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), 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. He coached the LSU Tigers baseball team in 1908 and 1909 and the baseball team at Maine in 1911. Wingard also coached the LSU Tigers track and field team from 1907 to 1909.

Edgar Wingard
Wingard pictured in The Prism 1912, Maine yearbook
Biographical details
Born(1878-09-21)September 21, 1878
Altoona, Pennsylvania, U.S.
DiedJuly 31, 1927(1927-07-31) (aged 48)
Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1903Ohio Northern
1904–1905Butler
1906Western U. of Pennsylvania
1907–1908LSU
1909Carlisle (assistant)
1910–1911Maine
1912Maine (assistant)
1916–1917Susquehanna
1918Bucknell
1919Susquehanna
1924–1925Susquehanna
Basketball
1904–1906Butler
1908–1909LSU
1916–1917Susquehanna
Baseball
1908–1909LSU
1911Maine
Track and Field
1907–1909LSU
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1910–1916Maine
Head coaching record
Overall74–38–6 (football)
21–12 (basketball)
19–30–1 (baseball)
Bowls0–1
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.

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