Aaron McCreary

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Aaron McCreary
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Sport(s) Football, basketball, baseball
Biographical details
Born September 15, 1892
Winchester, California
Alma mater University of Southern California
Playing career
Football
1914 Tempe Normal
Basketball
1913–1915 Tempe Normal
Baseball
1914–1915 Tempe Normal
Position(s) Back (football)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1923–1929 Tempe/Arizona State Teachers
Basketball
1923–1930 Tempe/Arizona State Teachers
1931–1940 Arizona State Flagstaff
Baseball
1924–1926 Tempe/Arizona State Teachers
1928 Arizona State Teachers
1930–1931 Arizona State Teachers
1959 Arizona State Flagstaff
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1923–1930 Tempe/Arizona State Teachers
Head coaching record
Overall 25–17–4 (football)
140–149 (basketball)
22–56–1 (baseball)
Statistics

Aaron Monroe "Mac" McCreary (September 15, 1892 – ?)[1] was an American football, basketball, and baseball player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Tempe State Teachers College, known at Arizona State Teachers College by 1929 and now called Arizona State University, compiling a career college football record of 25–17–4. McCreary was also the head basketball coach at Tempe/Arizona State Teachers from 1923 to 1930 and at Arizona State Teacher's College of Flagstaff, now Northern Arizona University, amassing a career college basketball record of 140–149. In addition, he coached baseball at Tempe/Arizona State Teachers (1924–1926, 1928, 1930–1931) and at Arizona State Teacher's Flagstaff in 1959, tallying a career college baseball mark of 22–56–1.

McCreary played football, basketball, and baseball at Arizona State, known as Tempe Normal College when he starred on the football team as a back in 1914. He later earned a degree from the University of Arizona.[2] McCreary also coached track and field, skiing, and boxing, and assisted in football at Arizona State Teacher's Flagstaff before retiring in 1963. He is a member of the Northern Arizona University Athletics Hall of Fame.[3]

Head coaching record

Football

Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs
Tempe/Arizona State Bulldogs (Independent) (1923–1929)
1923 Tempe/Arizona State Teachers 4–2
1924 Tempe/Arizona State Teachers 6–1–1
1925 Tempe/Arizona State Teachers 6–2
1926 Tempe/Arizona State Teachers 4–1–1
1927 Tempe/Arizona State Teachers 2–3–1
1928 Tempe/Arizona State Teachers 3–2–1
1929 Tempe/Arizona State Teachers 0–6
Tempe/Arizona State Teachers: 25–17–4
Total: 25–17–4

References

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