Wally Opekun | |
Birth Date: | 16 January 1905 |
Player Sport1: | Football |
Player Years2: | 1928–1929 |
Player Team2: | Penn |
Player Positions: | Fullback |
Coach Sport1: | Football |
Coach Years2: | 1935–1941 |
Coach Team2: | Mount St. Mary's (assistant) |
Coach Years3: | 1942–1946 |
Coach Team3: | Mount St. Mary's |
Coach Sport4: | Basketball |
Coach Years5: | 1941–1942 |
Coach Team5: | Mount St. Mary's |
Coach Years6: | 1943–1947 |
Coach Team6: | Mount St. Mary's |
Coach Years7: | 1948 |
Coach Team7: | Mount St. Mary's (interim HC) |
Coach Sport8: | Baseball |
Coach Years9: | 1944 |
Coach Team9: | Mount St. Mary's |
Coach Years10: | 1946–1948 |
Coach Team10: | Mount St. Mary's |
Overall Record: | 50–34 (basketball) 19–36 (baseball) |
Walter J. Opekun (January 16, 1905 - December 18, 1997)[1] was an American football, basketball and baseball coach.[2] He served as the head football coach at Mount St. Mary's University in Emmitsburg, Maryland from 1942 to 1946.[3] Opekun was also the head basketball coach and head baseball coach at Mount St. Mary's. He played college football as a fullback at the University of Pennsylvania.[4]