{{Short description|American football and basketball coach (1888–1969)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox college coach | name = Robert E. Vaughan | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1888|12|29}} | birth_place = | death_date = {{Death date and age|1969|2|18|1888|12|29}}<ref>[https://archive.today/20130131225030/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/583342352.html?dids=583342352:583342352&FMT=CITE&FMTS=CITE:AI&type=historic&date=Feb+19,+1969&author=&pub=Chicago+Tribune&desc=Vaughan,+Old+Time+Wabash+Coach,+Dies&pqatl=google]</ref> | death_place = [[Crawfordsville, Indiana]], U.S. | alma_mater = | player_sport1 = Football | player_years2 = 1908–1909 | player_team2 = [[Notre Dame Fighting Irish football|Notre Dame]] | player_years3 = 1911–1912 | player_team3 = [[Princeton Tigers football|Princeton]] | player_positions = [[Fullback (gridiron football)|Fullback]] | coach_sport1 = Football | coach_years2 = 1919–1945 | coach_team2 = [[Wabash Little Giants football|Wabash]] | coach_sport3 = Basketball | coach_years4 = 1912–1916 | coach_team4 = [[Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball|Purdue]] | coach_years5 = 1919–1940 | coach_team5 = [[Wabash Little Giants basketball|Wabash]] | admin_years1 = 1919–1947 | admin_team1 = [[Wabash Little Giants|Wabash]] | admin_years2 = 1961–1963 | admin_team2 = Wabash | overall_record = 118–85–24 (football)<br />216–207 (basketball) | bowl_record = | tournament_record = | championships = | awards = | coaching_records = }} '''Robert E.''' "'''Pete'''" '''Vaughan''' (December 29, 1888 – February 18, 1969) was an American [[American football|football]] player, coach of football and [[basketball]], and college athletics administrator. He served was head football coach at [[Wabash College]] for 27 seasons, from 1919 to 1945, compiling a record of 118–85–24.
In 1922, he also coached Wabash to the championship of the first national [[1922 national intercollegiate basketball tournament|intercollegiate basketball tournament]] ever held. Prior to coaching Wabash, he spent four seasons (1912–1916) coaching the [[Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball|Purdue Boilermakers basketball team]], leading them to a record of 21–32.
Vaughan attended [[Crawfordsville High School]] and the [[University of Notre Dame]]. He played [[college football]] alongside [[Knute Rockne]], who became the head coach of the [[Notre Dame Fighting Irish football|Fighting Irish]].<ref>Robert Vaughn then called Pete, Was actually credited for coining the term "The Fighting Irish". It was during a Michigan Notre Dame game and Notre Dame was behind. Pete jumped up and yelled fight boys, you're Irish! The newspaper picked it up the next day. His grand niece, Kelly Riggs Chillarege also attended St.Mary's/Notre Dame when Joe Montana led, "The fighting Irish".[http://www2.wabash.edu/blog/dear_old_wabash/2008/12/little_giants.html Little Giants] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100903001226/http://www2.wabash.edu/blog/dear_old_wabash/2008/12/little_giants.html |date=September 3, 2010 }}, ''Dear Old Wabash'', Wabash College, December 19, 2008.</ref>
==Head coaching record== ===Football=== {{CFB Yearly Record Start | type = coach | team = | conf = | bowl = | poll = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Subhead | name = [[Wabash Little Giants football|Wabash Little Giants]] | conf = Independent | startyear = 1919 | endyear = 1924 }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = [[1919 college football season|1919]] | name = Wabash | overall = 4–3–2 | conference = | confstanding = | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = [[1920 college football season|1920]] | name = Wabash | overall = 3–4 | conference = | confstanding = | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = [[1921 college football season|1921]] | name = [[1921 Wabash Little Giants football team|Wabash]] | overall = 7–2 | conference = | confstanding = | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = [[1922 college football season|1922]] | name = Wabash | overall = 7–3 | conference = | confstanding = | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = [[1923 college football season|1923]] | name = Wabash | overall = 4–3–2 | conference = | confstanding = | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = [[1924 college football season|1924]] | name = [[1924 Wabash Little Giants football team|Wabash]] | overall = 5–4 | conference = | confstanding = | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Subhead | name = [[Wabash Little Giants football|Wabash Little Giants]] | conf = [[Indiana Intercollegiate Conference]] | startyear = 1925 | endyear = 1945 }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = [[1925 college football season|1925]] | name = [[1925 Wabash Little Giants football team|Wabash]] | overall = 5–3–1 | conference = | confstanding = | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = [[1926 college football season|1926]] | name = Wabash | overall = 5–4 | conference = | confstanding = | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = [[1927 college football season|1927]] | name = Wabash | overall = 7–2 | conference = | confstanding = | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = [[1928 college football season|1928]] | name = Wabash | overall = 4–4–1 | conference = | confstanding = | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = [[1929 college football season|1929]] | name = Wabash | overall = 4–5 | conference = | confstanding = | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = [[1930 college football season|1930]] | name = Wabash | overall = 3–6 | conference = | confstanding = | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = [[1931 college football season|1931]] | name = Wabash | overall = 3–5–1 | conference = | confstanding = | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = [[1932 college football season|1932]] | name = Wabash | overall = 4–2–2 | conference = | confstanding = | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = [[1933 college football season|1933]] | name = Wabash | overall = 4–2–1 | conference = 4–2–1 | confstanding = 5th | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = [[1934 college football season|1934]] | name = Wabash | overall = 4–2–2 | conference = 4–1–2 | confstanding = T–3rd | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = [[1935 college football season|1935]] | name = Wabash | overall = 6–1–1 | conference = 6–1–1 | confstanding = 3rd | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = [[1936 college football season|1936]] | name = Wabash | overall = 7–1 | conference = 6–1 | confstanding = 3rd | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = [[1937 college football season|1937]] | name = Wabash | overall = 3–3–2 | conference = 3–2–2 | confstanding = 8th | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = [[1938 college football season|1938]] | name = Wabash | overall = 1–6–1 | conference = 1–5–1 | confstanding = T–12th | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = [[1939 college football season|1939]] | name = Wabash | overall = 3–5–1 | conference = 2–3–1 | confstanding = 9th | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = [[1940 college football season|1940]] | name = Wabash | overall = 4–4–1 | conference = 4–2 | confstanding = T–6th | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = [[1941 college football season|1941]] | name = Wabash | overall = 5–3–1 | conference = 4–2 | confstanding = T–3rd | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = [[1942 college football season|1942]] | name = Wabash | overall = 4–2–1 | conference = 4–1 | confstanding = T–3rd | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = [[1943 college football season|1943]] | name = Wabash | overall = 4–2–2 | conference = | confstanding = | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = [[1944 college football season|1944]] | name = Wabash | overall = 6–1–1 | conference = | confstanding = | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = [[1945 college football season|1945]] | name = Wabash | overall = 2–3–1 | conference = 1–1–1 | confstanding = T–5th | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal | name = Wabash | overall = 118–85–24 | confrecord = }} {{CFB Yearly Record End | overall = 118–85–24 | bowls = no | poll = no | polltype = | legend = no }}
===Basketball=== {{CBB Yearly Record Start | type = coach | conference = | postseason = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Subhead | name = [[Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball|Purdue Boilermakers]] | conference = [[Big Ten Conference|Western Conference]] | startyear = 1912 | endyear = 1916 }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | season = [[1912–13 NCAA men's basketball season|1912–13]] | name = Purdue | overall = 7–5 | conference = 6–5 | confstanding = 3rd | postseason = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | season = [[1913–14 NCAA men's basketball season|1913–14]] | name = Purdue | overall = 5–9 | conference = 3–9 | confstanding = 7th | postseason = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | season = [[1914–15 NCAA men's basketball season|1914–15]] | name = Purdue | overall = 5–8 | conference = 4–8 | confstanding = 6th | postseason = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | season = [[1915–16 NCAA men's basketball season|1915–16]] | name = Purdue | overall = 4–10 | conference = 2–10 | confstanding = 9th | postseason = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal | name = Purdue | overall = {{Winning percentage|21|32|record=y}} | confrecord = {{Winning percentage|15|32|record=y}} }} {{CBB Yearly Record Subhead | name = [[Wabash Little Giants#Basketball|Wabash Little Giants]] | conference = Independent | startyear = 1919 | endyear = 1940 }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | season = [[1919–20 NCAA men's basketball season|1919–20]] | name = Wabash | overall = 13–8 | conference = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | season = [[1920–21 NCAA men's basketball season|1920–21]] | name = Wabash | overall = 21–4 | conference = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = postseason | season = [[1921–22 NCAA men's basketball season|1921–22]] | name = Wabash | overall = 21–3 | conference = | postseason = [[1922 National Intercollegiate basketball tournament|National Intercollegiate Champions]] }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | season = [[1922–23 NCAA men's basketball season|1922–23]] | name = Wabash | overall = 17–10 | conference = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | season = [[1923–24 NCAA men's basketball season|1923–24]] | name = Wabash | overall = 4–8 | conference = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | season = [[1924–25 NCAA men's basketball season|1924–25]] | name = Wabash | overall = 18–1 | conference = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | season = [[1925–26 NCAA men's basketball season|1925–26]] | name = Wabash | overall = 4–12 | conference = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | season = [[1926–27 NCAA men's basketball season|1926–27]] | name = Wabash | overall = 13–8 | conference = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | season = [[1927–28 NCAA men's basketball season|1927–28]] | name = Wabash | overall = 1–12 | conference = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | season = [[1928–29 NCAA men's basketball season|1928–29]] | name = Wabash | overall = 5–8 | conference = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | season = [[1929–30 NCAA men's basketball season|1929–30]] | name = Wabash | overall = 8–7 | conference = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | season = [[1930–31 NCAA men's basketball season|1930–31]] | name = Wabash | overall = 5–12 | conference = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | season = [[1931–32 NCAA men's basketball season|1931–32]] | name = Wabash | overall = 4–12 | conference = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | season = [[1932–33 NCAA men's basketball season|1932–33]] | name = Wabash | overall = 5–11 | conference = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | season = [[1933–34 NCAA men's basketball season|1933–34]] | name = Wabash | overall = 9–7 | conference = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | season = [[1934–35 NCAA men's basketball season|1934–35]] | name = Wabash | overall = 10–7 | conference = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | season = [[1935–36 NCAA men's basketball season|1935–36]] | name = Wabash | overall = 8–7 | conference = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | season = [[1936–37 NCAA men's basketball season|1936–37]] | name = Wabash | overall = 4–10 | conference = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | season = [[1937–38 NCAA men's basketball season|1937–38]] | name = Wabash | overall = 7–6 | conference = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | season = [[1938–39 NCAA men's basketball season|1938–39]] | name = Wabash | overall = 8–9 | conference = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | season = [[1939–40 NCAA men's basketball season|1939–40]] | name = Wabash | overall = 9–13 | conference = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal | name = Wabash | overall = {{Winning percentage|194|175|record=y}} }} {{CBB Yearly Record End | overall = {{Winning percentage|215|207|record=y}} }}
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