Wilbur V. Hubbard
Biographical details | |
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Died | c. 1986 |
Playing career | |
Football | |
1925–1928 | San Jose State |
Basketball | |
1925–1929 | San Jose State |
Position(s) | Quarterback (football), guard (basketball) |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1947–1949 | San Jose State |
Basketball | |
1935–1940 | San Jose State |
1944–1945 | San Jose State |
Baseball | |
1933–1934 | San Jose State |
Golf | |
1948 | San Jose State |
Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
1950–1960 | San Jose State |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 36–11–1 (football) 65–57 (basketball) 18–12–1 (baseball) |
Bowls | 2–0 |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
Football 3 CCAA (1946, 1948–1949) Golf 1 NCAA (1948) | |
Wilbur Virgil Hubbard (died c. 1986) was an American football, basketball, baseball, and golf coach.
Playing career[]
San Jose State[]
Hubbard was an outstanding athlete at San Jose State University. He lettered four times as a quarterback in football and four times as a guard on the school's basketball team.
Stanford[]
He transferred to Stanford University in 1930 with the hopes of playing on the school's football team, but he was ruled ineligible due to playing for four years at San Jose State.[1]
Coaching career[]
He returned to his San Jose State to coach a number of sports, including being the head football (1947–1949),[2] basketball (1935–1940, 1944–1945),[3] and baseball coach.[4]
Perhaps his most notable achievement was leading the San Jose State men's golf team to a national championship in 1948.[5]
Head coaching record[]
Football[]
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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San Jose State Spartans (California Collegiate Athletic Association) (1946–1947) | |||||||||
1946 | San Jose State | 9–1–1 | 4–0 | 1st | W Raisin | ||||
1947 | San Jose State | 9–3 | 3–2 | 2nd | |||||
1948 | San Jose State | 9–3 | 5–0 | 1st | |||||
1949 | San Jose State | 9–4 | 4–0 | 1st | W Raisin | ||||
San Jose State: | 36–11–1 | 16–2 | |||||||
Total: | 36–11–1 | ||||||||
National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth |
References[]
- ^ Kullmann, Leonard (February 14, 1930). "Wilbur Hubbard, Versatile All-Around Athlete From San Jose, Is Ineligible". Stanford Daily. Stanford University. Retrieved September 15, 2019.
- ^ "The Rattle of Theta Chi". Theta Chi Fraternity. 1948. Retrieved September 8, 2019.
- ^ "Wilbur Hubbard". Sports-Reference College Basketball. Retrieved September 15, 2019.
- ^ "San Jose State University". Baseball-Reference Bullpen. Retrieved September 15, 2019.
- ^ "Men's Golf". NCAA. Retrieved September 15, 2019.
- 1986 deaths
- American football quarterbacks
- Guards (basketball)
- San Jose State Spartans athletic directors
- San Jose State Spartans baseball coaches
- San Jose State Spartans football coaches
- San Jose State Spartans football players
- San Jose State Spartans men's basketball coaches
- San Jose State Spartans men's basketball players
- College golf coaches in the United States