Ernie McCoy (athletic director)
Ernest B. McCoy (July 20, 1904 – September 16, 1980) was an All-American basketball player at the University of Michigan from 1927 to 1929. After graduating, he spent his entire professional career in college athletics, serving as the athletic director at Penn State (1952–1970), the athletic director at the University of Miami (1971–1973), and a basketball coach (1949–1952), assistant football coach, and assistant athletic director (1946–1952) at Michigan. He is most remembered as the athletic director who hired Joe Paterno as head football coach at Penn State in 1966.
McCoy as Michigan basketball coach, c. 1949 | |
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | July 20, 1904 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Died | September 16, 1980 (aged 76) University Park, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| Basketball | |
| 1927–1929 | Michigan |
| Position(s) | Guard, center |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1932–1933 | Montclair State |
| 1940–1942 | Michigan (assistant) |
| 1945–1951 | Michigan (assistant) |
| Basketball | |
| 1932–1934 | Montclair State |
| 1947–1948 | Michigan (assistant) |
| 1948–1952 | Michigan |
| Baseball | |
| 1933–1934 | Montclair State |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1932–1934 | Montclair State |
| 1946–1952 | Michigan (assistant AD) |
| 1952–1970 | Penn State |
| 1971–1973 | Miami (FL) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 1–8–2 (football) 56–65–1 (basketball) 3–11 (baseball) |
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