Don Ping Explained

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]

Head coaching record

College football

Notes and References

  1. News: Millard . Howard V. . Ping, Ex-J. M. U. Baseball Star, Builds Fine Record As Evansville Grid Coach . . . November 22, 1936 . 16 . December 17, 2020 . .
  2. News: . Evansville's Don Ping Dies . . . July 5, 1972 . 15 . July 11, 2020 . .