 Thacker pictured in The Forester 1917, Lake Forest yearbook | |
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | September 13, 1880 Michigan, U.S. |
| Died | April 12, 1962 (aged 81) |
| Alma mater | Olivet College (B.A., 1909) |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1907 | Central Michigan |
| 1912 | Nebraska State Normal |
| 1913–1914 | Wyoming |
| 1915 | Lake Forest |
| Basketball | |
| 1911–1913 | Nebraska State Normal |
| 1913–1915 | Wyoming |
| 1915–1916 | Lake Forest |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 7–22–2 (football) 24–17 (basketball) |
Ralph William Thacker (September 13, 1880 – April 12, 1962) was an American college football and college basketball coach. He served as the head football coach at Central Michigan University in 1907, at Nebraska State Normal School—now known as Peru State College—in 1912, the University of Wyoming from 1913 to 1914, and Lake Forest College in 1915, compiling a career college football coaching record of 7–22–2. Thacker was also the head basketball Nebraska State Normal from 1911 to 1913, at Wyoming from 1913 to 1915, and at Lake Forest for the 1915–16 season. Thacker died on April 12, 1962.[1]
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central Michigan Normalites (Independent) (1907) | |||||||||
| 1907 | Central Michigan | 2–4 | |||||||
| Central Michigan: | 2–4 | ||||||||
| Nebraska State Normal () (1912) | |||||||||
| 1912 | Nebraska State Normal | 2–4–2 | |||||||
| Nebraska State Normal: | 2–4–2 | ||||||||
| Wyoming Cowboys (Rocky Mountain Conference) (1913–1914) | |||||||||
| 1913 | Wyoming | 0–5 | 0–5 | 7th | |||||
| 1914 | Wyoming | 1–5 | 0–5 | 8th | |||||
| Wyoming: | 1–10 | 0–10 | |||||||
| Lake Forest Foresters (Little Five Conference) (1915) | |||||||||
| 1915 | Lake Forest | 2–4 | |||||||
| Lake Forest: | 2–4 | ||||||||
| Total: | 7–22–2 | ||||||||
