Babe Hollingbery

Orin E. "Babe" Hollingbery (July 15 1893, Hollister, California – January 12 1974, Yakima, Washington) was a Washington State University football coach who led the Cougars from 1926 to 1942.

Hollingbery compiled 93 wins in his 17-year career, still the most of any WSU head football coach. The Cougars did not lose a home game from 1926 to 1935.

Hollingbery coached Washington State Cougars during what is generally agreed as its greatest football era. Hollingbery coached players Brick Muller, Turk Edwards, Rags Matthews, Herbert "Butch" Meeker and George Sauer.

Hollingbery Fieldhouse at WSU is a facility serving many different sports. It was built in 1929 and named after the legendary coach in 1963.

Coaching record

CFB Yearly Record Subhead
name=Washington State Cougars
conf=Pacific Coast Conference
startyear=1926
endyear=1942CFB Yearly Record Entry
championship =
year = 1926
name = Washington State
overall = 6-1
conference = 4-1
confstanding = 3(t)
bowl =
bowlname =
bowlopp =
bowloutcome =
bcsbowl =
ranking = CFB Yearly Record Entry
championship =
year = 1927
name = Washington State
overall = 3-3-2
conference = 1-3-1
confstanding = 7
bowl = noCFB Yearly Record Entry
championship =
year = 1928
name = Washington State
overall = 7-3
conference = 4-3
confstanding = 4
bowl = noCFB Yearly Record Entry
championship =
year = 1929
name = Washington State
overall = 10-2
conference = 4-2
confstanding = 5
bowl = noCFB Yearly Record Entry
championship = conference
year = 1930
name = Washington State
overall = 9-1
conference = 6-1
confstanding = 1
bowl = yes
bowlname = Rose Bowl
bowlopp = Alabama
bowloutcome = L 0-24CFB Yearly Record Entry
championship =
year = 1931
name = Washington State
overall = 6-4
conference = 4-3
confstanding = 4
bowl = noCFB Yearly Record Entry
championship =
year = 1932
name = Washington State
overall = 7-1-1
conference = 5-1-1
confstanding = 2
bowl = noCFB Yearly Record Entry
championship =
year = 1933
name = Washington State
overall = 5-3-1
conference = 3-3-1
confstanding = 5(t)
bowl = noCFB Yearly Record Entry
championship =
year = 1934
name = Washington State
overall = 4-3-1
conference = 4-0-1
confstanding = 2
bowl = noCFB Yearly Record Entry
championship =
year = 1935
name = Washington State
overall = 5-3-1
conference = 3-2
confstanding = 4(t)
bowl = noCFB Yearly Record Entry
championship =
year = 1936
name = Washington State
overall = 6-3-1
conference = 6-2-1
confstanding = 2
bowl = noCFB Yearly Record Entry
championship =
year = 1937
name = Washington State
overall = 3-3-3
conference = 3-3-2
confstanding = 4(t)
bowl = noCFB Yearly Record Entry
championship =
year = 1938
name = Washington State
overall = 2-8
conference = 1-7
confstanding = 9
bowl = noCFB Yearly Record Entry
championship =
year = 1939
name = Washington State
overall = 4-5
conference = 3-5
confstanding = 6
bowl = noCFB Yearly Record Entry
championship =
year = 1940
name = Washington State
overall = 4-4-2
conference = 3-4-2
confstanding = 4
bowl = noCFB Yearly Record Entry
championship =
year = 1941
name = Washington State
overall = 6-4
conference = 5-3
confstanding = 2(t)
bowl = noCFB Yearly Record Entry
championship =
year = 1942
name = Washington State
overall = 6-2-2
conference = 5-1-1
confstanding = 2
bowl = noCFB Yearly Record Subtotal
name=Washington State
overall=93-53-14
confrecord=64-42-10CFB Yearly Record End
overall = 93-53-14
bcs =
poll =
polltype =

External links

* [http://www.collegefootball.org/famersearch.php?id=30078 College Football Hall of Fame bio]

Persondata
NAME=Hollingbery, Babe
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=Hollingbery, Orin E.
SHORT DESCRIPTION=College American football coach
DATE OF BIRTH=July 15, 1893
PLACE OF BIRTH=Hollister, California, United States
DATE OF DEATH=January 12, 1974
PLACE OF DEATH=Yakima, Washington, United States