Gil Dobie

College coach infobox
Name = Gil Dobie


Caption =
DateOfBirth = birth date|1879|01|21
Birthplace = Hastings, Minnesota
DateOfDeath = death date and age|1948|12|23|1879|01|21
Sport = Football
OverallRecord = 179-45-15 (.780)
Awards =
Championships = 1921, 1922 NCAA Division I-A national championship
CFbDWID =
Player = Y
Years = 1900-02
Team = University of Minnesota
Position = end and QB
Coach = Y
CoachYears = 1906-07
1908-16
1917-19
1920-35
1936-38
CoachTeams = North Dakota State
Washington
Navy
Cornell
Boston College
FootballHOF = 1951

Gilmour "Gloomy Gil" Dobie (January 21, 1879–December 23, 1948) was an American football head coach. He was born in Hastings, Minnesota, U.S.

Career

He coached at North Dakota State University, Washington, Navy, Cornell, and Boston College. Dobie achieved his greatest success at the University of Washington, where he had a remarkable 58-0-3 record. During his tenure, Washington had a 39 game winning streak, which is the second longest in NCAA Division I-A football history.cite web|url=http://www.ncaa.org/library/records/football/football_records_book/2006/2006_d1_football_records_book.pdf | title=Official 2006 NCAA Divisions I-A and I-AA Football Record Book | publisher=NCAA | pages = p.109 | format=PDF | accessdate=2007-12-07] His coaching career at Washington also comprised virtually all of Washington's 63 game unbeaten streak — still a college football record.cite web | last = Johnson | first = Derek| title= Dobie, Gilmore (d. 1948) | url=http://www.historylink.org/essays/output.cfm?file_id=3693|date=March 8, 2002|publisher=HistoryLink.org ] cite web|url=http://www.ncaa.org/library/records/football/football_records_book/2006/2006_d1_football_records_book.pdf | title=Official 2006 NCAA Divisions I-A and I-AA Football Record Book | publisher=NCAA | pages = p.110 | format=PDF | accessdate=2007-12-07]

Dobie then became the 16th head college football coach for the United States Naval Academy Midshipmen located in Annapolis, Maryland and he held that position for three seasons, from 1917 until 1919. His coaching record at United States Naval Academy was 18 wins, 3 losses, and 0 ties. As of the conclusion of the 2007 seas on, this ranks him 14th at United States Naval Academy in total wins and first at United States Naval Academy in winning percentage (0.857). [ [http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ia/independents/navy/coaching_records.php Navy Midshipmen football coaching records] ]

After coaching at Navy, Dobie won two national championships with Cornell, in 1921 and 1922. His overall coaching record was 179 wins, 45 losses, and 15 ties, a .780 percentage. Of the 33 years he coached, he had 14 undefeated seasons.

He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1951 as a charter member.

Detailed results

References

External links

* [http://washingtonhistory.org/wshs/columbia/articles/0387-a1.htm COLUMBIA Magazine Bio]
* [http://www.collegefootball.org/famersearch.php?id=10034 College Hall-of-Fame Bio]
* [http://www.historylink.org/essays/output.cfm?file_id=3693 Historylink Bio]