Olan Guy Ruble (February 17, 1906 – November 11, 1982) was an American football, basketball, and baseball coach and college athletics administrator.[1] He served as the head football coach at Iowa Wesleyan College from 1942 to 1948. Ruble was also the head basketball coach at Iowa Wesleyan from 1941 to 1947 and the school's head baseball coach from 1943 to 1949.[2]
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | February 17, 1906 Clinton, Iowa, U.S. |
| Died | November 11, 1982 (aged 76) Wheaton, Illinois, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1924–1927 | Simpson (IA) |
| Basketball | |
| 1924–1928 | Simpson (IA) |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1942–1948 | Iowa Wesleyan |
| Basketball | |
| 1930 | Mingo HS (IA) |
| 1941–1947 | Iowa Wesleyan |
| Baseball | |
| 1943–1949 | Iowa Wesleyan |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1941–1949 | Iowa Wesleyan |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 15–23–1 (college football) 39–60 (college basketball) |
Head coaching record
editCollege football
edit| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iowa Wesleyan Tigers (Iowa Conference) (1942–1948) | |||||||||
| 1942 | Iowa Wesleyan | 1–6 | 1–4 | T–11th | |||||
| 1943 | No team—World War II | ||||||||
| 1944 | Iowa Wesleyan | 2–0 | |||||||
| 1945 | Iowa Wesleyan | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2nd | |||||
| 1946 | Iowa Wesleyan | 3–6 | 1–4 | T–8th | |||||
| 1947 | Iowa Wesleyan | 5–3–1 | 3–2–1 | T–7th | |||||
| 1948 | Iowa Wesleyan | 1–6 | 1–5 | T–8th | |||||
| Iowa Wesleyan: | 15–23–1 | 7–15–1 | |||||||
| Total: | 15–23–1 | ||||||||
References
edit- ^ Porter, David L. (2005). Basketball: A Biographical Dictionary. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 9780313309526. Retrieved July 10, 2018.
- ^ "Men's Basketball Coaching Records" (PDF). iwtigers.com. Retrieved July 21, 2018.