Biographical details | |
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Born | Zachotín, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary | January 18, 1874
Died | August 10, 1955 Los Angeles, California, U.S. | (aged 81)
Playing career | |
Football | |
c. 1900 | Beloit |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1902 | Doane |
1903–1904 | Bellevue (NE) |
1905 | Huron |
1907 | Dickinson |
1910 | South Dakota |
1911–1915 | Occidental |
1916–1917 | Oregon State Beavers football |
1921–1923 | Occidental |
Basketball | |
1910–1911 | South Dakota |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 50–35–3 (football) 7–3 (basketball) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
Football 1 SCC (1915) | |
Joseph Amos Pipal (January 18, 1874 – August 10, 1955) was an American football, basketball, and track and field coach. He served as the head football coach at Doane College (1902), Huron University in 1905,[1] Dickinson College (1907), the University of South Dakota (1910), Occidental College (1911–1915, 1921–1923), and Oregon State University (1916–1917), compiling a career college football record of 50–35–3. Pipal was credited with devising lateral pass and mud cleats for football shoes[2] and in 1934 wrote a book titled The lateral pass technique and strategy.[3]
Born in Zachotín, Austria-Hungary, Pipal attended Beloit College, the University of Chicago, and Yale University. He died on August 10, 1955, of a heart attack at his home in Los Angeles, California.[4]
Pipal was the seventh head football coach at Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania and he held that position for the 1907 season.[5] His overall coaching record at Dickinson was 2–6–1.[6]
Pipal coached for one year at the University of South Dakota in Vermillion, South Dakota for the 1910 season, the fourth coach on record at the school.[7] His record was 5–2.[8]
In 1916, Pipal took over as the head coach of Oregon State Beavers football, known then as Oregon Agriculutural College.[9] In his first season as the head coach, Pipal coached the team to a 4–5 record. This season marked the first time Oregon State played the Nebraska Cornhuskers (on October 21 in Portland, Oregon) and the first road trip to Los Angeles, California to play the USC Trojans. OAC came up short against Nebraska, 17–7, but defeated the Trojans, 16–7.[10] Pipal's second season at OAC saw the team go 4–2–1, outscoring their opponents 83–33.[10]
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Doane Tigers (Independent) (1902) | |||||||||
1902 | Doane | 2–3 | |||||||
Doane: | 2–3 | ||||||||
Dickinson (Independent) (1907) | |||||||||
1907 | Dickinson | 3–6–1 | |||||||
Dickinson: | 2–6–1 | ||||||||
South Dakota Coyotes (Independent) (1910) | |||||||||
1910 | South Dakota | 5–2 | |||||||
South Dakota: | 5–2 | ||||||||
Occidental Tigers (Independent) (1911–1914) | |||||||||
1911 | Occidental | 2–1 | |||||||
1912 | Occidental | 4–1 | |||||||
1913 | Occidental | 5–1 | |||||||
1914 | Occidental | 4–3 | |||||||
Occidental Tigers (Southern California Conference) (1915) | |||||||||
1915 | Occidental | 7–1 | 4–0 | 1st | |||||
Oregon State Beavers football (Pacific Coast Conference) (1916–1917) | |||||||||
1916 | Oregon Agricultural | 4–5 | 0–2 | 3rd | |||||
1917 | Oregon State University football team | 4–2–1 | 1–2–1 | 3rd | |||||
Oregon State University: | 8–7–1 | 1–4–1 | |||||||
Occidental Tigers (Southern California Conference) (1921–1923) | |||||||||
1921 | Occidental | 2–4–1 | 2–2–1 | T–3rd | |||||
1922 | Occidental | 5–3 | 4–1 | 2nd | |||||
1923 | Occidental | 4–3 | 3–2 | 3rd | |||||
Occidental: | 33–17–1 | 13–5–1 | |||||||
Total: | 50–35–3 | ||||||||
National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth |