Victor Earl Schwenk (October 26, 1924 – March 14, 2016) was an American gridiron football coach and executive.[1] He served as the head football at Occidental College in Los Angeles from 1960 to 1963, compiling a record of 23–12. Schwenk was the general manager for the Edmonton Eskimos of the Canadian Football League (CFL) in 1966 and the New Orleans Saints of the National Football League (NFL) from 1968 to 1972.[2][3] He died in 2016.[4]
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | October 26, 1924 Dayton, Ohio, U.S. |
| Died | March 14, 2016 (aged 91) California, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 1946 | UCLA |
| 1947–1949 | Occidental |
| Position(s) | End |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1950–1953 | Colton HS (CA) |
| 1954–1959 | San Marino HS (CA) |
| 1960–1963 | Occidental |
| 1964–1965 | Los Angeles Rams (assistant) |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1966 | Edmonton Eskimos (GM) |
| 1968–1972 | New Orleans Saints (GM) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 23–12 (college) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 2 SCIAC (1960, 1963) | |
Head coaching record
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edit| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Occidental Tigers (Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (1960–1963) | |||||||||
| 1960 | Occidental | 5–3 | 4–1 | T–1st | |||||
| 1961 | Occidental | 6–3 | 2–2 | 3rd | |||||
| 1962 | Occidental | 6–3 | 2–3 | T–4th | |||||
| 1963 | Occidental | 6–3 | 2–1 | T–1st | |||||
| Occidental: | 23–12 | 10–7 | |||||||
| Total: | 23–12 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth | |||||||||
References
edit- ^ "Vic Schwenk - The Pro Football Archives". profootballarchives.com. Retrieved January 16, 2015.
- ^ "The Spokesman-Review - Google News Archive Search". google.com. Retrieved January 16, 2015.
- ^ "Vic Schwenk". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved January 16, 2015.
- ^ "Victor Schwenk Obituary - Citrus Heights, CA".
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