Percy Snell
American football, basketball, and baseball coach
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
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Football | |
1926–1938 | Aurora |
Basketball | |
1926–1932 | Aurora |
1946–1947 | Quincy |
Baseball | |
1926–1937 | Aurora |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 36–45–11 (football) 32–62 (basketball) 25–43 (baseball) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
Football 1 Tri-State (1934) | |
Percy Snell was an American football, basketball, and baseball coach. He served as the head football coach at Aurora University from 1926 to 1938.[1]
Snell was also the head basketball coach at Aurora from 1926 to 1932, where he compiled a record of 19–53,[2] and later for one year at Quincy University where his teams went 13–9 during the 1946–47 season.[3]
In addition, Snell was the head baseball coach at Aurora from 1926 to 1932, posting a record of 25–43 as that program's first ever coach.[4]
The baseball field that Aurora University played their home games at for nearly 50 years was named in his honor.[5]
Head coaching record
Football
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Aurora Spartans (Independent) (1926–1933) | |||||||||
1926 | Aurora | 3–1–1 | |||||||
1927 | Aurora | 2–4–1 | |||||||
1928 | Aurora | 1–5–1 | |||||||
1929 | Aurora | 4–3–1 | |||||||
1930 | Aurora | 2–6 | |||||||
1931 | Aurora | 4–2–1 | |||||||
1932 | Aurora | 1–4–1 | |||||||
1933 | Aurora | 5–1–1 | |||||||
Aurora Spartans (Tri-State Intercollegiate Conference) (1934–1938) | |||||||||
1934 | Aurora | 5–2–2 | 3–1 | T–1st | |||||
1935 | Aurora | 3–2–2 | 3–1–1 | T–2nd | |||||
1936 | Aurora | 4–3 | 3–1 | ||||||
1937 | Aurora | 2–6 | 1–3 | ||||||
1938 | Aurora | 0–6 | 0–4 | ||||||
Aurora: | 36–45–11 | 10–10–1 | |||||||
Total: | 36–45–11 | ||||||||
National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth |
References
- ^ "Year-by-Year Coach and Captains". Retrieved January 6, 2018.
- ^ "Aurora Basketball Media Guide" (pdf). 2004. Retrieved January 6, 2018.
- ^ "Men's Basketball History". quhawks.com. Retrieved January 6, 2018.
- ^ "Aurora Baseball Media Guide" (pdf). 2004. Retrieved January 6, 2018.
- ^ "AU Historical Timeline". aurora.edu. Retrieved January 6, 2018.
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Aurora Spartans head football coaches
- Unknown (1900–1901)
- No team (1902–1911)
- Unknown (1912)
- Sanders (1913–1914)
- No team (1915–1923)
- Unknown (1924)
- Allen LeMay (1925)
- Percy Snell (1926–1938)
- Maurice Bugbee (1939–1941)
- LaVerne Gilkey (1946–1950)
- Carl Selin (1951–1952)
- No team (1953–1985)
- Jim Scott (1986–2004)
- Rich Duncan (2005–2011)
- Mark Walsh (2012–2013)
- Rick Ponx (2014–2018)
- Don Beebe (2019– )