Babe Hollingbery
c. 1935
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| Sport(s) | Football |
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| Biographical details | |
| Born |
July 15, 1893 Hollister, California |
| Died | January 12, 1974 (aged 80) Yakima, Washington |
| Alma mater | none |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1926–1942 | Washington State |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 93–53–14 |
| Bowls | 0–1 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 1 PCC (1930) | |
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College Football Hall of Fame Inducted in 1979 (profile) |
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Orin Ercel "Babe" Hollingbery (July 15, 1893 – January 12, 1974) was an American football coach. He served as the head football coach at the State College of Washington—now known as Washington State University—for 17 seasons, from 1926 to 1942, and compiled a record of 93–53–14 (.625). Hollingbery's 93 wins are the most by any head coach in the history of the Washington State Cougars football program. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1979.
Born in Hollister, California, Hollingbery was raised in San Francisco and never attended college. He coached local high school football, one fall he led three teams, and later coached at the Olympic Club. One of his players at Olympic was Buck Bailey, who became his line coach at Washington State in 1926 and headed the Cougar baseball program until 1961.
Hollingbery coached at Washington State during what is generally agreed as its greatest football era. The Cougars did not lose a home game from 1926 to 1935, and the 1930 team advanced to the Rose Bowl against Alabama. He coached some of the greatest names in Washington State history, including Turk Edwards, Mel Hein, Mel Dressel, Dale Gentry, Ed Goddard, Harold Ahlskog, Elmer Schwartz, Bob Kennedy, Nick Suseoff, Bill Sewell, John Bley, and Herbert "Butch" Meeker.
Before the 1943 season, the football program went on hiatus due to World War II; Hollingbery trained U.S. Army troops on campus and coached eight-grade football. He took a one-year leave of absence, beginning in mid-1944, moved to Yakima, and started a lucrative hop-growing business. When the Cougar football program was restarted, Hollingberry was asked to take a pay cut and did not return to Pullman.
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