Malcolm Upshur "Mac" Pitt (January 10, 1897 – September 16, 1985)[2] was an American football, basketball, and baseball coach and college athletics administrator. At the University of Richmond he served as the head men's basketball coach from 1933 to 1952, the head baseball coach from 1935 to 1971, and the athletic director from 1942 to 1967. Pitt was also the head football coach for two seasons, from 1943 to 1944. Pitt's 1934–35 basketball squad finished a perfect 20–0, the only unbeaten Spider basketball team in history. As a student at Richmond from 1915 to 1918, Pitt played football and baseball and ran on the track team.
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | January 10, 1897 Richmond, Virginia, U.S. |
| Died | September 16, 1985 (aged 88) Richmond, Virginia, U.S. |
| Alma mater | University of Richmond[1] |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1943–1944 | Richmond |
| Basketball | |
| 1933–1952 | Richmond |
| Baseball | |
| 1935–1971 | Richmond |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1942–1967 | Richmond |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 8–7 (football) 197–169 (basketball) 426–257–5 (baseball) |
Honors and death
editPitt was elected to the American Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Fame in 1971 and the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame in 1974. Malcolm U. Pitt Field, the baseball stadium at Richmond, is named in Pitt's honor. He died after a brief illness in 1985 at a Richmond hospital.[3][4]
Head coaching record
editFootball
edit| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richmond Spiders (Southern Conference) (1943–1944) | |||||||||
| 1943 | Richmond | 6–1 | 1–1 | T–5th | |||||
| 1944 | Richmond | 2–6 | 0–4 | 10th | |||||
| Richmond: | 8–7 | 1–5 | |||||||
| Total: | 8–7 | ||||||||
Basketball
edit| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richmond Spiders (Virginia Conference) (1933–1934) | |||||||||
| 1933–34 | Richmond | 10–5 | 4–4 | ||||||
| Richmond Spiders (Independent) (1934–1936) | |||||||||
| 1934–35 | Richmond | 20–0 | |||||||
| 1935–36 | Richmond | 14–6 | |||||||
| Richmond Spiders (Southern Conference) (1936–1953) | |||||||||
| 1936–37 | Richmond | 13–7 | 5–4 | 7th | |||||
| 1937–38 | Richmond | 15–5 | 7–4 | 6th | |||||
| 1938–39 | Richmond | 10–10 | 5–5 | T–8th | |||||
| 1939–40 | Richmond | 11–6 | 5–4 | 7th | |||||
| 1940–41 | Richmond | 11–10 | 7–5 | 7th | |||||
| 1941–42 | Richmond | 9–10 | 4–8 | T–11th | |||||
| 1942–43 | Richmond | 11–5 | 4–4 | T–9th | |||||
| 1943–44 | Richmond | 7–6 | 2–2 | 5th | |||||
| 1944–45 | Richmond | 3–4 | 2–0 | 1st | |||||
| 1945–46 | Richmond | 8–12 | 3–7 | 13th | |||||
| 1946–47 | Richmond | 17–9 | 8–5 | 6th | |||||
| 1947–48 | Richmond | 8–14 | 4–9 | 13th | |||||
| 1948–49 | Richmond | 8–15 | 5–10 | 13th | |||||
| 1949–50 | Richmond | 8–16 | 4–13 | 14th | |||||
| 1950–51 | Richmond | 7–14 | 5–10 | 12th | |||||
| 1951–52 | Richmond | 7–15 | 3–11 | T–13th | |||||
| Richmond: | 197–169 | 77–105 | |||||||
| Total: | 197–169 | ||||||||
References
edit- ^ Bailey, J.W. (1949). Football at the University of Richmond, 1878-1948. The Author. Retrieved March 10, 2015.
- ^ "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942 Image United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942; pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-266-12402-49115-99 — FamilySearch.org". familysearch.org. Retrieved March 10, 2015.
- ^ "Person Details for Malcolm Pitt, "United States Social Security Death Index" — FamilySearch.org". familysearch.org. Retrieved March 10, 2015.
- ^ "Miami Herald: Search Results". nl.newsbank.com. Retrieved March 10, 2015.