Lew Andreas
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Biographical details | |
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Born | Sterling, Illinois | February 25, 1895
Died | June 16, 1983 Syracuse, New York | (aged 88)
Playing career | |
Football | |
1919–1920 | Syracuse |
Baseball | |
c. 1920 | Syracuse |
Position(s) | End (football) Catcher (baseball) |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1927–1929 | Syracuse |
Basketball | |
1924–1950 | Syracuse |
Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
1937–1964 | Syracuse |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 15–10–3 (football) 358–134 (basketball) |
Lewis P. Andreas (February 25, 1895 – June 16, 1983) was an American football and basketball coach and college athletic administrator. He was the head coach for Syracuse University's men's basketball and football programs beginning in the 1920s. The Sterling, Illinois native played baseball, basketball and football at University of Illinois as a freshman before transferring to Syracuse. He then played football and baseball, but not basketball, for the Orangemen (now Orange) before embarking on his coaching career.
Andreas coached the Orangemen basketball team from 1924 to 1950, except for two years in World War II when the team was suspended due to travel restrictions. He guided the Orangemen basketball program to a 355–134 (.726) overall record in 24 years. Led by standout Vic Hanson, his 1925–26 team finished the season with a 19–1 record[1] and was retroactively named the national champion by the Helms Athletic Foundation and the Premo-Porretta Power Poll.[2][3] In football, Andreas compiled a 15–10–3 overall record between 1927 and 1929.
He also 'had a cup of coffee' in the professional leagues as a player for the Syracuse Pros. He is buried at Oakwood Cemetery in Syracuse, Onondaga County, New York, USA at Sect S plot 200 with the Memorial ID 117732131.[4]
Head coaching record[]
Football[]
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Syracuse Orangemen (Independent) (1927–1929) | |||||||||
1927 | Syracuse | 5–3–2 | |||||||
1928 | Syracuse | 4–4–1 | |||||||
1929 | Syracuse | 6–3 | |||||||
Syracuse: | 15–10–3 | ||||||||
Total: | 15–10–3 |
References[]
- ^ "Syracuse season-by-season results". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2014. Retrieved May 14, 2014.
- ^ "NCAA Division I Men's Basketball – NCAA Division I Champions". Rauzulu's Street. 2004. Retrieved May 14, 2014.
- ^ ESPN, ed. (2009). ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game. New York, NY: ESPN Books. p. 538. ISBN 978-0-345-51392-2.
- ^ Donahue, Tom. "Lewis P. "Lew" Andreas". Find A Grave. Retrieved 24 October 2018.
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