Calvin Ray MacGillivray (December 21, 1892 – April 1963)[1] was an American football, basketball, and track and field coach. He served as the head football coach at New River State School—now known as West Virginia University Institute of Technology—in Montgomery, West Virginia in 1927 and at Lawrence Technological University in Southfield, Michigan in 1937.
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | December 21, 1892 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada |
| Died | April 1963 (aged 70) Michigan, U.S. |
| Alma mater | College of Wooster (1917) University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign Harvard University University of Wisconsin |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1923 | Franklin HS (PA) |
| 1924 | Oil City HS (PA) (assistant) |
| 1925–1926 | Oil City HS (PA) |
| 1927 | West Virginia Tech |
| 1937 | Lawrence Tech |
| Basketball | |
| 1923–1924 | Franklin HS (PA) |
| Track | |
| 1923–1924 | Franklin HS (PA) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 4–7–1 (college football) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 1 MOCC (1937) | |
Early life and education
editMcGillivray attended high school in Utah and college in the College of Wooster in Ohio.[2]
Coaching career
editMacGillivray began his coaching career at the high school level in Franklin and Oil City, Pennsylvania.[3] He was hired physical director and athletic coach at New River State School—now known as West Virginia University Institute of Technology—in Montgomery, West Virginia in 1927.[4] He served as the head football coach at New River State for tone season, in 1927, compiling a record of 0–6.[5]
Head coaching record
editCollege football
edit| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New River State Golden Bears (West Virginia Athletic Conference) (1927) | |||||||||
| 1927 | New River State | 0–6 | 0–6 | 11th | |||||
| New River State: | 0–6 | 0–6 | |||||||
| Lawrence Tech Blue Devils (Michigan-Ontario Collegiate Conference) (1937) | |||||||||
| 1937 | Lawrence Tech | 4–1–1 | T–1st | ||||||
| Lawrence Tech: | 4–1–1 | ||||||||
| Total: | 4–7–1 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth | |||||||||
References
edit- ^ "McLean & McKinnon - Calvin Ray MacGillivray".
- ^ "M'Gillivray New Mentor at N.R.S.", Charleston Daily Mail, September 20, 1927, Charleston, West Virginia
- ^ "Coach MacGillivray to Be in Oil City; Will be Woodman's Assistant". The News-Herald. Franklin, Pennsylvania. August 1, 1924. p. 1. Retrieved July 3, 2023 – via Newspapers.com
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- ^ "New Coach For New River State". Hinton Daily News. Hinton, West Virginia. March 26, 1927. p. 1. Retrieved July 3, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
- ^ DeLassus, David. "West Virginia Tech Coaching Records". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on December 9, 2021. Retrieved November 12, 2010.
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