George Peter "Jiggs" Dahlberg (April 21, 1900 – September 18, 1993) was an American football and basketball coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head basketball coach at the University of Montana from 1937 to 1942 and again from 1944 to 1955, compiling a record of 221–223. Dahlberg was also the head football coach at Montana for one season, in 1945, tallying a mark of 1–4. He was the athletic director at Montana from 1954 to 1961.
Biographical details | |
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Born | Butte, Montana, U.S. | April 21, 1900
Died | September 18, 1993 Fort William Henry Harrison, Montana, U.S. | (aged 93)
Playing career | |
Football | |
1921–1923 | Montana |
Basketball | |
1922–1925 | Montana |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1937–1941 | Montana (assistant) |
1945 | Montana |
1946–1948 | Montana (assistant) |
Basketball | |
1937–1942 | Montana |
1944–1955 | Montana |
Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
1954–1961 | Montana |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 1–4 (football) 221–223 (basketball) |
Dahlberg was born on April 21, 1900, in Butte, Montana. He died on September 18, 1993, at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Fort William Henry Harrison, Montana.[1]
Head coaching record
editFootball
editYear | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Montana Grizzlies (Pacific Coast Conference) (1945) | |||||||||
1945 | Montana | 1–4 | 0–1 | 9th | |||||
Montana: | 1–4 | 0–1 | |||||||
Total: | 1–4 |
Basketball
editYear | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Montana Grizzlies (Pacific Coast Conference) (1937–1938) | |||||||||
1937–38 | Montana | 9–18 | 3–17 | 6th (North) | |||||
Montana Grizzlies (Independent) (1938–1942) | |||||||||
1938–39 | Montana | 17–13 | |||||||
1939–40 | Montana | 17–8 | AAU National Tournament Third Round | ||||||
1940–41 | Montana | 13–15 | |||||||
1941–42 | Montana | 14–10 | |||||||
Montana Grizzlies (Independent) (1944–1951) | |||||||||
1944–45 | Montana | 7–22 | |||||||
1945–46 | Montana | 14–16 | |||||||
1946–47 | Montana | 12–16 | |||||||
1947–48 | Montana | 21–11 | |||||||
1948–49 | Montana | 12–13 | |||||||
1949–50 | Montana | 27–4 | |||||||
1950–51 | Montana | 12–19 | |||||||
Montana Grizzlies (Skyline Conference) (1951–1955) | |||||||||
1951–52 | Montana | 12–14 | 7–7 | 5th | |||||
1952–53 | Montana | 14–11 | 6–8 | 4th | |||||
1953–54 | Montana | 8–19 | 3–11 | T–7th | |||||
1954–55 | Montana | 12–14 | 4–10 | T–6th | |||||
Montana: | 221–223 | ||||||||
Total: | 221–223 |
References
edit- ^ "George 'Jiggs' Dahlberg". Missoulian. Missoula, Montana. September 21, 1993. p. 11. Retrieved August 11, 2018 – via Newspapers.com .