Doc Skender | |
Birth Date: | 26 October 1906 |
Birth Place: | Cherry Valley, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Death Place: | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Player Sport1: | Football |
Player Years2: | c. 1930 |
Player Team2: | Duquesne |
Player Positions: | Tackle |
Coach Sport1: | Football |
Coach Years2: | 1936–1943 |
Coach Team2: | Duquesne (freshmen) |
Coach Years3: | 1944–1949 |
Coach Team3: | Duquesne (assistant) |
Coach Years4: | 1950 |
Coach Team4: | Duquesne (acting HC) |
Coach Sport5: | Baseball |
Coach Years6: | 1951–1969 |
Coach Team6: | Duquesne |
Admin Years1: | 1953–1969 |
Admin Team1: | Duquesne |
Overall Record: | 2–6–1 (football) 227–96 (baseball) |
Louis E. "Doc" Skender (October 26, 1906 – August 17, 1969) was an American football and baseball coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head baseball coach at Duquesne University from 1951 to 1969, compiling a record of 227–96. Skender was also the athletic director at Duquesne from 1951 to 1969 and served one season, in 1950, as acting head football coach, tallying a mark of 2–6–1. A native of Cherryville, Pennsylvania, Skender played college football at Duquesne as a tackle. He died at the age of 63, on August 17, 1969, at St. Clair Memorial Hospital in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.[1]