Joe Bach

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Joe Bach
Sport(s)	Football
Biographical details
Born	(1901-01-17)January 17, 1901 Tower, Minnesota
Died	October 24, 1966(1966-10-24) (aged 65) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Playing career
1920s	Notre Dame
Position(s)	Lineman
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1934 1935–1936 1950–1951 1952–1953	Duquesne Pittsburgh Pirates St. Bonaventure Pittsburgh Steelers
Head coaching record
Overall	21–27 (NFL)

Joseph Anthony Bach (January 17, 1901 – October 24, 1966) was one of Notre Dame's famed "seven mules" and later the head coach for the NFL's Pittsburgh Pirates (1935–36) and later the renamed Pittsburgh Steelers (1952–53).

At Notre Dame he was a lineman on the 1924 National Title team — the first Irish team to win a championship, and had a pivotal role in Notre Dame's first Rose Bowl trip.

He became the Pirates coach in 1935 directing the young franchise to their best record yet at 4 wins and 8 losses followed by the 1936 campaign in which he coached the Pirates to their first ever non-losing season at 6 wins and 6 losses. He left the team following 1936 to go back into college football.

In 1952, he once again became the head coach for the Steelers. This time he installed the T-formation for the team. Pittsburgh had been the last franchise to operate the single wing. Bach continued as head coach through the 1953 season. The Steelers finished with 5 wins and 7 losses in 1952, and with 6 wins and 6 losses in 1953.

Duquesne Dukes head football coaches

Unknown (1893)
G. S. Proctor (1894)
No team (1895)
Brown (1896)
J. P. Wolfe (1897)
James Van Cleve (1898)
Walker (1899)
Unknown (1900–1901)
T. A. Giblin (1903)
No team (1904–1912)
Budd (1913–1914)
No team (1915–1919)
Jake Stahl (1920–1921)
Harold Ballin (1922–1923)
Mike Shortley (1924)
Frank McDermott (1925–1926)
Elmer Layden (1927–1933)
Joe Bach (1934)
Christy Flanagan (1935)
John "Clipper" Smith (1936–1938)
Aldo Donelli (1939–1942)
No team (1943–1946)
Kass Kovalcheck (1947–1948)
Phil Ahwesh (1949)
Lou Skender (1950)
No team (1951–1968)
Joe Nicoletti (1969)
Dan McCann (1970–1983)
Terry Russell (1984–1987)
Dan McCann (1988–1992)
Greg Gattuso (1993–2004)
Jerry Schmitt (2005– )

Pittsburgh Pirates / Steelers head coaches

Forrest Douds (1933)
Luby DiMeolo (1934)
Joe Bach (1935–1936)
John McNally (1937–1939)
Walt Kiesling (1939–1940)
Bert Bell (1941)
Aldo Donelli (1941)
Walt Kiesling (1941–1942)
No team (1943–1944)
Jim Leonard (1945)
Jock Sutherland (1946–1947)
John Michelosen (1948–1951)
Joe Bach (1952–1953)
Walt Kiesling (1954–1956)
Buddy Parker (1957–1964)
Mike Nixon (1965)
Bill Austin (1966–1968)
Chuck Noll (1969–1991)
Bill Cowher (1992–2006)
Mike Tomlin (2007– )

St. Bonaventure Brown Indians head football coaches

Unknown (1895–1897)
No team (1898–1902)
Jerry Delaney (1903–1904)
William H. Burke (1905–1906)
C. F. Collins (1907)
T. Paul Neary (1908–1910)
D. Pickett (1911–1913)
R. Eustace (1914)
Shine McLaughlin (1915–1917)
No team (1918)
Shine McLaughlin (1919–1921)
Alfred Carmont (1922–1923)
Glenn Carberry (1924–1925)
Fred Ostergren (1926–1929)
Mike Reilly (1930–1942)
No team (1943–1945)
Hugh Devore (1946–1949)
Joe Bach (1950–1951)
No team (1952–1967)
Matt Conte (1968–1970)

Persondata
Name	Bach, Joe
Alternative names
Short description	American football player and coach
Date of birth	January 17, 1901
Place of birth	Tower, MN, USA
Date of death	October, 1966
Place of death	Pittsburgh, PA, USA

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