Raymond Wolf
Wolf pictured in Yackety Yack 1938, North Carolina yearbook
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| Sport(s) | Football, baseball |
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| Biographical details | |
| Born |
July 15, 1904 Chicago, Illinois |
| Died | October 6, 1979 (aged 75) Fort Worth, Texas |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1924–1926 | TCU |
| Baseball | |
| 1925–1927 | TCU |
| 1927 | Columbus Senators |
| 1927 | Cincinnati Reds |
| 1928 | Columbus Senators |
| Position(s) |
Tackle (football) First baseman (baseball) |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1929–1935 | TCU (line) |
| 1936–1941 | North Carolina |
| 1946–1949 | Florida |
| 1950–1951 | Tulane (line) |
| 1952–1953 | Tulane |
| Baseball | |
| 1935–1936 | TCU |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1946–1949 | Florida |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 57–54–6 (football) 17–21–1 (baseball) |
Raymond Bernard Wolf (July 15, 1904 – October 6, 1979), nicknamed "Bear" Wolf, was an American football and baseball player and coach. Wolf was a native of Illinois and an alumnus of Texas Christian University (TCU), where he played college football and college baseball. He played professional baseball for two seasons, and appeared in one Major League Baseball game for the Cincinnati Reds in 1927. Wolf served as the head football coach at the University of North Carolina (1936–1941), the University of Florida (1946–1949) and Tulane University (1952–1953), compiling a career college football coaching record of 57–54–6. He was also the head baseball coach at his alma mater, TCU, from 1935 to 1936 and the athletic director at Florida from 1946 to 1949.
Wolf was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1904. He attended Texas Christian University (TCU) in Fort Worth, Texas, where he played tackle for the Texas Christian Horned Frogs football team from 1924 to 1926. He played professional baseball for the Cincinnati Reds organization for a single season in 1927, but returned to TCU to graduate in 1928. Thereafter, Wolf got his start in coaching, working with the TCU linemen from 1929 to 1935.
From 1936 to 1941, Wolf was employed by the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, North Carolina to coach the North Carolina Tar Heels football team, and compiled a 38–17–3 record in six seasons. The university board of trustees renewed his contract at an increased salary in 1941 for an additional five years, but his war-time service prevented him from coaching during World War II.
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