Edward McNichol

For the former Major League Baseball pitcher, see Ed McNichol.
Edward McNichol
Biographical details
BornFebruary 20, 1895
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Playing career
1914–1917Penn
Position(s)Guard
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1920–1930Penn
Head coaching record
Overall186–63 (.747)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
1 Helms National (1921)
3× EIBL (1921, 1928–1929)
Awards
NCAA All-American (1916)
2× EIBL First Team (1916–1917)

Edward Joseph McNichol (February 20, 1895 – after 1930) was the head men's basketball coach for the University of Pennsylvania from 1920 to 1930. His first Penn team finished the season with a 21–2 record[1] and was retroactively named the national champion by the Helms Athletic Foundation.[2] This was Penn's second consecutive Helms national championship, the previous year's 21–1 team having later been recognized as the Helms (and Premo-Porretta Power Poll)[3] national champion as well.[1]

McNichol played on Penn's basketball team from 1914 to 1917.[4] In his junior season in 1915–16, he was named a consensus All-American by the Helms Athletic Foundation. In both 1915–16 and 1916–17 he served as team captain and was a two-time Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League First Team selection.[4][5]

After his coaching career, he served in the United States Army during World War I.[6] According to a 1919 edition of the Year Book of the Pennsylvania Society, McNichol was a sergeant in the 469th Railroad Engineers for the Army.[6]

  1. ^ a b "Pennsylvania Quakers season-by-season results". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2014. Retrieved May 19, 2014.
  2. ^ "NCAA Division I Men's Basketball – NCAA Division I Champions". Rauzulu's Street. 2004. Retrieved May 19, 2014.
  3. ^ ESPN, ed. (2009). ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game. New York, NY: ESPN Books. p. 535. ISBN 978-0-345-51392-2.
  4. ^ a b "2008–09 Penn Quakers Men's Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). Yearly Results (p. 121). University of Pennsylvania. 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 19, 2014. Retrieved May 21, 2014.
  5. ^ "Penn Men's Basketball" (PDF). All-Time Captains. University of Pennsylvania. 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 29, 2013. Retrieved May 21, 2014.
  6. ^ a b Year Book of the Pennsylvania Society. New York: The Pennsylvania Society. 1919. p. 50.