G. Ott Romney

G. Ott Romney
Biographical details
Sport(s)	Football, basketball, track
Born	(1892-12-12)December 12, 1892 Salt Lake City, Utah
Died	May 3, 1973(1973-05-03) (aged 80) Washington, D.C.
Playing career
Football
1910–1912	Utah
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1922–1927	Montana Agricultural
1928–1936	BYU
Basketball
1922–1928	Montana Agricultural
1928–1935	BYU
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1928–1936	BYU
Head coaching record
Overall	72–51–8 (football) 283–102 (basketball)
Statistics College Football Data Warehouse

George Ottinger Romney (December 12, 1892 – May 3, 1973) was an American football player, coach of football, basketball, and track, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at the Agricultural College of the State of Montana—now Montana State University—from 1922 to 1927 and at Brigham Young University (BYU) from 1928 to 1936, compiling a career college football record of 72–51–8. Romney was also the head basketball coach at Montana Agricultural from 1922 to 1928 and at BYU from 1928 to 1935, amassing a career college basketball mark of 283–102. In addition, Romney coached track at BYU and served as the school's athletic director.

Coaching career

Romney was the third head football coach at Brigham Young University (BYU). He coached for nine years, from 1928 to 1936. His overall record at BYU was 44–31–6. His best year in coaching was in 1932 when he went 8–1 and took second in the Rocky Mountain Conference.^[1]

Honors, family, death

Montana State University honored 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 intramural sports and physical fitness classes.

Romney is a distant relative of former Michigan Governor George W. Romney and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney.^[2] G. Ott Romney was named after his maternal grandfather George M. Ottinger although, since his father was George Ernest Romney and his other grandfather was also named George Romney, it might have been more complex than this. He died of a heart ailment in 1973.^[3]

Head coaching record

Football

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
Montana Agricultural Bobcats (Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference) (1922–1927)
1922	Montana Agricultural	4–4
1923	Montana Agricultural	5–4	1–2	7th
1924	Montana Agricultural	5–1–1	2–1–1	3rd
1925	Montana Agricultural	6–5	1–4	10th
1926	Montana Agricultural	4–2–1	4–0	2nd
1927	Montana Agricultural	4–4	3–1	3rd
Montana Agricultural:		28–20–2
BYU Cougars (Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference) (1928–1936)
1928	BYU	3–3–1	1–3–1	10th
1929	BYU	5–3	4–2	T–4th
1930	BYU	5–2–4	4–1–1	3rd
1931	BYU	4–4	2–3	7th
1932	BYU	8–1	5–1	2nd
1933	BYU	5–4	5–3	5th
1934	BYU	4–5	3–5	7th
1935	BYU	4–4	3–4	T–7th
1936	BYU	4–5	4–4	6th
BYU:		44–31–6	31–26–2
Total:		72–51–8

References

↑ "College Football Historical Records". New York Times. Retrieved 2007-12-07.
↑ https://news.google.com/archivesearch?q=%22nickname+of+Milton+Romney%22&hl=en&um=1&ie=UTF-8
↑ Salt Lake Tribune, Friday, May 4, 1973, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States Of America

External links

G. Ott Romney at the College Football Data Warehouse

Montana State Bobcats head football coaches

Coach Lisle (1897)
George Ahern (1898)
W. J. Adams (1899)
E. C. Woodruff (1900)
A. G. Harbaugh (1901)
J. E. Flynn (1902–1903)
Fred Ervin (1904)
A. G. Harbaugh (1905)
No team (1906–1907)
John H. McIntosh (1908–1910)
Earnest A. Dockstader (1911–1912)
Eugene F. Bunker (1913)
Fred Bennion (1914–1917)
No team (1918)
Walter D. Powell (1919)
D. V. Graves (1920–1921)
G. Ott Romney (1922–1927)
Schubert R. Dyche (1928–1935)
Jack Croft (1936–1937)
Schubert R. Dyche (1938–1941)
No team (1942–1945)
Clyde Carpenter (1946–1949)
John Mason (1950–1951)
Tony Storti (1952–1953)
Wally Lemm (1954–1955)
Tony Storti (1956–1957)
Herb Agocs (1958–1962)
Jim Sweeney (1963–1967)
Tom Parac (1968–1970)
Sonny Holland (1971–1977)
Sonny Lubick (1978–1981)
Doug Graber (1982)
Dave Arnold (1983–1986)
Earle Solomonson (1987–1991)
Cliff Hysell (1992–1999)
Mike Kramer (2000–2006)
Rob Ash (2007–2015)
Jeff Choate (2016– )

Montana State Bobcats men's basketball head coaches

Walter R. Knox (1907–1908)
John H. McIntosh (1908–1911)
Earnest A. Dockstader (1911–1913)
Joe Markham (1913–1914)
Fred Bennion (1914–1919)
Walter D. Powell (1919–1920)
D. V. Graves (1920–1922)
G. Ott Romney (1922–1928)
Schubert R. Dyche (1928–1935)
Brick Breeden (1935–1943)
No team (1943–1944)
Brick Breeden (1944–1947)
Max Worthington (1947–1948)
Brick Breeden (1948–1954)
Wally Lemm (1954–1955)
Keith Lambert (1955–1962)
Roger Craft (1962–1969)
Gary Hulst (1969–1972)
Hank Anderson (1972–1974)
Rich Juarez (1974–1978)
Bruce Haroldson (1978–1983)
Stu Starner (1983–1990)
Mick Durham (1990–2006)
Brad Huse (2006–2014)
Brian Fish (2014– )

BYU Cougars athletic directors

G. Ott Romney (1928–1936) Eddie Kimball (1937–1963) Floyd Millet (1963–1970) Stan Watts (1970–1976) Lu Wallace (women's, 1972–1995) Glen Tuckett (1976–1993) Clayne Jensen (1993–1995) Rondo Fehlberg (1995–1999) Elaine Michaelis (women's, 1995–2004) Val Hale (1999–2004) Tom Holmoe (2005– )

BYU Cougars head football coaches

Alvin Twitchell (1922–1924)
Charles J. Hart (1925–1927)
G. Ott Romney (1928–1936)
Eddie Kimball (1937–1941)
Floyd Millet (1942)
No team (1943–1945)
Eddie Kimball (1946–1948)
Chick Atkinson (1949–1955)
Hal Kopp (1956–1958)
Tally Stevens (1959–1960)
Hal Mitchell (1961–1963)
Tommy Hudspeth (1964–1971)
LaVell Edwards (1972–2000)
Gary Crowton (2001–2004)
Bronco Mendenhall (2005–2015)
Kalani Sitake (2016– )

BYU Cougars men's basketball head coaches

W. A. Colton (1903)
Coach unknown (1903–1905)
Clayton Teetzel (1906–1908)
Fred Bennion (1908–1910)
Henry Rose (1911)
E. L. Roberts (1912–1920)
Alvin Twitchell (1920–1925)
E. L. Roberts (1926–1928)
G. Ott Romney (1928–1935)
Eddie Kimball (1935–1936)
Fred Dixon (1936–1938)
Eddie Kimball (1938–1941)
Floyd Millet (1941–1949)
Stan Watts (1949–1972)
Glenn Potter (1972–1975)
Frank Arnold (1975–1983)
LaDell Andersen (1983–1989)
Roger Reid (1989–1997)
Tony Ingle # (1997)
Steve Cleveland (1997–2005)
Dave Rose (2005– )

Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.

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