Dudley DeGroot

Dudley DeGroot

Dudley DeGroot, c. 1946
Biographical details
Born	(1899-11-10)November 10, 1899 Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Died	May 5, 1970(1970-05-05) (aged 70) El Cajon, California, U.S.
Playing career
Football
1920–1922	Stanford
Basketball
1921–1922	Stanford
Position(s)	Center
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1926–1927	Santa Barbara State
1928–1931	Menlo
1932–1939	San Jose State
1940–1943	Rochester (NY)
1944–1945	Washington Redskins
1946–1947	Los Angeles Dons
1948–1949	West Virginia
1950–1952	New Mexico
Basketball
1927–1928	Santa Barbara State
1928–1932	Menlo
Baseball
1928	Santa Barbara State
Track & field
1927–1928	Santa Barbara State
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1926–1928	Santa Barbara State
1928–1932	[Menlo Oaks men's basketball
Head coaching record
Overall	113–62–9 (college football) 26–16–3 (NFL/AAFC) 6–13 (college basketball) 2–4 (college baseball)
Bowls	1–0
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Football 2 Far Western (1932, 1934) 1 CCAA (1939)
Awards
All-American athlete, 1922 First-team All-PCC (1922)
Medal record Men's rugby union Representing the  United States Olympic Games 1924 Paris Rugby

Dudley Sargent DeGroot (November 10, 1899 – May 5, 1970) was an American athlete and coach, primarily of American football.^[1] He served as the head coach for the Washington Redskins of the National Football League (NFL) from 1944 and 1945, tallying a mark of 14–5–1; his winning percentage of .737 is the best in franchise history for coaches with at least one full season. DeGroot was also the head football coach at Santa Barbara State College—now the University of California, Santa Barbara—from 1926 to 1927, San Jose State University (1932–1939), the University of Rochester (1940–1943), West Virginia University (1948–1949), and the University of New Mexico (1950–1952), compiling a career college football head coaching record of 117–67–9. In addition, he served as the head coach of the Los Angeles Dons of the All-America Football Conference (AAFC) from 1946 to 1947.