Chet Benefiel

Chet Benefiel
Biographical details
Sport(s)	Football, basketball
Born	(1907-03-08)March 8, 1907
Died	November 24, 1994(1994-11-24) (aged 87)
Playing career
Football
1928–1931	Tulsa
Position(s)	Fullback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1939–1940	Tulsa
Basketball
1932–1939	Tulsa
Head coaching record
Overall	11–8–1 (football) 65–65 (basketball)

Chester J ."Chet" Benefiel (March 8, 1907 – November 24, 1994) was an American football and basketball coach. He played fullback for the Tulsa football team from 1928 to 1931 before becoming a coach.^[1] He was the head basketball coach for the University of Tulsa from 1932 to 1939, compiling a 65–65 record.^[2] He was also the head coach of the Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team during the 1939 and 1940 seasons, compiling an 11–8–1 record.^[3] He resigned in December 1940.^[4] In 1942, he was awarded a commission in the United States Navy.^[5]

References

↑ "Chet Benefiel". University of Tulsa. Retrieved March 2, 2016.
↑ "Chet Benefiel". SR/College Basketball. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 2, 2016.
↑ "Chet Benefiel". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 2, 2016.
↑ "Chet Benefiel Resigns as U of Tulsa Coach". The Milwaukee Journal. December 3, 1940.
↑ "Chet Benefiel to Navy Training Soon". Miami (OK) Daily News-Record. July 5, 1942. p. 9.

External links

Chet Benefiel at the College Football Data Warehouse

Tulsa Golden Hurricane head football coaches

Norman Leard (1895–1897) Fred Taylor (1898–1899) Unknown (1900–1902) No team (1903–1904) Unknown (1905) No team (1906–1907) Sam P. McBirney (1908) Unknown (1909–1910) No team (1911) Harvey L. Allen (1912) George "Red" Evans (1913) Sam P. McBirney (1914–1916) Hal Mefford (1917) Arthur Smith (1918) Francis Schmidt (1919–1921) Howard Acher (1922–1924) Gus Henderson (1925–1935) Vic Hurt (1936–1938) Chet Benefiel (1939–1940) Henry Frnka (1941–1945) Buddy Brothers (1946–1952) Bernie Witucki (1953–1954) Bobby Dobbs (1955–1960) Glenn Dobbs (1961–1968) Vince Carillot (1969) Claude "Hoot" Gibson (1970–1972) F. A. Dry (1972–1976) John Cooper (1977–1984) Don Morton (1985–1986) George Henshaw (1987) David Rader (1988–1999) Pat Henderson # (1999) Keith Burns (2000–2002) Steve Kragthorpe (2003–2006) Todd Graham (2007–2010) Bill Blankenship (2011–2014) Philip Montgomery (2015– )

Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.

Tulsa Golden Hurricane men's basketball head coaches

W. R. Bergen (1907–1909)
No team (1909–1913)
Harvey Allen (1913–1914)
Forest Rees (1914–1915)
Francis Schmidt (1915–1917)
Hal Mefford (1917–1918)
Francis Schmidt (1918–1922)
Howard Acher (1922–1925)
J. B. Miller (1925–1930)
Oliver Hodge (1930–1932)
Chet Benefiel (1932–1939)
Tex Ryon (1939–1940)
Jack Sterrett (1940–1941)
Tex Ryon (1941–1942)
Mike Milligan (1942–1943)
Woody West (1943–1944)
Paul Alyea (1944–1945)
Don Shields (1945–1947)
John Garrison (1947–1949)
Clarence Iba (1949–1960)
Joe Swank (1960–1968)
Ken Hayes (1968–1975)
Jim King (1975–1980)
Bill Franey # (1980)
Nolan Richardson (1980–1985)
J. D. Barnett (1985–1991)
Tubby Smith (1991–1995)
Steve Robinson (1995–1997)
Bill Self (1997–2000)
Buzz Peterson (2000–2001)
John Phillips (2001–2004)
Pooh Williamson # (2004–2005)
Doug Wojcik (2005–2012)
Danny Manning (2012–2014)
Frank Haith (2014– )

Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.

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