Howard Wood (coach)
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | March 3, 1883 Marvelville, Ontario |
| Died | February 21, 1949 (aged 65) Sioux Falls, South Dakota |
| Alma mater | New York State Normal |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1908–1912 | Sioux Falls Washington HS (SD) |
| 1913–1914 | North Dakota Agricultural |
| 1915–1947 | Sioux Falls Washington HS (SD) |
| Basketball | |
| 1913–1915 | North Dakota Agricultural |
| 1915–1948 | Sioux Falls Washington HS (SD) |
| Baseball | |
| 1915 | North Dakota Agricultural |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 5–5–2 (college football) 22–4 (college basketball) 8–7 (college baseball) 246–74–16 (high school football) 430–141 (high school basketball) |
Howard Wood (March 3, 1883 – February 21, 1949) was an American football, basketball, and baseball coach.[1] He served as the head football coach at North Dakota Agricultural College—now known as North Dakota State University—from 1913 to 1914, compiling a record of North Dakota Agricultural College.[2]Wood was also as the head basketball coach at North Dakota Agricultural from 1913 to 1915, amassing a record of 22–4, and the school's head baseball coach in 1915, tallying a mark of 8–7.[3]
Wood was a native of Potsdam, New York and a graduate of Purdue University. He died on February 21, 1949, at a hospital in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.[4]
Head coaching record[]
College football[]
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Dakota Agricultural Aggies (Independent) (1913–1914) | |||||||||
| 1913 | North Dakota Agricultural | 0–2–2 | |||||||
| 1914 | North Dakota Agricultural | 5–3 | |||||||
| North Dakota Agricultural: | 5–5–2 | ||||||||
| Total: | 5–5–2 | ||||||||
References[]
- ^ "Howard Wood". South Dakota Sports Hall of Fame. Retrieved December 6, 2018.
- ^ "Howard Wood Remembered Coaching Century Ago". Argus Leader. Retrieved December 6, 2018.
- ^ "Howard Wood". Sports-Reference College Basketball. Retrieved December 6, 2018.
- ^ "Howard Wood, Veteran Sioux Falls Coach, Dies". Sioux City Journal. Sioux City, Iowa. February 22, 1949. p. 9. Retrieved June 26, 2020 – via Newspapers.com
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Categories:
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- High school basketball coaches in South Dakota
- High school football coaches in South Dakota
- Purdue University alumni
- State University of New York at Potsdam alumni
- Sportspeople from Ottawa
- People from Potsdam, New York