Thomas M. Fitzpatrick (c. 1890 – June 24, 1986) was an American football and basketball player, coach of football, basketball, and baseball, and football official. He served as the head football coach at the University of Utah from 1919 to 1924, compiling a record of 23–17–3. From 1917 to 1925, he was the coach of the Utah men's basketball team; his teams had a cumulative record of 42–30.[1] Fitzpatrick was also the head baseball coach at Utah from 1918 to 1921, tallying a mark of 14–8.
 Fitzpatrick pictures in the 1921 Utonian, Utah yearbook | |
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | c. 1890 |
| Died | June 24, 1986 (aged 95) Aptos, California |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1911–1912 | Utah |
| Basketball | |
| 1911–1912 | Utah |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1919–1924 | Utah |
| Basketball | |
| 1917–1925 | Utah |
| Baseball | |
| 1918–1921 | Utah |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 23–17–3 (college football) 42–30 (college basketball) 14–8 (college baseball) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| Football 1 RMAC (1922) | |
Fitzpatrick was a native of Montana. After leaving Utah, he moved to Oakland, California to coach high school sports.[2] There he coached football, basketball, and baseball at Roosevelt High School from 1926 to 1944 and at McClymonds High School from 1945 to 1956. He also officiated 12 Rose Bowls, including the 1929 Rose Bowl, famous for Roy Riegels's wrong-way run. Fitzpatrick died on June 24, 1986 at the age of 95. He had been a resident of Aptos, California since 1962.[3]
Head coaching record
College football
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Utah Utes (Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference) (1919–1924) | |||||||||
| 1919 | Utah | 5–2 | 3–1 | 2nd | |||||
| 1920 | Utah | 1–5–1 | 1–2–1 | 5th | |||||
| 1921 | Utah | 3–2–1 | 2–1–1 | 3rd | |||||
| 1922 | Utah | 7–1 | 5–0 | 1st | |||||
| 1923 | Utah | 4–3 | 2–3 | 6th | |||||
| 1924 | Utah | 3–4–1 | 2–2–1 | 7th | |||||
| Utah: | 23–17–3 | 15–9–3 | |||||||
| Total: | 23–17–3 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth | |||||||||
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See also
References
- ^ "Utah Coaching Records". Official Website of Utah Athletics. Retrieved November 2, 2015.
- ^ "Who's in the News; Thomas Fitzpatricks wed 62 years". Santa Cruz Sentinel. Santa Cruz, California. June 18, 1975. p. 10. Retrieved November 2, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Thomas Fitzpatrick, avid sportsman, dies". Santa Cruz Sentinel. Santa Cruz, California. June 26, 1986. p. A-12. Retrieved November 2, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
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