Walter Hargesheimer

Walter Gould[1] Hargesheimer (August 10, 1912 – May 18, 1996) was an American football player and coach of football and basketball. He served as the head football coach at Sioux Falls College, now the University of Sioux Falls, from 1935 to 1936 and at Massachusetts State College, now the University of Massachusetts Amherst, from 1941 to 1942 and again in 1946.

Walter Hargesheimer
Biographical details
BornAugust 10, 1912
Olmsted County, Minnesota, U.S.
DiedMay 18, 1996(1996-05-18) (aged 83)
Playing career
Football
1932–1933Minnesota
Position(s)Back
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1935–1936Sioux Falls
1937–1939Oberlin (backfield)
1940Highland Park HS (IL)
1941–1942Massachusetts State
1946Massachusetts State
1947–1948Oklahoma (assistant)
1949–1952USC (assistant)
Basketball
1935–1936Sioux Falls
1937–1940Oberlin
1940–1941Highland Park HS (IL)
1941–1943Massachusetts State
1946–1947Massachusetts State
Head coaching record
Overall15–22–2 (college football)
28–58 (college basketball)

Hargesheimer played football at the University of Minnesota, from which he graduated in 1934, as a back for the Golden Gophers in 1932 and 1933. After coaching football at Sioux Falls College in 1935 and 1936, he was the backfield coach and varsity basketball coach at Oberlin College from 1937 to 1940. He then coached football, basketball, and track at Highland Park High School in Highland Park, Illinois, before taking the appointment of head football coach and Professor of Physical Education at Massachusetts State College in January 1941.[2]

Head coaching record

College football
Year Team Overall ConferenceStanding
Sioux Falls Braves (South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference) (1935–1936)
1935 Sioux Falls 4–43–35th
1936 Sioux Falls 0–7–10–5–110th
Sioux Falls: 4–11–13–8–1
Massachusetts State Aggies (Independent) (1941–1942)
1941 Massachusetts State 3–4–1
1942 Massachusetts State 2–5
Massachusetts State Aggies (Independent) (1946)
1946 Massachusetts State 6–2
Massachusetts State: 11–11–1
Total:15–22–2

College basketball
Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Sioux Falls Cougars (South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference) (1935–1936)
1935–36 Sioux Falls 6–6
Sioux Falls: 6–6 (.500)
Oberlin Yeomen (Independent) (1937–1940)
1937–38 Oberlin 3–10
1938–39 Oberlin 3–10
1939–40 Oberlin 3–11
Oberlin: 9–31 (.225)
Massachusetts State Aggies (Independent) (1941–1943)
1941–42 Massachusetts State 8–6
1942–43 Massachusetts State 5–8
Massachusetts State Aggies (Independent) (1946–1947)
1946–47 Massachusetts State 0–7[n 1]
Massachusetts State: 13–21 (.382)
Total:28–58 (.326)

Notes
  1. Lorin Ball coached the final nine games of the season.

References
  1. University of Massachusetts Amherst - Index Yearbook - Class of 1947, Page 20
  2. "Caraway Successor Named" (PDF). The New York Times. Associated Press. January 26, 1941. Retrieved January 5, 2011.
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