Howdy Myers

Howard "Howdy" Myers Jr. (August 23, 1910 – February 12, 1980) was an American football, basketball and lacrosse coach and college athletics administrator. He served as head football coach for Johns Hopkins University from 1946 to 1949 and again in 1979 and at Hofstra University from 1950 to 1974, compiling a career college football record of 167–112–5. Myers was also the head lacrosse coach at Johns Hopkins from 1946 to 1949, at Hofstra from 1950 to 1975, and at Hampden–Sydney College from 1976 to 1978, amassing a career college lacrosse record of 261–159–4. In addition, he was the head basketball coach at Johns Hopkins from 1946 to 1949, tallying a mark of 22–35. Myers coached lacrosse at St. Paul's School in Brooklandville, Maryland where he coached that team to four straight undefeated seasons, with a record of 61 wins and no losses. In 1971, Myers was inducted into the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame.

Howdy Myers
Biographical details
Born(1910-08-23)August 23, 1910
DiedFebruary 12, 1980(1980-02-12) (aged 69)
Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1946–1949Johns Hopkins
1950–1974Hofstra
1979Johns Hopkins
Basketball
1946–1949Johns Hopkins
Lacrosse
1936-1946St. Paul's School
1947–1949Johns Hopkins
1950–1975Hofstra
1976–1978Hampden–Sydney
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1951–1975Hofstra
Head coaching record
Overall167–112–5 (college football)
22–35 (college basketball)
261–159–4 (college lacrosse)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Football
1 Mason–Dixon (1948)

Myers died of heart failure on February 12, 1980, at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland, after having undergone cancer surgery a week earlier.[1]

Head coaching record

College football
Year Team Overall ConferenceStanding Bowl/playoffs
Johns Hopkins Blue Jays (Mason–Dixon Conference) (1946–1949)
1946 Johns Hopkins 5–32–02nd
1947 Johns Hopkins 5–2–12–1–13rd
1948 Johns Hopkins 7–13–01st
1949 Johns Hopkins 4–42–1T–2nd
Hofstra Flying Dutchmen (NCAA College Division independent) (1950–1959)
1950 Hofstra 2–6
1951 Hofstra 6–2–1
1952 Hofstra 8–1
1953 Hofstra 6–3
1954 Hofstra 7–2
1955 Hofstra 3–6
1956 Hofstra 7–3
1957 Hofstra 9–1
1958 Hofstra 6–4
1959 Hofstra 9–0
Hofstra Flying Dutchmen (Middle Atlantic Conference) (1960–1969)
1960 Hofstra 7–1–12–0N/A (College–Northern)
1961 Hofstra 7–22–0N/A (College–Northern)
1962 Hofstra 8–21–0N/A (College–Northern)L Cement Bowl
1963 Hofstra 3–60–0N/A (College–Northern)
1964 Hofstra 6–3–10–3–1T–6th (University)
1965 Hofstra 8–24–12nd (University)
1966 Hofstra 2–81–36th (University)
1967 Hofstra 8–23–12nd (University)
1968 Hofstra 5–51–36th (University)
1969 Hofstra 0–100–57th (University)
Hofstra Flying Dutchmen (NCAA College Division independent) (1970–1971)
1970 Hofstra 5–5
1971 Hofstra 5–6
Hofstra Flying Dutchmen (Metropolitan Intercollegiate Conference) (1972–1975)
1972 Hofstra 5–61–23rd
1973 Hofstra 8–34–12nd
1974 Hofstra 1–9–10–4–16th
Hofstra: 141–98–419–24–2
Johns Hopkins Blue Jays (Middle Atlantic Conference) (1979)
1979 Johns Hopkins 5–44–4 (Southern)T–6th
Johns Hopkins: 26–14–113–6–1
Total:167–112–5
      National championship         Conference title         Conference division title or championship game berth

Honors

Hofstra University honored Howdy Myers by placing a bust outside its main athletic complex.

Head bust of Howdy Meyers on Hofstra University campus which stands outside the main athletic complex.

See also

References
  1. "Myers, coach here, dies at 69". The Baltimore Sun. Baltimore, Maryland. February 13, 1980. p. C1. Retrieved October 2, 2019 – via Newspapers.com open access.
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