington State Cougars football
program. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame
in 1979.
Hollingbery coached at Washington State during what is generally agreed as its greatest football era. The Cougars did not lose a home game from 1926 to 1935. Hollingbery was also the head coach of the West team in the first East–West Shrine Game in 1925 and coached in a total of 18 Shrine games. He coached players such as Harold Muller
, Turk Edwards
, Rags Matthews
, Herbert "Butch" Meeker, and George Sauer
.
Hollingbery Fieldhouse at Washington State University, a facility serving many different sports, was built in 1929 and renamed for the coach in 1963.
American football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
coach. He served as the head coach at the State College of Washington, now Washington State University
Washington State University
Washington State University is a public research university based in Pullman, Washington, in the Palouse region of the Pacific Northwest. Founded in 1890, WSU is the state's original and largest land-grant university...
, from 1926 to 1942, compiling a record of 93–53–14. Hollingbery's 93 wins are the most by any coach in the history of the Washington State Cougars football
Washington State Cougars football
The Washington State Cougars football team is the intercollegiate football team of Washington State University. The team is a member of the Pacific-12 Conference...
program. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame
College Football Hall of Fame
The College Football Hall of Fame is a hall of fame and museum devoted to college football. Located in South Bend, Indiana, it is connected to a convention center and situated in the city's renovated downtown district, two miles south of the University of Notre Dame campus. It is slated to move...
in 1979.
Hollingbery coached at Washington State during what is generally agreed as its greatest football era. The Cougars did not lose a home game from 1926 to 1935. Hollingbery was also the head coach of the West team in the first East–West Shrine Game in 1925 and coached in a total of 18 Shrine games. He coached players such as Harold Muller
Harold Muller
Harold Powers "Brick" Muller was a professional football player-coach for the Los Angeles Buccaneers during their only season in the National Football League in 1926. He was also an American track and field athlete who competed mainly in the high jump...
, Turk Edwards
Turk Edwards
Albert Glen "Turk" Edwards was an American football offensive tackle in the National Football League. He played his entire career for, and eventually became the head coach of, the Washington Redskins...
, Rags Matthews
Rags Matthews
Raymond "Rags" Matthews was an All-American football player at Texas Christian University in the 1920s, playing end on both offense and defense....
, Herbert "Butch" Meeker, and George Sauer
George Sauer
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.
Hollingbery Fieldhouse at Washington State University, a facility serving many different sports, was built in 1929 and renamed for the coach in 1963.