{{Short description|American football and basketball coach}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox college coach | name = Grover Washabaugh | image = Grover Washabaugh.jpg | alt = | caption = Washabaugh, South Hills H.S. coach, 1937 | birth_date = {{Birth date|1892|9|21}} | birth_place = Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania, U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|1973|3|16|1892|9|21}} | death_place = New Wilmington, Pennsylvania, U.S. | alma_mater = | coach_sport1 = Football | coach_years2 = 1924–1927 | coach_team2 = South Hills HS (PA) | coach_years3 = 1928–1936 | coach_team3 = South Side HS (PA) | coach_years4 = 1937–1942 | coach_team4 = Westminster (PA) | coach_sport5 = Basketball | coach_years6 = {{Circa|1920}} | coach_team6 = Woodlawn HS (PA) | coach_years7 = 1928–1937 | coach_team7 = South Side HS (PA) | coach_years8 = 1937–1956 | coach_team8 = Westminster (PA) | overall_record = 16–26–6 (college football)<br>296–129 (college basketball) | bowl_record = | tournament_record = | championships = Basketball<br>Pennsylvania State High School (1933)<ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=OQIdAAAAIBAJ&sjid=oo4EAAAAIBAJ&pg=5302,2276932&dq=grover-washabaugh&hl=en 'Basketball Next!' Say School Athletes], ''The Pittsburgh Press'', December 3, 1932.</ref> | awards = | coaching_records = }} '''Grover Cleveland''' "'''Pappy'''" '''Washabaugh''' (September 21, 1892 – March 16, 1973) was an American football and basketball coach. He served as the head football coach at Westminster College from 1937 to 1942, during which time he compiled a 16–26–6 record, and the head basketball coach from 1937 to 1956, during which time he compiled a 296–129 record.<ref name=wguide>[https://www.westminster.edu/athletics/sports/football/pdf/media_guides/media_guide.pdf Football Media Guide] (PDF), p. 42, Westminster College, 2009.</ref>
==Biography== Washabaugh's first coaching experience came at Woodlawn High School in Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, where he mentored the basketball team and taught physical education.<ref name=rite/> He then coached at South Hills High School for four years before moving on to South Side High School in Pittsburgh.<ref name=inherit/> From 1927 to 1936, he served as South High's head football and basketball coach.<ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=GnEbAAAAIBAJ&sjid=eEsEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3910,568318&dq=grover-washabaugh&hl=en Seek South's Coach], ''The Pittsburgh Press'', May 4, 1934.</ref> In 1937, he took over as the head basketball and football coach at Westminster College.<ref name=inherit>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Z6oiAAAAIBAJ&sjid=sa8FAAAAIBAJ&pg=1205,2085378&dq=grover-washabaugh&hl=en New Titan Coach Inherits Strong Basketball Squad], ''The Daily Times'', June 4, 1937.</ref> Washabaugh also served as the school's athletic director.<ref name=grid>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=k88aAAAAIBAJ&sjid=jkwEAAAAIBAJ&pg=1592,1111928&dq=grover-washabaugh&hl=en Titans Give Up Grid Sport], ''The Pittsburgh Press'', August 10, 1943.</ref> In August 1943, Westminster College discontinued its football team.<ref name=grid/> It was later revived after World War II for the 1946 season.<ref name=wguide/> Washabaugh continued to serve as the basketball coach until 1956 and posted a 296–129 record.<ref name=tradition>[https://www.westminster.edu/athletics/hof/tradition.cfm Towering Titans & Titan Tradition], Westminster College, retrieved June 18, 2010.</ref>
In January 1959, he returned home to Pittsburgh after suffering a mild stroke.<ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=-wofAAAAIBAJ&sjid=95UEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3989,3671637&dq=grover-washabaugh&hl=en Washabaugh Home], ''The Pittsburgh Press'', January 28, 1959.</ref> Washabaugh retired in 1961.<ref name=rite>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=6lwcAAAAIBAJ&sjid=81MEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7164,315191&dq=grover+washabaugh&hl=en Rites Monday for Coach Washabaugh; Westminster AD Led Court Teams to 296–129 Record], ''The Pittsburgh Press'', March 17, 1973.</ref> He was inducted into the Helms Foundation Hall of Fame and the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics Hall of Fame.<ref name=rite/> Washabaugh died on March 16, 1973, at Jameson Memorial Hospital in New Castle, Pennsylvania, at the age of 80.<ref>[https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FB0713F93F5C1A7A93C5A81788D85F478785F9 GROVER C. WASHABAUGH], ''The New York Times'', March 17, 1973.</ref> He was survived by his wife Grace, with whom he had a son and two daughters.<ref name=rite/>
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