Earl Wight
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Alma mater | UC Berkeley (M.A., 1920) |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1944 | Fresno State |
| Basketball | |
| 1919–1920 | California (freshmen) |
| 1920–1924 | California |
| Baseball | |
| 1944–1946 | Fresno State |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1924–1947 | Fresno State |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 0–6 (football) 64–20 (basketball) |
Earl Hervie Wight was an American football and basketball coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Fresno State Normal School—now known as California State University, Fresno—in 1944, compiling a record of 0–6. Wight was also the head basketball coach at the University of California, Berkeley from 1920 to 1924, tallying a mark of 64—20. He was hired by Fresno State in 1924 as athletic director and served in that role until 1947.[1] Wight attended Pomona College in Claremont, California, where he played football, basketball, and baseball.[2] He also earned a master's degree from the University of California, Berkeley in 1920.[3]
Head coaching record
Football
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fresno State Bulldogs (California Collegiate Athletic Association) (1944) | |||||||||
| 1944 | Fresno State | 0–6 | 0–0 | NA | |||||
| Fresno State: | 0–6 | 0–0 | |||||||
| Total: | 0–6 | ||||||||
References
- ^ "Earl Wight To Take Post With Fresno". Oakland Tribune. Oakland, California. October 23, 1924. p. 18. Retrieved January 4, 2020 – via Newspapers.com
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- ^ "Earl Wight Made Bear State Coach". The Oregon Journal. Portland, Oregon. August 22, 1920. p. 8. Retrieved January 4, 2020 – via Newspapers.com .
- ^ General Catalog. California State University, Fresno. 1913. Retrieved January 6, 2020.