Ben Newcomb | |
Player Sport1: | Football |
Player Years2: | 1956 |
Player Team2: | Augustana (SD) |
Coach Sport1: | Football |
Coach Years2: | c. 1968 |
Coach Team2: | Eastern Illinois (assistant) |
Coach Years3: | 1969–1978 |
Coach Team3: | Augustana (IL) |
Coach Sport4: | Baseball |
Coach Years5: | 1966 |
Coach Team5: | Eastern Illinois |
Overall Record: | 55–34–1 (football) 9–17 (baseball) |
Tournament Record: | Football 0–1 (NCAA D-III playoffs) |
Championships: | Football 1 CCIW (1975) |
Ben Newcomb (born) is a former American football and baseball coach. He served as the head football coach at Augustana College in Rock Island, Illinois from 1969 to 1978, compiling a record of 55–34–1. Newcomb was also the head baseball coach at Eastern Illinois University for one season, in 1966, tallying a mark of 9–17. Newcomb graduated from Augustana College—now known as Augustana University—in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. He coached in the public schools in Sioux Falls before moving to Eastern Illinois.[1] Newcomb resigned as head football coach at Augustana following the 1978 season to become director of the school's College Center.[2]