Harry Buck

American sports coach

Harry BuckBiographical details

Born| (1884-11-25)November 25, 1884
Liverpool, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died| July 24, 1943(1943-07-24) (aged 58)
Madras, Tamil Nadu, India
Alma mater| Springfield YMCA
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1914–1915| Fairmount
Basketball
1914–1916| Fairmount
Baseball
1915–1916| Fairmount
Head coaching record
Overall| 6–8–2 (football)
14–15 (basketball)
3–9–1 (baseball)

Harry Crowe Buck (November 25, 1884 – July 24, 1943) was an American college sports coach and physical education instructor. He founded the YMCA College of Physical Education at Madras in 1920, which played a key role in promoting sports and in establishing the Olympic movement in India. He has been called "The Father of Physical Education in India".[1] He was also one of the founding members of the Olympic movement in India and the Indian Olympic Association, and was manager of the Indian team at the 1924 Olympics.

He was also the first secretary of the Madras Olympic Association that was formed in 1924 and served as its secretary until his death in 1943.[2][3]

Before his work in India, Buck was the ninth head football at Fairmount College–now known as Wichita State University—in Wichita, Kansas and he held that position for two seasons, from 1914 until 1915, compiling a record of 6–8–2.[4]

## Head coaching record

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### Football

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Year  | Team  | Overall  | Conference | Standing  | Bowl/playoffs

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Fairmount Wheatshockers (Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference) (1914–1915)
1914 | Fairmount  | 3–3–1 | 3–3 |  |
1915 | Fairmount  | 3–5–1 | 2–5–1 | 12th |
Fairmount: | 6–8–2 | 5–8–1 |
Total: | 6–8–2 |

## References

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1. ^ Sharma, J. P. (September 6, 2005). Management of Physical Education and Sports. Panjab University, Chandigarh. ISBN 9781618200426.
2. ^ "Chronciles (Bucke)" (PDF). Lycoming College. Retrieved March 28, 2013.
3. ^ "Y Worker Dies". The Gettysburg Times. Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Associated Press. July 28, 1943. p. 2. Retrieved August 10, 2017 - via Newspapers.com .
4. ^ DeLassus, David. "Wichita State Coaching Records". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 29, 2012.

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Wichita State Shockers head football coaches

* T. H. Morrison (1897)
* No coach (1898)
* Harry Hess (1899–1901)
* Guy Peverly (1902)
* No coach (1903)
* A. F. Holste (1904)
* Willis Bates (1905–1908)
* Roy K. Thomas (1909–1911)
* E. V. Long (1912–1913)
* Harry Buck (1914–1915)
* Lamar Hoover (1916–1917)
* Quince Banbury (1918)
* Kenneth Cassidy (1919)
* Wilmer D. Elfrink (1920)
* Lamar Hoover (1921–1922)
* Sam H. Hill (1923–1924)
* Leonard J. Umnus (1925–1927)
* Sam H. Hill (1928–1929)
* Al Gebert (1930–1941)
* Ralph Graham (1942)
* No team (1943)
* Melvin J. Binford (1944–1945)
* Ralph Graham (1946–1947)
* Jim Trimble (1948–1950)
* Bob Carlson (1951–1952)
* Jack Mitchell (1953–1954)
* Pete Tillman (1955–1956)
* Woody Woodard (1957–1959)
* Hank Foldberg (1960–1961)
* Marcelino Huerta (1962–1964)
* George Karras (1965–1966)
* Boyd Converse (1967)
* Eddie Kriwiel (1968)
* Ben Wilson (1969–1970)
* Bob Seaman (1970–1973)
* Jim Wright (1974–1978)
* Willie Jeffries (1979–1983)
* Ron Chismar (1984–1986)

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Wichita State Shockers men's basketball head coaches

* Willis Bates (1905–1908)
* No coach (1908–1909)
* Roy K. Thomas (1909–1912)
* E. V. Long (1912–1913)
* Willis Bates (1913–1914)
* Harry Buck (1914–1916)
* Lamar Hoover (1916–1918)
* No coach (1918–1919)
* Kenneth Cassidy (1919–1920)
* Wilmer D. Elfrink (1920–1921)
* Lamar Hoover (1921–1923)
* Sam H. Hill (1923–1925)
* Leonard J. Umnus (1925–1928)
* Gene Johnson (1928–1933)
* Team suspended (1933–1934)
* Lindsay Austin (1934–1935)
* Bill Hennigh (1935–1941)
* Jack Sterrett (1941–1942)
* Melvin J. Binford (1942–1943)
* No team (1943–1944)
* Melvin J. Binford (1944–1948)
* Ken Gunning (1948–1951)
* Ralph Miller (1951–1964)
* Gary Thompson (1964–1971)
* Harry Miller (1971–1978)
* Gene Smithson (1978–1986)
* Eddie Fogler (1986–1989)
* Mike Cohen (1989–1992)
* Scott Thompson (1992–1996)
* Randy Smithson (1996–2000)
* Mark Turgeon (2000–2007)
* Gregg Marshall (2007–2020)
* Isaac Brown (2020–2023)
* Paul Mills (2023– )

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Wichita State Shockers head baseball coaches

* Harry Hess (1899–1901)
* C. P. Clark (1902)
* Student managers (1903)
* Walter P. Frantz (1904)
* A. F. Holste (1905)
* Willis Bates (1906–1908)
* Roy K. Thomas (1909–1912)
* E. V. Long (1913)
* Willis Bates (1914)
* Harry Buck (1915–1916)
* Lamar Hoover (1917–1919)
* No team (1920–1921)
* Records unavailable (1922–1923)
* No team (1924–1947)
* Lyle Sturdy (1948)
* Ken Gunning (1949–1951)
* Bob Carlson (1951)
* Norvell Neve (1951)
* Dick Miller (1952–1953)
* Forrest Jensen (1954–1955)
* Jerry Bupp (1956)
* Ray Morrison (1957–1960)
* Dick Miller (1961)
* No team (1962–1963)
* Lanny Van Eman (1964)
* Verlyn Anderson (1965–1970)
* No team (1971–1977)
* Gene Stephenson (1978–2013)
* Todd Butler (2014–2019)
* Eric Wedge (2020–2022)
* Loren Hibbs # (2023)
* Brian Green (2024– )

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