G. Ott Romney
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| G. Ott (George Ottinger) Romney | ||
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| Title | Head coach | |
| College | BYU | |
| Sport | Football | |
| Born | December 12, 1892 | |
| Place of birth | Salt Lake City, UT | |
| Died | 1973 | |
| Career highlights | ||
| Overall | 42-31-5 | |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | ||
| 1928-1936 | Brigham Young University | |
G. Ott Romney was the third head football coach at Brigham Young University (BYU). He coached for nine years from 1928-1936. His overall record at BYU was 42-33-5. His best year in coaching was in 1932 when he went 8-1 and took second in the Rocky Mountain Conference.[1]
G. Ott Romney was born December 12, 1892, in Salt Lake City. He was a graduate of the University of Utah and went on to receive his master's degree at Montana State College (now Montana State University - Bozeman). Although he received a Rhodes Scholarship he declined the honor in order to serve his country in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War I. He married Ruth Harding in 1919, and they are parents of three children - two girls and one boy.
Coach Romney was a coach of all major sports at BYU from 1926 to 1937, and served as the Athletic Director during his tenure. However, he was also a coach for East High School in Bozeman, Montana and Montana State College during his career. Not only did he excel as a football coach, but as a testament to his leadership, his basketball and track teams, at all levels, also won championships. He served as the Director of Extension Classes at Utah State University during his career and was a published author of a multitude of articles on physical fitness, education and recreation.
In 1973 Coach Romney was honored by the Old-Time Athletic Association for more than fifty years of activity in sports. [2]
His national positions included Chairman of the National Recreation Policies Committee; National Director of the Recreation Section of the Works Progress Administration or WPA; assignments with the American Alliance of Health, Physical Education and Recreation; and membership on President Dwight D. Eisenhower's Council on Youth Fitness. During World War II he served as Chief of Recreation and Club Unit Services to the United States Armed Forces through the Red Cross.
Montana State University honored Coach Romney by naming the first Gymnasium built on campus after him. Although later replaced as the main sports facility by a large multipurpose field house named for John "Brick" Breeden, the Romney Gymnasium still stands on the main quad of the Bozeman campus and houses many intermural sports and physical fitness classes.
[edit] Head coaching record
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl | Coaches# | AP° | ||
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| 1928 | BYU | 3-3-1 | |||||||
| 1929 | BYU | 5-3-0 | |||||||
| 1930 | BYU | 5-2-4 | |||||||
| 1931 | BYU | 4-4-0 | |||||||
| 1932 | BYU | 8-1-0 | 2nd | ||||||
| 1933 | BYU | 5-4-0 | |||||||
| 1934 | BYU | 4-5-0 | |||||||
| 1935 | BYU | 4-4-0 | |||||||
| 1936 | BYU | 4-5-0 | |||||||
| Total: | 42-31-5 | ||||||||
| †Indicates BCS bowl game. #Rankings from final Coaches Poll of the season. | |||||||||
[edit] References
- ^ "College Football Historical Records", New York Times. Retrieved on 2007-12-07.
- ^ "BYU Athletics, BYU Cougar Club - Hall of Fame". Retrieved on 2008-02-08.
| Preceded by C. J. Hart |
Brigham Young University Head Coach 1928–1936 |
Succeeded by Floyd Millet |
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