Wesley Charles Stevens (December 10, 1919 – December 25, 1994) was an American football and baseball coach. He served as the head football coach at Western Illinois University in Macomb, Illinois from 1954 to 1956, compiling a record of 17–8–4.[1] Stevens was also the head baseball coach at Kent State University from 1947 to 1948, tallying a mark of 18–14–1.
 Stevens pictured in Sequel 1955, Western Illinois yearbook | |
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | December 10, 1919 Rochester, Vermont, U.S. |
| Died | December 25, 1994 (aged 75) Macomb, Illinois, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1939–1941 | Purdue |
| Position(s) | Tackle |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1946–1948 | Kent State (assistant) |
| 1949 | Bates (line) |
| 1951–1953 | Western Reserve (line) |
| 1954–1956 | Western Illinois |
| Baseball | |
| 1946–1948 | Kent State |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 17–8–4 (football) 18–14–1 (baseball) |
Head coaching record
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edit| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Western Illinois Leathernecks (Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (1954–1956) | |||||||||
| 1954 | Western Illinois | 6–1–3 | 3–1–2 | 3rd | |||||
| 1955 | Western Illinois | 5–4–1 | 2–3–1 | T–4th | |||||
| 1956 | Western Illinois | 6–3 | 4–2 | 2nd | |||||
| Western Illinois: | 17–8–4 | 9–6–3 | |||||||
| Total: | 17–8–4 | ||||||||
References
edit- ^ "Western Illinois Coaching Records". Archived from the original on May 19, 2008. Retrieved January 7, 2008.
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