Herb Maack Explained

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]

Head coaching record

Football

Notes and References

  1. Staff. "Maack, 'Iron Man' Tackle, Elected Captain Of Columbia Football Team for Next Fall", The New York Times, December 6, 1940. Accessed January 27, 2011.
  2. News: . Herb Maack Named Head Football Coach At University . . . March 8, 1956 . 12 . January 4, 2017 . .