Alvin Allen "Vin" Eustis (November 3, 1893 – January 17, 1970) was an American football and basketball coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at State Normal School at Cheney—now known as Eastern Washington University—from 1920 to 1926, compiling a record of 24–25–1.[1] Eustis was also the head basketball coach at Cheney Normal from 1919 to 1917, tallying a mark of 106–44, and the school's athletic director from 1920 to 1927. Eustis died on January 17, 1970, at a hospital in Oakland, California, following an illness of four months.[2]
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | November 3, 1893 Beloit, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Died | January 17, 1970 (aged 76) Oakland, California, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1912 | Pomona |
| 1913–1914 | Washington State |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1920–1926 | Cheney Normal |
| Basketball | |
| 1919–1927 | Cheney Normal |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1920–1927 | Cheney Normal |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 24–25–1 (football) 106–44 (basketball) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| Football 3 Tri-Normal League (1921, 1923, 1925) | |
Head coaching record
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edit| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cheyney Normal / Cheyney Normal Savages (Tri-Normal League) (1920–1926) | |||||||||
| 1920 | Cheyney Normal | 5–2 | |||||||
| 1921 | Cheyney Normal | 3–3 | 1st | ||||||
| 1922 | Cheyney Normal | 1–5 | |||||||
| 1923 | Cheyney Normal | 5–2 | T–1st | ||||||
| 1924 | Cheyney Normal | 3–4–1 | |||||||
| 1925 | Cheyney Normal | 6–3 | 1st | ||||||
| 1926 | Cheyney Normal | 1–6 | |||||||
| Cheyney Normal: | 24–25–1 | ||||||||
| Total: | 24–25–1 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth | |||||||||
References
edit- ^ Who's Who in American Sports. National Biographical Society. 1928. Retrieved March 22, 2018.
- ^ "Alvin Eustis". Daily Independent Journal. San Rafael, California. January 19, 1970. p. 4. Retrieved April 21, 2019 – via Newspapers.com
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