Ed Schwager Explained

Ed Schwager
Birth Date:3 December 1909
Coach Sport1:Football
Coach Years2:1942
Coach Team2:Whitewater State
Coach Years3:1946–1955
Coach Team3:Whitewater State
Coach Sport4:Basketball
Coach Years5:1942–1944
Coach Team5:Whitewater State
Coach Years6:1946–1948
Coach Team6:Whitewater State
Coach Sport7:Baseball
Coach Years8:1955–1959
Coach Team8:Whitewater State
Coach Sport9:Track
Coach Years10:1946–1953
Coach Team10:Whitewater State
Admin Years1:1942–1971
Admin Team1:Whitewater State
Overall Record:22–44–4 (football)
19–22 (basketball)
31–20 (baseball)
Championships:Football
1 WSCC (1950)

Edgar Howard Schwager (December 3, 1909 – April 25, 1992) was an American football player and coach and college athletics administrator. He was a star athlete at Whitewater State Teachers College, competing in basketball, football, and track and field. He led the basketball team in scoring three years in a row and was captain of Whitewater's 1929–30 basketball team.[1] He was the head coach for the Whitewater football team in 1942 and from 1946 to 1955. He also served as the school's basketball coach from 1942 to 1944 and 1946 to 1948, baseball coach from 1955 to 1959, track coach from 1946 to 1953, and athletic director from 1942 to 1971.[1] Prior to 1942, he had been a coach at Dodgeville and Oconomowoc High Schools.[2] He served in the United States Navy during World War II.[1] He died in 1992 and was posthumously inducted into the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Hall of Fame in 2015.[3]

Head coaching record

Football

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ed Schwager WIAC Hall of Fame Slideshow. University of Wisconsin Whitewater. December 23, 2015.
  2. News: Ed Schwager Named As Whitewater Director. The Freeport Journal-Standard. September 3, 1942. 17.
  3. Web site: Fisher, Nelson, Schwager Enshrined in WIAC Hall of Fame. University of Wisconsin Whitewater. August 7, 2015.