Herb Schmalenberger
| Sport(s) | Football, basketball, swimming |
|---|---|
| Biographical details | |
| Born | 1925 Oakland, California |
| Died | June 27, 2006 |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1948–1949 | California |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1956 | Northern Branch (assistant) |
| 1958 | Northern Branch |
| 1964–1969 | UC Davis |
| Basketball | |
| 1957–1958 | Northern Branch |
| Swimming | |
| 1957–1962 | Northern Branch / UC Davis |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1988 | UC Davis (interim AD) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 28–38 (football) 5–17 (basketball) |
Herb Schmalenberger (1925 – June 27, 2006) was an American football, basketball, and swimming coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at University of California, Davis in 1958 and again from 1964 to 1969, compiling record of 28–38. He was the men's swimming head coach there from 1957 to 1962 and the men's basketball head coach for the 1957–58 season. Schmalenberger was interim athletic director in 1988.
Schmalenberger was born in 1925 in Oakland, California, where he first grew to love athletics while enrolled in an after-school sports program. He went on to play football and basketball in high school and received a scholarship to attend Washington State University in Pullman.
He studied briefly at Washington State and Willamette University before enlisting in the U.S. Navy during World War II, where he served as a submarine radioman for three years.
After World War II Schmalenberger returned to college, graduating with a bachelor's degree in physical education and a minor in history, as well as a California secondary teaching credential from UC Berkeley, where he played football for four years, including two Rose Bowl games. He helped coach the freshman football team during his fifth year at the university.
Schmalenberger went on to earn his master's degree from UC Berkeley in 1958 and completed coursework toward his doctorate at the University of Oregon while simultaneously teaching and coaching.
Schmalenberger was married for 58 years to his wife, Maxine, and had five children and seven grandchildren.
After graduating from college, Schmalenberger taught high school physical education and history for five years before coming to UC Davis in 1956 as assistant football coach and physical education instructor. He coached the Aggies to a 7–2 record and a share of the Far Western Conference title.
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