| Babe Hollingbery | ||
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| Sport(s) | Football | |
| Biographical details | ||
| Born | July 15, 1893 | |
| Place of birth | Hollister, California | |
| Died | January 12, 1974 (aged 80) | |
| Place of death | Yakima, Washington | |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | ||
| 1926–1942 | Washington State | |
| Head coaching record | ||
| Overall | 93–53–14 | |
| Bowls | 0–1 | |
| Statistics | ||
| College Football Data Warehouse | ||
| Accomplishments and honors | ||
| Championships | ||
| 1 Pacific Coast (1930) | ||
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Inducted in 1979 (profile) |
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Orin E. "Babe" Hollingbery (July 15, 1893 – January 12, 1974) was an American football coach. He served as the head coach at the State College of Washington, now Washington State University, from 1926 to 1942, compiling a record of 93–53–14. Hollingbery's 93 wins are the most by any coach in the history of the Washington State Cougars football program. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1979.
Hollingbery coached at Washington State during what is generally agreed as its greatest football era. The Cougars did not lose a home game from 1926 to 1935. Hollingbery was also the head coach of the West team in the first East–West Shrine Game in 1925 and coached in a total of 18 Shrine games. He coached players such as Harold Muller, Turk Edwards, Rags Matthews, Herbert "Butch" Meeker, and George Sauer.
Hollingbery Fieldhouse at Washington State University, a facility serving many different sports, was built in 1929 and renamed for the coach in 1963.
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | AP# | |||
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| Washington State Cougars (Pacific Coast Conference) (1926–1942) | |||||||||
| 1926 | Washington State | 6–1 | 4–1 | T–3rd | |||||
| 1927 | Washington State | 3–3–2 | 1–3–1 | 7th | |||||
| 1928 | Washington State | 7–3 | 4–3 | 4th | |||||
| 1929 | Washington State | 10–2 | 4–2 | 5th | |||||
| 1930 | Washington State | 9–1 | 6–1 | 1st | L Rose | ||||
| 1931 | Washington State | 6–4 | 4–3 | 4th | |||||
| 1932 | Washington State | 7–1–1 | 5–1–1 | 2nd | |||||
| 1933 | Washington State | 5–3–1 | 3–3–1 | T–5th | |||||
| 1934 | Washington State | 4–3–1 | 4–0–1 | 2nd | |||||
| 1935 | Washington State | 5–3–1 | 3–2 | T–4th | |||||
| 1936 | Washington State | 6–3–1 | 6–2–1 | 2nd | |||||
| 1937 | Washington State | 3–3–3 | 3–3–2 | T–4th | |||||
| 1938 | Washington State | 2–8 | 1–7 | 9th | |||||
| 1939 | Washington State | 4–5 | 3–5 | 6th | |||||
| 1940 | Washington State | 4–4–2 | 3–4–2 | 4th | |||||
| 1941 | Washington State | 6–4 | 5–3 | T–2nd | 19 | ||||
| 1942 | Washington State | 6–2–2 | 5–1–1 | 2nd | 17 | ||||
| Washington State: | 93–53–14 | 64–42–10 | |||||||
| Total: | 93–53–14 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title | |||||||||
| #Rankings from final AP Poll. | |||||||||
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