Owen Dougherty | |
Birth Date: | 14 September 1929 |
Birth Place: | Dunmore, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Death Place: | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Player Sport1: | Football |
Player Years2: | 1949–1950 |
Player Team2: | Penn State |
Player Sport3: | Baseball |
Player Years4: | 1949–1951 |
Player Team4: | Penn State |
Player Positions: | Quarterback (football) Pitcher (baseball) |
Coach Sport1: | Football |
Coach Years2: | 1956–1968 |
Coach Team2: | Indiana State / IUP (assistant) |
Coach Years3: | 1979–1981 |
Coach Team3: | IUP |
Coach Sport4: | Baseball |
Coach Years5: | 1963–1969 |
Coach Team5: | IUP |
Coach Years6: | 1990 |
Coach Team6: | IUP |
Overall Record: | 17–13 (football) 133–58 (baseball) |
Owen J. Dougherty (September 14, 1929 – February 27, 1991) was an American football and baseball player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Indiana University of Pennsylvania from 1979 to 1981, compiling a record of 17–13. Dougherty was also the head baseball coach at IUP from 1963 to 1969 and again in 1990, tallying a mark of 133–58.
Dougherty died after heart surgery on February 27, 1991, at Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.[1]