Red O'Hora

Red O'Hora
Playing career
Football
1933, 1935–1936	Penn State
Baseball
1934–1936	Penn State
1938	Trenton Senators
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1946	Bangor HS (PA)
1947	Easton Area HS (PA)
1949–1959	Colgate (assistant)
Baseball
1948–1949	Colgate (assistant)
1950–1972	Colgate
Head coaching record
Overall	238–198–4
Tournaments	NCAA: 1–2

Frank James O'Hora nicknamed Red is a former American baseball coach and player. He played college baseball for Penn State for coach Joe Bedenk from 1934 to 1936 before playing professionally from 1938. He then served as the head baseball coach of the Colgate Red Raiders from 1950 to 1972, leading the Red Raiders to a fourth-place finish in the 1955 College World Series.

O'Hora served as the head football coach of Bangor High School and Easton Area High School.^[1] On June 1, 1949, O'Hora was named the successor to Eppie Barnes as the head baseball coach of the Colgate Red Raiders.^[2]

Head coaching record[]

Statistics overview
Season	Team	Overall	Postseason
Colgate Red Raiders (Independent) (1950–1972)
1950	Colgate	8–9
1951	Colgate
1952	Colgate
1953	Colgate	8–2
1954	Colgate	11–5
1955	Colgate	17–8–1	College World Series
1956	Colgate	14–8
1957	Colgate	8–14
1958	Colgate	7–8
1959	Colgate	11–8
1960	Colgate	17–9
1961	Colgate	13–9
1962	Colgate
1963	Colgate
1964	Colgate
1965	Colgate
1966	Colgate
1967	Colgate
1968	Colgate
1969	Colgate
1970	Colgate
1971	Colgate
1972	Colgate
Colgate:		238–198–4
Total:		238–198–4
National champion Postseason invitational champion Conference regular season champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion Division regular season champion Division regular season and conference tournament champion Conference tournament champion

References[]

^ Jack Logic (January 12, 1992). "BOB RUTE: ROVERS' LEGEND". www.mcall.com. The Morning Call. Retrieved May 13, 2020.
^ "HARTMAN IS NAMED COACH AT COLGATE; Succeeds Lawrence at Helm of Quintet -- O'Hora to Replace Barnes as Mentor of Nine". nytimes.com. The New York Times. June 1, 1949. Retrieved May 13, 2020.

External links[]

Colgate Raiders Hall of Fame
Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference (Minors)

[1] Jack Logic (January 12, 1992). "BOB RUTE: ROVERS' LEGEND". www.mcall.com. The Morning Call. Retrieved May 13, 2020.

[2] "HARTMAN IS NAMED COACH AT COLGATE; Succeeds Lawrence at Helm of Quintet -- O'Hora to Replace Barnes as Mentor of Nine". nytimes.com. The New York Times. June 1, 1949. Retrieved May 13, 2020.

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