Lou Agase

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Lou Agase
Career information
Date of birth:	August 2, 1924
Place of birth:	Evanston, Illinois
Date of death:	June 26, 2006(2006-06-26) (aged 81)
CFL status:	Import
Position(s):	LT/TE
College:	Illinois
NFL Draft:	1948 / Round: 15 / Pick: 131
Organizations
As coach:
1948-1949 1950-1954 1955-1959 1960-1962	Paxton High School (HC) Illinois (OLC) Michigan State (DLC) Toronto Argonauts (HC)
Career highlights and awards
3 time Rose Bowl champion (1947, 1952, 1956)

Lou Agase (August 2, 1924 – June 26, 2006) was a Gridiron football player and coach of Assyrian ancestry.

Agase played tight end and offensive tackle for the Illinois Fighting Illini football team 1944-1947. He was a member of the Illini team that won the 1947 Rose Bowl. He was selected by the Green Bay Packers with the 131st pick of the 1948 NFL Draft, but never played a game for the team.

During the 1948-1949 and 1949-1950 school years, Agase was a teacher at Paxton High School in Paxton, Illinois. He coached football and track for the Mustangs and also started the school's first wrestling team.^[1] His two-year coaching record in football was 9-7.

On July 30, 1950, Agase returned to Illinois as an assistant coach. In 1955, he moved to Michigan State, where he was the Spartan's defensive line coach. During Mr. Agase’s tenure as an assistant, MSU's football team won the Rose Bowl in 1956. On December 4, 1959, Agase was named head coach of the Toronto Argonauts, replacing Steve Owen. After finishing the prior season in last place, Agase coached the Argonauts to the Eastern Finals in 1960 and 1961. He was fired three games into the 1962 season and replaced by assistant coach Nobby Wirkowski. ^[2] His overall coaching record with the Argonauts is 17-13-1.

Agase's older brother Alex was also an American football player and coach.

References

Toronto Argonauts head coaches

H. T. Glazebrook (1873–1874)
H. Lambe (1875)
W. H. Perram (1876–1877)
Bedford (1878–1879)
Orville Murphy (1880–1881)
Hume Blake (1882)
A.H. Campbell (1883)
Hume Blake (1884)
Rupert Muntz (1885–1886)
Hugh Smith (1887–1890)
R. Bayley (1891–1892)
Billy Wood (1893)
Joe Wright, Sr. (1894–1900)
Pud Kent (1901–1903)
Fred Thompson (1904–1905)
Chaucer Elliott (1906)
Art Kent and Fred Russell (1907–1908)
Chaucer Elliott (1909–1910)
Billy Foulds (1911)
Jack Newton (1912)
Ross Binkley (1913)
Billy Foulds (1914)
Warren Coryell and Billy Foulds (1915)
Sinc McEvenue (1919)
Mike Rodden (1920)
Sinc McEvenue (1921)
Jack O'Connor (1922–1925)
Mike Rodden (1926)
Frank Knight (1927–1928)
Buck McKenna (1929–1932)
Lew Hayman (1932–1944)
Teddy Morris (1945–1949)
Frank Clair (1950–1954)
Bill Swiacki (1955)
Hamp Pool (1956–1959)
Steve Owen (1959)
Lou Agase (1960–1962)
Nobby Wirkowski (1962–1964)
Bob Shaw (1965–1966)
Leo Cahill (1967–1972)
John Rauch (1973–1974)
Joe Moss (1974)
Russ Jackson (1975–1976)
Leo Cahill (1977–1978)
Bud Riley (1978)
Forrest Gregg (1979)
Willie Wood (1980–1981)
Tommy Hudspeth (1981)
Bob O'Billovich (1982–1989)
Don Matthews (1990)
Adam Rita (1991–1992)
Dennis Meyer (1992–1993)
Bob O'Billovich (1993–1994)
Mike Faragalli (1995)
Bob O'Billovich (1995)
Don Matthews (1996–1998)
Jim Barker (1999)
John Huard (2000)
Pinball Clemons (2000–2001)
Gary Etcheverry (2002)
Pinball Clemons (2002–2007)
Rich Stubler (2008)
Don Matthews (2008)
Bart Andrus (2009)
Jim Barker (2010–2011)
Scott Milanovich (2012– )

Persondata
Name	Agase, Lou
Alternative names
Short description	Gridiron football player and coach
Date of birth	August 2, 1924
Place of birth	Evanston, Illinois
Date of death	June 26, 2006
Place of death

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