| Steve Sebo | |
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| Sport(s) | Football, basketball, baseball |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | c. 1917 |
| Died | December 1989 |
| Playing career | |
| Football 1934–1936 Baseball 1935–1937 1937 1939 |
Michigan State Michigan State Alexandria Aces Big Spring Barons |
| Position(s) | Halfback (football) Catcher (baseball) |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football 1937–1939 1946–1948 1949 1950–1953 1954–1959 Basketball 1937–1940 1946–1949 Baseball 1938–1940 |
Petoskey HS (MI) Alma Harvard (backfield) Michigan State (backfield) Penn Petoskey HS (MI) Alma Petoskey HS (MI) |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1948 1960–1962 1962–? |
Alma New York Titans (GM) Virginia |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 33–42–2 (college football) 36–24 (college basketball) |
| Statistics | |
| College Football Data Warehouse | |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 1 MIAA (1948) 1 Ivy (1959) |
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Stephen Sebo (c. 1917 – December 1989) was an American football and baseball player, coach, college athletics administrator, and professional sports executive. He played baseball and football at Michigan State University, from which he graduated in 1937. He then played minor league baseball and coached sports at Petoskey High School in Petoskey, Michigan before joining the United States Army Air Forces, in which he served during World War II.[1][2] After the war, Sebo was the head football coach at Alma College from 1946 to 1948 and at the University of Pennsylvania from 1954 to 1959, compiling a career college football record of 33–42–2. He also coached basketball at Alma from 1946 to 1949, tallying a mark of 36–24. After Sebo was fired from his post at Penn following the 1959 season, he became the general manager of the New York Titans, a newly formed team of the upstart American Football League that was renamed as the New York Jets in 1963. Sebo left the Titans in 1962 to become the athletic director at the University of Virginia.[3]
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Sebo was the head college football coach for the Alma Scots located in Alma, Michigan. He held that position for 3 seasons, from 1946 until 1948. His coaching record at Alma was 15 wins, 7 losses and 1 tie.As of the conclusion of the 2010 season, this ranks him #9 at Alma in total wins and #8 at the school in winning percentage (.674).[4]
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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| Alma Scots (Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1946–1948) | |||||||||
| 1946 | Alma | 2–5 | |||||||
| 1947 | Alma | 5–2–1 | |||||||
| 1948 | Alma | 8–0 | 5–0 | 1st | |||||
| Alma: | 15–7–1 | ||||||||
| Penn Quakers (Independent) (1954–1955) | |||||||||
| 1954 | Penn | 0–9 | |||||||
| 1955 | Penn | 0–9 | |||||||
| Penn Quakers (Ivy League) (1956–1959) | |||||||||
| 1956 | Penn | 4–5 | 4–3 | T–3rd | |||||
| 1957 | Penn | 3–6 | 3–4 | T–4th | |||||
| 1958 | Penn | 4–5 | 4–3 | T–4th | |||||
| 1959 | Penn | 7–1–1 | 6–1 | 1st | |||||
| Penn: | 18–35–1 | 17–11 | |||||||
| Total: | 33–42–2 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title | |||||||||
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