Herbert McEver

Herbert McEver
Biographical details
Born	September 14, 1906
Died	January 21, 1996 (aged 89)
Playing career
Football
1925–1928	VPI
Position(s)	Back
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1942–1945	VPI
Basketball
1937–1944	VPI
Baseball
1933–1939	VPI
Head coaching record
Overall	9–8–1 (football); 49–71 (basketball); 41–72–1 (baseball)

Herbert Macauley "Mac" McEver (September 14, 1906 – January 21, 1996) was an American football player and coach of football, basketball, and baseball. He served as the head football coach at Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute (VPI)—now known as Virginia Tech—from 1942 to 1945, compiling a record of 9–8–1. He was co-head coach with Sumner D. Tilson in 1942. McEver was also the head basketball coach at VPI from 1937 to 1944, amassing a record of 49–71, and the school's head baseball coach From 1933 to 1939, tallying a mark of 41–72–1.

McEver played football at VPI from 1925 to 1928 as part of the famed "Pony Express" backfield. He was inducted into the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame in 1980 and the Virginia Tech Sports Hall of Fame, which he helped organize, in 1983. He was the older brother of Gene McEver, who starred in football at the University of Tennessee and served as the head football coach at Davidson College and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Head coaching record

Football


Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
VPI Goblers (Southern Conference) (1942–1945)
1942	VPI	7–2–1	5–1	2nd
1943	No team—World War II
1943	No team—World War II
1945	VPI	2–6	2–5	9th
VPI:		9–8–1	7–6
Total:		9–8–1

Basketball

Statistics overview
Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
VPI Gobblers (Southern Conference) (1937–1944)
1937–38	VPI	6–8	4–5	10th
1938–39	VPI	3–14	2–10	14th
1939–40	VPI	4–15	1–9	15th
1940–41	VPI	8–13	4–8	12th
1941–42	VPI	10–10	4–8	T–11th
1942–43	VPI	7–7	3–6	12th
1943–44	VPI	11–4	4–1	2nd
VPI:		49–71	22–47
Total:		49–71

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References

External links

Herbert McEver at Find a Grave

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