Eugene Garbee Explained

Eugene Garbee
Birth Date:29 May 1907
Birth Place:Billings, Missouri, U.S.
Death Place:Winslow, Arizona, U.S.
Player Sport1:Football
Player Years2:1929–1930
Player Team2:Southwest Missouri State
Coach Sport1:Football
Coach Years2:1933–1934
Coach Team2:Appalachian State
Coach Sport3:Basketball
Coach Years4:1934–1935
Coach Team4:Appalachian State
Admin Years1:1933–1934
Admin Team1:Appalachian State
Overall Record:10–6–1 (football)
8–11 (basketball)

Eugene Emmett Garbee (May 29, 1907 – November 8, 1996) was an American football and basketball coach and college administrator. He was the third head football coach and the first head basketball coach at Appalachian State Teachers College—now known as Appalachian State University—located in Boone, North Carolina.[1]

Garbee was born on May 29, 1907, in Billings, Missouri.[2] He graduated from Southwest Missouri State Teacher's College–now known as Missouri State University–in 1931 with a bachelor's degree. He later earned a master's degree from George Peabody College—now Peabody College, a division of Vanderbilt University—and a doctorate from New York University. He taught health and physical education at Drake University from 1949 to 1952. Garbee was president of Upper Iowa University from 1952 to 1970. He died on November 8, 1996, in Winslow, Arizona.[3]

Head coaching record

Basketball

Notes and References

  1. Book: Mike Flynn. Appalachian Football 2009 Media Guide. History and Traditions: All-Time Coaching Records. Appalachian Sports Information. PDF. 2009. 184.
  2. Book: Who's who in American education: a biographical dictionary of eminent living ... - Robert Cecil Cook - Google Books . Google Books. January 21, 2012. Cook . Robert Cecil . 1963 .
  3. Web site: Garbee, Eugene (-1996) . Iagenweb.org . January 21, 2012.