| Pete Pederson | |
|---|---|
| Born |
October 28, 1910 Pueblo, Colorado |
| Died |
September 8, 1982 (aged 71) Avila Beach, California |
| Awards | Western State Colorado Hall of Fame (1995) |
Willard Merrill "Pete" Pederson (October 28, 1910 – September 8, 1982) was an American college football and basketball coach as well as professional basketball player.[1][2] Professionally, he played in the National Basketball League for the Oshkosh All-Stars and Toledo Jim White Chevrolets and averaged 3.1 points per game for his career.[2] In 1939–40 he served as player-coach for the All-Stars before resuming full-time head coaching duties in 1940–41.[1] His collegiate basketball coaching experience includes a stint at his alma mater, Western State Colorado University, from 1935 to 1939.[1]
Pederson played football at Western State Colorado in addition to basketball. In his post-professional basketball life, he became the head football coach for University of Mount Union, Marshall University, and Western State Colorado.[3][4] He compiled an overall record of 68–73–7, including a conference championship at Western State Colorado in 1954.
Head coaching record[]
College football[]
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Union Purple Raiders (Ohio Athletic Conference) (1942–1949) | |||||||||
| 1942 | Mount Union | 1–6 | 0–5 | 15th | |||||
| 1943 | No team—World War II | ||||||||
| 1944 | No team—World War II | ||||||||
| 1945 | No team—World War II | ||||||||
| 1946 | Mount Union | 7–1–1 | 3–1–1 | 6th | |||||
| 1947 | Mount Union | 5–4 | 3–2 | 7th | |||||
| 1948 | Mount Union | 6–3 | 5–2 | 6th | |||||
| 1949 | Mount Union | 3–6 | 2–3 | T–7th | |||||
| Mount Union: | 22–20–1 | 13–13–1 | |||||||
| Marshall Thundering Herd (Ohio Valley Conference) (1950–1951) | |||||||||
| 1950 | Marshall | 2–8 | 2–4 | 5th | |||||
| 1951 | Marshall | 5–4–1 | 4–2 | T–2nd | |||||
| Marshall Thundering Herd (Independent) (1952) | |||||||||
| 1952 | Marshall | 2–7–2 | |||||||
| Marshall: | 9–19–3 | 6–6 | |||||||
| Western State Colorado Mountaineers (Rocky Mountain Faculty Athletic Conference) (1953–1960) | |||||||||
| 1953 | Western State Colorado | 5–2–1 | 2–2–1 | ||||||
| 1954 | Western State Colorado | 10–0 | 8–0 | 1st | |||||
| 1955 | Western State Colorado | 7–3 | 6–2 | ||||||
| 1956 | Western State Colorado | 5–5 | 3–2 | ||||||
| 1957 | Western State Colorado | 5–4–1 | 3–1–1 | ||||||
| 1958 | Western State Colorado | 1–8 | 0–5 | ||||||
| 1959 | Western State Colorado | 3–5 | 1–4 | ||||||
| 1960 | Western State Colorado | 1–7–1 | 0–5 | ||||||
| Western State Colorado: | 37–33–3 | 23–18–3 | |||||||
| Total: | 68–73–7 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title | |||||||||
| †Indicates Bowl Coalition, Bowl Alliance, BCS, or CFP / New Years' Six bowl. | |||||||||
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Pete Pederson". Peach Basket Society. Blogspot. http://peachbasketsociety.blogspot.com/2015/11/willard-pederson.html. Retrieved January 22, 2017.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Willard Pederson NBL stats". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. http://www.basketball-reference.com/nbl/players/p/pederwi01n.html. Retrieved January 22, 2017.
- ↑ DeLassus, David (2016). "Willard M. Pederson Mount Union Records by Year". http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/coaching/alltime_coach_year_by_year.php?coachid=4433.
- ↑ DeLassus, David (2016). "Pete Pederson Marshall Records by Year". http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/coaching/alltime_coach_year_by_year.php?coachid=1839.
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