Chester R. Stackhouse
Birth dateAugust 8, 1905
Birth placeNankin, Ohio, U.S.
Death dateJune 30, 1978 (aged 72)
Death placeTurner, Oregon, U.S.
Player sport 1Football
Player years 21927–1928
Player team 2Central Michigan / Central State
Player sport 3Basketball
Player years 41927–1929
Player team 4Central Michigan / Central State
Player sport 5Track
Player years 6c. 1928
Player team 6Central Michigan / Central State
Player positionsCenter (football)
Admin years 11947–1949
Admin team 1Lincoln (PA)
Admin years 21949–1952
Admin team 2Willamette
Overall record21–29–3 (college football)

Chester Ray "Stack" Stackhouse (August 8, 1905 – June 30, 1978) was an American football and track and field coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Lincoln University in Pennsylvania in 1948, Willamette University from 1949 to 1951, and Slippery Rock State Teachers College—now known as Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania—from 1953 to 1954, compiling a career college football coaching record of 21–29–3. Stackhouse was an assistant track coach at the University of Michigan from 1935 to 1941.[1] In 1952, he joined the football coaching staff at Stanford University as an assistant under head coach Chuck Taylor.[2]

Stackhouse was born on August 8, 1905, in Nankin, Ohio. He died on June 30, 1978, at his farm in Turner, Oregon.[3] His daughter, Ann Rule, was an author of true crime books.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Stackhouse Is Bearcat Boss". Herald and News. Associated Press. June 20, 1949. p. 8. Retrieved August 3, 2018. – via Newspapers.com
  2. ^ Kowitz, Chris Jr. (September 17, 1952). "Stackhouse Coaching at Stanford; Ex-Bearcat Football Boss Now Aide to Chuck Taylor". Capital Journal. p. 10. Retrieved August 3, 2018. – via Newspapers.com
  3. ^ "WU Relays founder C.R. Stackhouse dies at 72". Statesman Journal. July 2, 1978. p. 1D. Retrieved August 3, 2018. – via Newspapers.com
  4. ^ "Chester Stackhouse". Statesman Journal. July 2, 1978. p. 3C. Retrieved August 3, 2018. – via Newspapers.com