Mark Cardwell

Mark Hanna Cardwell (January 7, 1901 – March 20, 1964) was an American football, basketball, and baseball player and coach. He served as the head football coach at West Virginia State College—now known as West Virginia State University—in Institute, West Virginia from 1945 to 1957. Cardwell was also the head basketball coach at West Virginia State for 19 seasons from 1945 until his death in 1964. Cardwellled West Virginia State to Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) championships in football in 1948 and 1951 and in basketball in 1948, 1949, and 1951.

Mark Cardwell
Biographical details
Born(1901-01-07)January 7, 1901
Columbus, Ohio, U.S.
DiedMarch 20, 1964(1964-03-20) (aged 63)
Morgantown, West Virginia, U.S.
Playing career
Football
c. 1921–1924West Virginia State
Position(s)Fullback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1925–1944Kelly Miller HS (WV)
1945–1957West Virginia State
Basketball
1945–1964West Virginia State
Head coaching record
Overall64–40–10 (college football)
Bowls0–1
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Football
2 CIAA (1948, 1951)

Basketball
3 CIAA regular season (1948–1949, 1951)

A native of Columbus, Ohio, Cardwell attended East High School, where the played football alongside Chic Harley, who went on to star at Ohio State University. Cardwell played football, basketball and baseball at West Virginia State from 1921 to 1925, when the school was known as West Virginia Collegiate Institute. In football, he played as a fullback, starting for teams coached by Adolph Hamblin. Cardwell began coaching career in 1925 at Kelly Miller High School in Clarksburg, West Virginia, remaining there until 1945 when he returned to West Virginia State to succeed Hamblin as head football coach and also coach baseball and track.[1]

Cardwell died of a heat attack, on March 20, 1964, in Morgantown, West Virginia.[2][3]

Head coaching record

College football
Year Team Overall ConferenceStanding Bowl/playoffs
West Virginia State Yellow Jackets (Colored/Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1945–1953)
1945 West Virginia State 5–1–24–0–22nd
1946 West Virginia State 6–3–15–22ndL Derby Bowl
1947 West Virginia State 7–2–14–1–16th
1948 West Virginia State 5–2–25–11st
1949 West Virginia State 8–07–01st
1950 West Virginia State 5–3–13–2–14th
1951 West Virginia State 6–2–15–0–11st
1952 West Virginia State 6–45–34th
1953 West Virginia State 6–34–25th
1954 West Virginia State 3–61–514th
West Virginia State Yellow Jackets (Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association / West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (1945–1953)
1955 West Virginia State 1–70–6 / 0–117th / NA
West Virginia State Yellow Jackets (West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (1956–1957)
1956 West Virginia State 4–31–0NA
1957 West Virginia State 2–4–22–1–13rd
West Virginia State: 64–40–1046–23–6
Total:64–40–10
      National championship         Conference title         Conference division title or championship game berth

References
  1. "Mark Cardwell Named Football Coach At W. Virginia State". The New York Age. New York, New York. August 11, 1945. p. 11. Retrieved May 23, 2022 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  2. "Death Ends Long Coaching Career". The Pittsburgh Courier. March 28, 1964. p. 18 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. Dan Hose (March 21, 1964). "Cardwell's Death Shock To Coaches". The Charleston Daily Mail. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
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