Pete Elliott
Brothers Bump and Pete Elliott, 1960
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| Sport(s) | Football, basketball, golf |
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| Biographical details | |
| Born |
September 29, 1926 Bloomington, Illinois |
| Died | January 4, 2013 (aged 86) Canton, Ohio |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1945–1948 | Michigan |
| Position(s) | Quarterback (football) |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1949–1950 | Oregon State (ends) |
| 1951–1955 | Oklahoma (assistant) |
| 1956 | Nebraska |
| 1957–1959 | California |
| 1960–1966 | Illinois |
| 1973–1974 | Miami (FL) |
| 1978 | St. Louis Cardinals (assistant) |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1974–1978 | Miami (FL) |
| 1979–1995 | Pro Football Hall of Fame (exec. dir.) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 56–72–1 |
| Bowls | 1–1 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 1 AAWU (1958) 1 Big Ten (1963) |
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College Football Hall of Fame Inducted in 1994 (profile) |
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Peter R. Elliott (September 29, 1926 – January 4, 2013) was an American football player and coach. Elliott served as the head football coach at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln (1956), the University of California, Berkeley (1957–1959), the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (1960–1966), and the University of Miami (1973–1974), compiling a career college football record of 56–72–11.
Elliott was an All-American quarterback on the undefeated 1948 Michigan Wolverines football team that won a national championship. He was also a standout basketball player who was first-team All-Big Ten Conference in 1948 and second-team All-Big Ten in 1949 as well as team MVP in 1948. The 1948 team finished third in the eastern region of the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship. Elliott is the only Michigan athlete to have earned 12 letters in varsity sports: football, basketball, and golf.
At Michigan, Elliott played football with his brother Bump, who also became a well known college coach.
After college, Elliot served as an assistant coach at Oregon State (1949–50) and Oklahoma (1951–55). In 1956, he took the head coaching job at Nebraska, lasting one year with a record of 4–6. The next year, he took over at California, where he remained until 1959 with a compiled record of 10–21. In 1958, he led the Golden Bears to an AAWU title and an appearance in the Rose Bowl, where they lost to Iowa.
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