Rip Engle

Rip Engle
Biographical details
Born(1906-03-26)March 26, 1906
Elk Lick, Pennsylvania, U.S.
DiedMarch 7, 1983(1983-03-07) (aged 76)
Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Playing career
1929Western Maryland
Position(s)End
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1930–1940Waynesboro HS (PA)
1941Western Maryland (freshmen)
1942Brown (ends)
1943Brown (backs)
1944–1949Brown
1950–1965Penn State
Basketball
1941–1942Western Maryland
1942–1946Brown
Head coaching record
Overall132–68–8 (college football)
53–55 (college basketball)
Bowls3–1
Accomplishments and honors
Awards
Amos Alonzo Stagg Award (1969)
College Football Hall of Fame
Inducted in 1973 (profile)

Charles A. "Rip" Engle (March 26, 1906 – March 7, 1983) was an American football player and coach of football and basketball. He served as the head football coach at Brown University from 1944 to 1949 and at Pennsylvania State University from 1950 to 1965, compiling a career college football record of 132–68–8. Engle was also the head basketball coach Western Maryland College—now known as McDaniel College—during the 1941–42 season at Brown from 1942 to 1946, tallying a career college basketball mark of 53–55. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 1973.