Biographical details | |
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Born | Seattle, Washington, U.S. | December 19, 1907
Died | January 23, 1991 San Luis Obispo, California, U.S. | (aged 83)
Playing career | |
Football | |
1928–1930 | Santa Clara |
Position(s) | Tackle |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1931–1932 | Mission HS (CA) |
1933–1941 | Cal Poly |
1946–1947 | Cal Poly |
Basketball | |
1941–1942 | Cal Poly |
Baseball | |
1942 | Cal Poly |
1956–1957 | Cal Poly |
Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
1931–1933 | Mission HS (CA) |
1933–1948 | Cal Poly |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 56–33–6 (college football) 5–17 (college basketball) 34–37–1 (college baseball) |
Howard R. O'Daniels (December 19, 1907 – January 23, 1991) was an American football, basketball, and baseball coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football (1933–1941, 1946–1947), men's basketball (1941–1942), and baseball (1942, 1956–1957) coach at California Polytechnic School—now known as California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo.[1]
O'Daniels was born on December 19, 1907, in Seattle. He played college football at Santa Clara University in the late 1920s. O'Daniels died on January 23, 1991, at a hospital in San Luis Obispo, California.[2][3]