 Albert Ira Prettyman (c 1922) coach of Hamilton College | |
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | Virginia, U.S. |
| Died | 1963 Florida, U.S. |
| Alma mater | YMCA College |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1917–1920 | Hamilton |
| Hockey | |
| 1918–1943 | Hamilton |
| 1943–1944 | Colgate |
| 1946–1948 | Hamilton |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| ?–? | Hamilton |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 11–10–3 (football) 153–93–8 (ice hockey) |
Albert I. Prettyman (died 1963) was a coach and athletic administrator at Hamilton College. During his coaching career he was head coach of many sports including basketball, track and field and football, but the majority of for his coaching work was in ice hockey. When he died the American Hockey Coaches Association called him "the father of college hockey." He was also director/coach of the 1936 USA Winter Olympics hockey team, winning the bronze medal. Prettyman was a member of two Olympic Committees and the founder, and lasting member of, the NCAA Hockey Rules Committee.