Herb Maack | |
Birth Date: | 16 April 1917 |
Birth Place: | Union City, New Jersey, U.S. |
Death Place: | Narragansett, Rhode Island, U.S. |
Player Sport1: | Football |
Player Years2: | 1939–1941 |
Player Team2: | Columbia |
Player Years3: | 1946 |
Player Team3: | Brooklyn Dodgers (AAFC) |
Player Sport4: | Basketball |
Player Years5: | 1939–1940 |
Player Team5: | Columbia |
Player Years6: | 1941–1942 |
Player Team6: | Columbia |
Player Years7: | 1946–1947 |
Player Team7: | Jersey City Atoms |
Player Positions: | Tackle (football) |
Coach Sport1: | Football |
Coach Years2: | 1946 |
Coach Team2: | Columbia (line) |
Coach Years3: | 1947–1952 |
Coach Team3: | Bucknell (line) |
Coach Years4: | 1953–1955 |
Coach Team4: | Rhode Island (line) |
Coach Years5: | 1956–1960 |
Coach Team5: | Rhode Island |
Coach Sport6: | Wrestling |
Coach Years7: | 1947–1953 |
Coach Team7: | Bucknell |
Overall Record: | 17–22–2 (football) 20–21–2 (wrestling) |
Championships: | Football 1 Yankee Conference (1957) |
Herbert Henry Maack (April 16, 1917 – May 5, 2007) was an American football player and coach. He was the head coach of the Rhode Island Rams football team from 1956 through 1960. He compiled a 17–22–2 record and led the Rams to a share of the 1957 Yankee Conference championship.
Maack, a native of West New York, New Jersey, attended the Hun School of Princeton in Princeton for high school and then played football and basketball in college for the Columbia Lions.[1] Maack played professionally for one season (1946) with the now-defunct Brooklyn Dodgers of the All-America Football Conference (AAFC).
Mack served as an officer in the United States Navy during World War II. He won battle stars for his action in New Guinea and the Philippines before he was discharged as a lieutenant commander.[2]