Don Ping | |
Birth Date: | 5 November 1898 |
Birth Place: | Newton, Illinois, U.S. |
Death Place: | Evansville, Indiana, U.S. |
Player Sport1: | Baseball |
Player Years2: | 1921 |
Player Team2: | Millikin |
Player Years3: | 1922 |
Player Team3: | Fort Smith Twins |
Player Years4: | 1923 |
Player Team4: | Terre Haute Tots |
Player Years5: | 1923–1924 |
Player Team5: | Decatur Commodores |
Player Years6: | 1925 |
Player Team6: | Springfield Senators |
Player Positions: | Catcher |
Coach Sport1: | Football |
Coach Years2: | 1922–1923 |
Coach Team2: | Carrollton HS (KY) |
Coach Years3: | 1924–1929 |
Coach Team3: | Marshall HS (IL) |
Coach Years4: | 1930–1945 |
Coach Team4: | Reitz Memorial HS (IN) |
Coach Years5: | 1946–1953 |
Coach Team5: | Evansville |
Coach Sport6: | Baseball |
Coach Years7: | 1947–1966 |
Coach Team7: | Evansville |
Overall Record: | 38–35–5 (college football) 128–191–3 (college baseball) |
Bowl Record: | 2–0 |
Championships: | Football 2 OVC (1948–1949) |
Donald Wilson Ping (November 5, 1898 – July 4, 1972) was an American football and baseball coach. He served as the head football coach at the University of Evansville in Evansville, Indiana from 1946 to 1953, compiling a record of 38–35–5. Ping was also the head baseball coach at Evansville from 1947 to 1966, tallying a mark of 128–191–3.
Ping played college baseball at Millikin University in Decatur, Illinois.[1] He died on July 4, 1972, at Deaconess Hospital in Evansville.[2]