Leo Prendergast

Leo Prendergast
Biographical details
Prendergast pictured in Epitome 1946, Lehigh yearbook
Sport(s)	Football, basketball
Born	August 25, 1902
Died	September 1967 (aged 65)
Playing career
Football
c. 1923	Lafayette
Position(s)	Lineman
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1942	Lehigh (line)
1943–1945	Lehigh
Basketball
1943–1946	Lehigh
Head coaching record
Overall	3–15–1 (football) 9–41 (basketball)

Leo F. Prendergast (August 25, 1902 – September 1967) was an American football player and coach of football and basketball. He served as the head football coach at Lehigh University from 1943 to 1945, compiling a record of 3–15–1. Prendergast was the 20th football head coach for the Lehigh Mountain Hawks. Prendergast was also the head basketball coach at Lehigh from 1943 to 1946, tallying a mark of 9–41. He attended Lafayette College, where he played football as a lineman under Jock Sutherland, and from which he graduated in 1924.^[1] Prendergast had previously been the head football coach at Bethlehem High School (1927–1937), and after World War II was the line coach for the Bethlehem Bulldogs semi-professional football team.^[2]

Head coaching record

College football

Year	Team	Overall
Lehigh Engineers (Middle Three Conference) (1943–1945)
1943	Lehigh	0–5–1
1944	Lehigh	0–6
1945	Lehigh	2–4
Lehigh:		3–15–1
Total:		3–15–1

References

↑ "PRENDERGAST HEAD COACH; Lehigh Promotes Line Mentor—Plans to Continue Football". The New York Times. Associated Press. June 18, 1943. Retrieved October 29, 2011.
↑ Bethlehem Globe-Times, February 4, 1938

External links

Leo Prendergast at the College Football Data Warehouse

Lehigh Mountain Hawks head football coaches

No coach (1884–1891)
John A. Hartwell (1892)
Harmon S. Graves (1893)
William Heffelfinger (1894)
Laurie Bliss (1895)
L. N. Morris (1896)
Samuel M. Hammond (1897)
Samuel Huston Thompson (1898–1899)
Walter R. Okeson (1900)
J. W. H. Pollard (1901)
Samuel B. Newton (1902–1905)
Byron W. Dickson (1906–1909)
Howard R. Reiter (1910–1911)
Tom Keady (1912–1920)
Frank Glick (1921)
James A. Baldwin (1922–1924)
Percy L. Wendell (1925–1927)
A. Austin Tate (1928–1933)
Glen Harmeson (1934–1941)
George Hoban (1942)
Leo Prendergast (1943–1945)
William Leckonby (1946–1961)
Mike Cooley (1962–1964)
Frederick Dunlap (1965–1975)
John Whitehead (1976–1985)
Hank Small (1986–1993)
Kevin Higgins (1994–2000)
Pete Lembo (2001–2005)
Andy Coen (2006– )

Lehigh Mountain Hawks men's basketball head coaches

J. W. H. Pollard (1901–1912)
Tom Keady (1912–1913)
S. E. Muthart (1913–1915)
Harry Haring (1915–1916)
Roy Geary (1916–1919)
J. Murphy (1919–1921)
Ray Fisher (1921–1922)
James A. Baldwin (1922–1925)
Charles Lingle (1925–1926)
Roy Geary (1926–1932)
Fay Bartlett (1932–1934)
Glen Harmeson (1934–1937)
Paul Calvert (1937–1941)
Marty Westerman (1941–1942)
James Gordon (1942–1943)
Leo Prendergast (1943–1946)
Dan Yarbro (1946–1950)
Tony Packer (1950–1966)
Pete Carril (1966–1967)
Roy Heckman (1967–1972)
Tom Pugliese (1972–1975)
Brian Hill (1975–1983)
Tom Schneider (1983–1985)
Fran McCaffery (1985–1988)
Dave Duke (1988–1996)
Sal Mentesana (1996–2002)
Billy Taylor (2002–2007)
Brett Reed (2007– )

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