Thomas M. Fitzpatrick | |
Birth Date: | 21 January 1891 |
Birth Place: | Deer Lodge, Montana, U.S. |
Death Place: | Aptos, California, U.S. |
Player Sport1: | Football |
Player Years2: | 1911–1912 |
Player Team2: | Utah |
Player Sport3: | Basketball |
Player Years4: | 1911–1912 |
Player Team4: | Utah |
Coach Sport1: | Football |
Coach Years2: | 1919–1924 |
Coach Team2: | Utah |
Coach Sport3: | Basketball |
Coach Years4: | 1917–1925 |
Coach Team4: | Utah |
Coach Sport5: | Baseball |
Coach Years6: | 1918–1921 |
Coach Team6: | Utah |
Overall Record: | 23–17–3 (college football) 42–30 (college basketball) 14–8 (college baseball) |
Championships: | Football 1 RMC (1922) |
Thomas M. Fitzpatrick (January 21, 1891 – June 24, 1986)[1] was an American football and basketball player, coach of football, basketball, and baseball, and football official. He served as the head football coach at the University of Utah from 1919 to 1924, compiling a record of 23–17–3. From 1917 to 1925, he was the coach of the Utah men's basketball team; his teams had a cumulative record of 42–30.[2] Fitzpatrick was also the head baseball coach at Utah from 1918 to 1921, tallying a mark of 14–8.
Fitzpatrick was a native of Montana. After leaving Utah, he moved to Oakland, California, to coach high school sports.[3] There he coached football, basketball, and baseball at Roosevelt High School from 1926 to 1944 and at McClymonds High School from 1945 to 1956. He also officiated 12 Rose Bowls, including the 1929 Rose Bowl, famous for Roy Riegels's wrong-way run. Fitzpatrick died on June 24, 1986, at the age of 95. He had been a resident of Aptos, California, since 1962.[4]