- Malcolm Pitt
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Malcolm Pitt Sport(s) Basketball, Baseball, Football Current position Title Head coach Team Richmond Coaching career (HC unless noted) 1933-52
1935-71
1943-44Richmond basketball
Richmond baseball
Richmond footballMalcolm Pitt was the head men's basketball coach at the University of Richmond from 1933-1952. He also served as the Spider baseball coach from 1935-1971 (compiling a record of 426-257-5), as football coach in 1943 and 1944 (compiling a record of 8-7), and as athletic director from 1941-1967. Pitt's 1934-35 basketball squad finished a perfect 20-0, the only unbeaten Spider basketball team in history.
He was elected to the American Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Fame in 1971 and the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame in 1974.
As a student at Richmond from 1915–1918, Pitt played football and baseball, as well as running on the track team.
Malcolm U. Pitt Field, the baseball stadium at Richmond, is named in Pitt's honor.
Head coaching record
Basketball
School Season Record Postseason Richmond 1951-52 7-15 Richmond 1950-51 7-14 Richmond 1949-50 8-16 Richmond 1948-49 8-15 Richmond 1947-48 8-14 Richmond 1946-47 17-9 Richmond 1945-46 8-12 Richmond 1944-45 3-4 Richmond 1943-44 7-6 Richmond 1942-43 11-5 Richmond 1941-42 9-10 Richmond 1940-41 11-10 Richmond 1939-40 11-6 Richmond 1938-39 10-10 Richmond 1937-38 15-5 Richmond 1936-37 13-7 Richmond 1935-36 14-6 Richmond 1934-35 20-0 Richmond 1933-34 10-5 Total 19 Seasons 197-169 Richmond Spiders men's basketball head coaches Frank Dobson (1912–1917) • Dave Satterfield (1917–1918) • Robert Marshall (1918–1919) • Frank Dobson (1919–1933) • Malcolm Pitt (1933–1952) • H. Lester Hooker (1952–1963) • Lewis Mills (1963–1974) • Carl Slone (1974–1978) • Lou Goetz (1978–1981) • Dick Tarrant (1981–1993) • Bill Dooley (1993–1997) • John Beilein (1997–2002) • Jerry Wainwright (2002–2005) • Chris Mooney (2005– )
Richmond Spiders head baseball coaches Frank Dobson (1915–1933) • Dave Miller (1934) • Malcolm Pitt (1935–1971) • Chuck Boone (1972–1976) • Tommy Gilman (1977–1984) • Ron Atkins (1985–2007) • Mark McQueen (2008– )
Richmond Colts / Spiders head football coaches M. C. Taylor (1881) • C. M. Hazen (1882) • No team (1883–1884) • C. M. Hazen (1885–1886) • H. R. Hundley (1887) • C. M. Hazen (1888) • Frank Johnson (1889) • C. T. Taylor (1890) • Dana Rucker (1891) • Penwick Shelton (1892) • Dana Rucker (1893–1895) • No team (1896) • Bill Wertenbaker (1897) • O. L. Owen (1898) • Julian Hill (1899) • Edward Kenna (1900) • Garnett Nelson (1901) • Graham Hobson (1902) • Fred Vail (1903) • Harry Wall (1904) • E. A. Dunlop (1905–1909) • E. V. Long (1910) • Sam Honaker (1911) • E. A. Dunlop (1912) • Frank Dobson (1913–1917) • Robert Marshall (1918) • Frank Dobson (1919–1933) • Glenn Thistlethwaite (1934–1941) • John Fenion (1942) • Malcolm Pitt (1943–1944) • George Hope (1945) • John Fenion (1946–1947) • Karl Esleeck (1948–1950) • Ed Merrick (1951–1965) • Frank Jones (1966–1973) • Jim Tait (1974–1979) • Dal Shealy (1980–1988) • Jim Marshall (1989–1994) • Jim Reid (1995–2003) • Dave Clawson (2004–2007) • Mike London (2008–2009) • Latrell Scott (2010) • Wayne Lineburg # (2011– )
Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.
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- Richmond Spiders football players
- Richmond Spiders men's basketball coaches
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