Hank Garrity (coach)

Hank Garrity

Garrity pictured in The Savitar 1923, Missouri yearbook
Sport(s) Football, basketball, baseball
Biographical details
Born (1900-01-30)January 30, 1900
Quincy, Massachusetts
Died August 30, 1972(1972-08-30) (aged 72)
Boston, Massachusetts
Playing career
Football
1919–1921 Princeton
Baseball
c. 1922 Princeton
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1922 Missouri (assistant)
1923–1925 Wake Forest
Basketball
1923–1925 Wake Forest
Baseball
1923 Missouri
1924–1925 Wake Forest
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1923–1926 Wake Forest
Head coaching record
Overall 19–7–1 (football)
33–14 (basketball)

Martin Henry "Hank" Garrity, Jr. (January 30, 1900 – August 30, 1972) was an American football and baseball player, coach of football, basketball, and baseball, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Wake Forest University from 1923 to 1925, compiling a record of 19–7–1. Garrity was also the head basketball coach at Wake Forest from 1923 to 1925, tallying a mark of 33–14. He served as the head baseball coach at the University of Missouri in 1923 and at Wake Forest from 1924 to 1925.

Garrity was an alumnus of Princeton University, from which he graduated in 1922. At Princeton he played football and baseball. Garrity came to Missouri in 1922 as an assistant football coach. There he served under head coach Thomas Kelley.[1]

Garrity was born on January 30, 1900 in Quincy, Massachusetts. He died on August 30, 1972 in Boston, where he had resided in his later years.[2]

Head coaching record

Football

Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs
Wake Forest Baptists (Independent) (1923–1925)
1923 Wake Forest 6–3
1924 Wake Forest 7–2
1925 Wake Forest 6–2–1
Wake Forest: 19–7–1
Total: 19–7–1

References

  1. AP (September 6, 1922). "Tigers Get New Coaching Staff; Strategy of East, West, and Middle West Will Guide Missouri". Lawrence Journal-World. Retrieved December 28, 2013.
  2. "Memorials". Princeton Alumni Weekly. The Trustees of Princeton University. 74: 20. November 27, 1973. Retrieved December 28, 2013.

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