Malcolm Pitt | |
Birth Date: | 10 January 1897 |
Birth Place: | Richmond, Virginia, U.S. |
Death Place: | Richmond, Virginia, U.S. |
Alma Mater: | University of Richmond[1] |
Coach Sport1: | Football |
Coach Years2: | 1943–1944 |
Coach Team2: | Richmond |
Coach Sport3: | Basketball |
Coach Years4: | 1933–1952 |
Coach Team4: | Richmond |
Coach Sport5: | Baseball |
Coach Years6: | 1935–1971 |
Coach Team6: | Richmond |
Admin Years1: | 1942–1967 |
Admin Team1: | Richmond |
Overall Record: | 8–7 (football) 197–169 (basketball) 426–257–5 (baseball) |
Malcolm Upshur "Mac" Pitt (January 10, 1897 – September 16, 1985)[2] was an American football, basketball, and baseball coach and college athletics administrator. At the University of Richmond he served as the head men's basketball coach from 1933 to 1952, the head baseball coach from 1935 to 1971, and the athletic director from 1942 to 1967. Pitt was also the head football coach for two seasons, from 1943 to 1944. Pitt's 1934–35 basketball squad finished a perfect 20–0, the only unbeaten Spider basketball team in history. As a student at Richmond from 1915 to 1918, Pitt played football and baseball and ran on the track team.
Pitt was elected to the American Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Fame in 1971 and the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame in 1974. Malcolm U. Pitt Field, the baseball stadium at Richmond, is named in Pitt's honor. He died after a brief illness in 1985 at a Richmond hospital.[3] [4]