Amos Alonzo Stagg
Stagg in 1906
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| Sport(s) | Football, basketball, baseball, track and field |
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| Biographical details | |
| Born |
August 16, 1862 West Orange, New Jersey |
| Died | March 17, 1965 (aged 102) |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1885–1889 | Yale |
| 1892 | Chicago |
| Position(s) | End, halfback |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1890–1891 | Williston Seminary (MA) |
| 1890–1891 | YMCA (MA) |
| 1892–1932 | Chicago |
| 1933–1946 | Pacific (CA) |
| 1947–1952 | Susquehanna (associate HC) |
| 1953–1958 | Stockton College (ST) |
| Basketball | |
| 1920–1921 | Chicago |
| Baseball | |
| 1893–1905 | Chicago |
| 1907–1913 | Chicago |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1892–1933 | Chicago |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 314–199–35 (college football) 14–6 (basketball) 266–158–3 (baseball) |
| Bowls | 0–1 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| Football 2 National (1905, 1913) 7 Western / Big Ten (1899, 1905, 1907–1908, 1913, 1922, 1924) 5 NCAC (1936, 1938, 1940–1942) |
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| Awards | |
| Football All-American, 1889 AFCA Coach of the Year (1943) |
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College Football Hall of Fame Inducted in 1951 (profile) |
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Basketball Hall of Fame Inducted in 1959 (profile) |
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Amos Alonzo Stagg (August 16, 1862 – March 17, 1965) was an American athlete and pioneering college coach in multiple sports, primarily American football. He served as the head football coach at the International Young Men's Christian Association Training School (now called Springfield College) (1890–1891), the University of Chicago (1892–1932), and the College of the Pacific (1933–1946), compiling a career college football record of 314–199–35. His Chicago Maroons teams of 1905 and 1913 have been recognized as national champions. He was also the head basketball coach for one season at the University of Chicago (1920–1921), and the head baseball coach there for 19 seasons (1893–1905, 1907–1913).
At the University of Chicago, Stagg also instituted an annual prep basketball tournament and track meet. Both drew the top high school teams and athletes from around the United States.
Stagg played football as an end at Yale University and was selected to the first College Football All-America Team in 1889. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as both a player and a coach in the charter class of 1951 and was the only individual honored in both roles until the 1990s. Influential in other sports, Stagg developed basketball as a five-player sport. This 5 man concept allowed his 10 (later 11) man football team the ability to compete with each other and to stay in shape over the winter. Stagg was elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame in its first group of inductees in 1959.
Stagg also forged a bond between sports and religious faith early on in his career that remained important to him for the rest of his life.
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