Edgar Wingard
Edgar Ramey Wingard (September 21, 1878 – July 31, 1927) was an American football, basketball, and baseball coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at seven different schools: Ohio Northern University (1903), Butler University (1904–1905), Western University of Pennsylvania—now known as the University of Pittsburgh (1906), Louisiana State University (1907–1908),[2] the University of Maine (1910–1911), Susquehanna University (1916–1917, 1919, 1924–1925), and Bucknell University (1918), compiling a career record of 74–38–6. In 1908, Wingard led his LSU team to a record of 10–0. The team has been recognized as a national champion by the National Championship Foundation, although LSU does not officially claim a national title that season. Wingard was the head coach of the basketball team at Butler from 1904 to 1906 and the head coach of the first LSU Tigers basketball team during the 1908–09 season.[3] He coached the LSU Tigers baseball team in 1908 and 1909[4] and the baseball team at Maine in 1911. Wingard also coached the LSU Tigers track and field team from 1907 to 1909.[5]
 Wingard pictured in The Prism 1912, Maine yearbook | |
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | September 21, 1878[1] |
| Died | July 31, 1927 (aged 48) Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1903 | Ohio Northern |
| 1904–1905 | Butler |
| 1906 | Western U. of Pennsylvania |
| 1907–1908 | LSU |
| 1909 | Carlisle (assistant) |
| 1910–1911 | Maine |
| 1912 | Maine (assistant) |
| 1916–1917 | Susquehanna |
| 1918 | Bucknell |
| 1919 | Susquehanna |
| 1924–1925 | Susquehanna |
| Basketball | |
| 1904–1906 | Butler |
| 1908–1909 | LSU |
| 1916–1917 | Susquehanna |
| Baseball | |
| 1908–1909 | LSU |
| 1911 | Maine |
| Track and Field | |
| 1907–1909 | LSU |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| c. 1910 | Maine |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 74–38–6 (football) 21–12 (basketball) 19–30–1 (baseball) |
| Bowls | 0–1 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| Football 1 National (1908) 1 SIAA (1908) 1 Maine Intercollegiate Athletic Association (1911) | |
Wingard died of a cerebral hemorrhage in the summer of 1927 at a hospital in Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania.[6][7]
Head coaching record
Football
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ohio Northern (Independent) (1903) | |||||||||
| 1903 | Ohio Northern | 7–5 | |||||||
| Ohio Northern: | 7–5 | ||||||||
| Butler Christians (Independent) (1904) | |||||||||
| 1904 | Butler | 6–1 | |||||||
| 1905 | Butler | 7–2–1 | |||||||
| Butler: | 13–3–1 | ||||||||
| Western University of Pennsylvania (Independent) (1906) | |||||||||
| 1906 | Western University of Pennsylvania | 6–4 | |||||||
| Pittsburgh: | 6–4 | ||||||||
| LSU Tigers (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1907–1908) | |||||||||
| 1907 | LSU | 7–3 | 3–1 | 7th | W Bacardi | ||||
| 1908 | LSU | 10–0 | 2–0 | 1st | |||||
| LSU: | 17–3 | 5–1 | |||||||
| Maine Black Bears (Maine Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1910–1911) | |||||||||
| 1910 | Maine | 5–1–2 | |||||||
| 1911 | Maine | 6–2 | 1st | ||||||
| Maine: | 11–3–2 | ||||||||
| Susquehanna Crusaders (Independent) (1916–1917) | |||||||||
| 1916 | Susquehanna | 4–5 | |||||||
| 1917 | Susquehanna | 1–0 | |||||||
| Bucknell Bison (Independent) (1918) | |||||||||
| 1918 | Bucknell | 6–0 | |||||||
| Bucknell: | 6–0 | ||||||||
| Susquehanna Crusaders (Independent) (1919) | |||||||||
| 1919 | Susquehanna | 5–4–1 | |||||||
| Susquehanna Crusaders (Independent) (1924–1925) | |||||||||
| 1924 | Susquehanna | 3–5 | |||||||
| 1925 | Susquehanna | 1–6–2 | |||||||
| Susquehanna: | 14–20–3 | ||||||||
| Total: | 74–38–6 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth | |||||||||
Basketball
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Butler Christians (Independent) (1904–1906) | |||||||||
| 1904–05 | Butler | 6–2 | |||||||
| 1905–06 | Butler | 1–1 | |||||||
| Butler: | 7–3 (.700) | ||||||||
| LSU Tigers (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1908–1909) | |||||||||
| 1908–09 | LSU | 5–2 | 2–0 | ||||||
| LSU: | 5–2 (.714) | 2–0 (1.000) | |||||||
| Susquehanna Crusaders (Independent) (1916–1917) | |||||||||
| 1916–17 | Susquehanna | 9–7 | |||||||
| Susquehanna: | 9–7 (.563) | ||||||||
| Total: | 21–12 (.636) | ||||||||
Baseball
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LSU Tigers (1908–1909) | |||||||||
| 1908 | LSU | 9–12–1 | |||||||
| 1909 | LSU | 7–10 | |||||||
| LSU: | 16–22–1 | ||||||||
| Maine Black Bears (1911) | |||||||||
| 1911 | Maine | 3–8 | |||||||
| Maine: | 3–8 | ||||||||
| Total: | 19–30–1 | ||||||||
References
- World War I Draft Registration Card for Edgar Ramey Wingard, born Sept. 31, 1878, Ancestry.com.
- "LSU Year-by-Year Records" (PDF). lsusports.net. p. 107. Retrieved July 29, 2018.
- "LSU Fighting Tigers Coaches". sports-reference.com. Retrieved July 29, 2018.
- "Louisiana State University". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved July 29, 2018.
- "LSU Track and Field Media Guide". lsusports.net. p. 7. Retrieved August 1, 2018.
- "Former University of Maine Coach, Wingard, Is Dead at Home in Penna". The Lewiston Daily Sun. November 5, 1927. Retrieved October 22, 2011.
- "Here and There". The Gettsburg Times. August 2, 1927.("Gettysburg Rotarians will regret to learn of the death at Selinsgrove of Edgar R. Wingard, governor of the fifty-first district of Rotary International, from cerebral hemorrhage at the age of 48 years.")
