Slip Madigan
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| Sport(s) | Football, basketball, baseball |
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| Biographical details | |
| Born |
November 18, 1896 Ottawa, Illinois |
| Died | October 10, 1966 (aged 69) Oakland, California |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1916–1917, 1919 | Notre Dame |
| Position(s) | Center |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1921–1939 | Saint Mary's (CA) |
| 1943–1944 | Iowa |
| Basketball | |
| 1921–1927 | Saint Mary's (CA) |
| Baseball | |
| 1926–1930 | Saint Mary's (CA) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 119–58–13 (football) 38–33 (basketball) 30–31 (baseball) |
| Bowls | 1–0 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| Football 4 NCAC (1924–1928) |
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College Football Hall of Fame Inducted in 1974 (profile) |
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Edward Patrick "Slip" Madigan (November 18, 1896 – October 10, 1966) was an American football player and coach of football, basketball, and baseball. He served as the head coach at Saint Mary's College of California from 1921 to 1939 and at the University of Iowa from 1943 to 1944, compiling a career college football record of 119–58–13. Madigan was also the head basketball coach at Saint Mary's from 1921 to 1927 and the head baseball coach at the school from 1926 to 1930. He played football at the University of Notre Dame as a center. Madigan was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 1974.
Madigan played college football for Knute Rockne at the University of Notre Dame, playing the center position. After his playing days, he took over a floundering football program at Saint Mary's College of California in Moraga, California in 1921. In their final game in 1920, the Gaels lost to California, 127–0. Madigan immediately recruited sixty men and taught them Notre Dame's plays and some tricks of his own, including the "forward fumble."
By 1927, Saint Mary's College developed into one of the strongest football programs on the West Coast. They defeated programs such as USC, UCLA, California, and Stanford. The Stanford team they defeated in 1927 went on to play in the Rose Bowl, as did the USC team they defeated in 1931. Though the school's enrollment seldom exceeded 500, the Galloping Gaels of Saint Mary's became a nationally known football powerhouse.
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