Eugene Garbee
![]() Garbee pictured in The Rhododendron 1942, Appalachian State yeabook | |
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | May 29, 1907 Billings, Missouri, U.S. |
| Died | November 8, 1996 (aged 89) Winslow, Arizona, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1929–1930 | Southwest Missouri State |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1933–1934 | Appalachian State |
| Basketball | |
| 1934–1935 | Appalachian State |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1933–1934 | Appalachian State |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 10–6–1 (football) 8–11 (basketball) |
| Women's Basketball Hall of Fame | |
Eugene Emmett Garbee (May 29, 1907 – November 8, 1996) was an American football and basketball coach and college administrator. He was the third head football coach and the first head basketball coach at Appalachian State Teachers College—now known as Appalachian State University—located in Boone, North Carolina.[1]
Garbee was born on May 29, 1907, in Billings, Missouri.[2] He graduated from Southwest Missouri State Teacher's College–now known as Missouri State University–in 1931 with a bachelor's degree. He later earned a master's degree from George Peabody College—now Peabody College, a division of Vanderbilt University—and a doctorate from New York University. He taught health and physical education at Drake University from 1949 to 1952. Garbee was president of Upper Iowa University from 1952 to 1970. He died on November 8, 1996, in Winslow, Arizona.[3]
Head coaching record
[edit | edit source]Football
[edit | edit source]| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Appalachian State Mountaineers (North State Conference) (1933) | |||||||||
| 1933 | Appalachian State | 7–2 | 1–0 | 2nd | |||||
| Appalachian State Mountaineers (North State Conference / Smoky Mountain Conference) (1933) | |||||||||
| 1934 | Appalachian State | 3–4–1 | 1–0 / 0–2 | 3rd / 8th | |||||
| Appalachian State: | 10–6–1 | 2–2 | |||||||
| Total: | 10–6–1 | ||||||||
Basketball
[edit | edit source]| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Appalachian State Mountaineers (North State Conference) (1934–1935) | |||||||||
| 1934–35 | Appalachian State | 8–11 | |||||||
| Total: | 8–11 | ||||||||
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External links
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- 1907 births
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- Basketball coaches from Missouri
- Drake University faculty
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- New York University alumni
- Peabody College alumni
- People from Billings, Missouri
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