Willard Merrill "Pete" Pederson (October 28, 1910 – September 8, 1982) was an American college football and college basketball coach as well as a 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 College of Colorado—now known as Western Colorado University, from 1935 to 1939.[1]
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | October 28, 1910 Pueblo, Colorado, U.S. |
| Died | September 8, 1982 (aged 71) Avila Beach, California, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1931–1933 | Western State (CO) |
| Basketball | |
| 1931–1934 | Western State (CO) |
| 1939–1940 | Oshkosh All-Stars |
| 1941–1942 | Toledo Jim White Chevrolets |
| Position(s) | Center (basketball) |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1942–1949 | Mount Union |
| 1950–1952 | Marshall |
| 1953–1960 | Western State (CO) |
| Basketball | |
| 1935–1939 | Western State (CO) |
| 1945–1950 | Mount Union |
| 1958–1961 | Western State (CO) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 68–73–7 (college football) 113–108 (college basketball) |
Pederson played football at Western State 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.[3][4]
Head coaching record edit
College football edit
| 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 | 5–1–1 | 6th | |||||
| 1947 | Mount Union | 5–4 | 3–4 | 13th | |||||
| 1948 | Mount Union | 6–3 | 6–2 | 6th | |||||
| 1949 | Mount Union | 3–6 | 2–3 | T–7th | |||||
| Mount Union: | 22–20–1 | 16–15–1 | |||||||
| 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 Mountaineers (Rocky Mountain Conference) (1953–1960) | |||||||||
| 1953 | Western State | 5–2–1 | 2–2–1 | 3rd | |||||
| 1954 | Western State | 9–1 | 7–1 | 2nd | |||||
| 1955 | Western State | 7–3 | 6–2 | 2nd | |||||
| 1956 | Western State | 5–5 | 3–2 | ||||||
| 1957 | Western State | 5–4–1 | 3–1–1 | 2nd | |||||
| 1958 | Western State | 1–8 | 0–5 | 6th | |||||
| 1959 | Western State | 3–5 | 1–4 | 6th | |||||
| 1960 | Western State | 1–7–1 | 0–4–1 | 6th | |||||
| Western State: | 37–33–3 | 23–20–3 | |||||||
| Total: | 68–73–7 | ||||||||
References edit
- ^ a b c "Pete Pederson". Peach Basket Society. Blogspot. 12 November 2015. Retrieved January 22, 2017.
- ^ a b "Willard Pederson NBL stats". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 22, 2017.
- ^ DeLassus, David (2016). "Willard M. Pederson Mount Union Records by Year". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on August 6, 2016. Retrieved January 22, 2017.
- ^ DeLassus, David (2016). "Pete Pederson Marshall Records by Year". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on August 6, 2016. Retrieved January 22, 2017.