Earl Wight
American college sports coach (1891–1973)
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Earl Hervie Wight (1891 – January 29, 1973) was an American college football, college basketball, and college baseball coach and athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Fresno State Normal School—now known as California State University, Fresno—in 1944, compiling a record of 0–6. Wight was also the head basketball coach at the University of California, Berkeley from 1920 to 1924, tallying a mark of 64–20. He was hired by Fresno State in 1924 as athletic director and served in that role until 1947.[1] Wight attended Pomona College in Claremont, California, where he played football, basketball, and baseball.[2] He also earned a master's degree from the University of California, Berkeley in 1920.[3]
Fresno, California, U.S.
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1891 |
| Died | January 29, 1973 (aged 82) Fresno, California, U.S. |
| Alma mater | UC Berkeley (M.A., 1920) |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1944 | Fresno State |
| Basketball | |
| 1919–1920 | California (freshmen) |
| 1920–1924 | California |
| Baseball | |
| 1944–1946 | Fresno State |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1924–1947 | Fresno State |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 0–6 (football) 64–20 (basketball) |
Wight died at age 82, on January 29, 1973, in Fresno, California.[4][5]
Head coaching record
Football
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fresno State Bulldogs (Independent) (1944) | |||||||||
| 1944 | Fresno State | 0–6 | |||||||
| Fresno State: | 0–6 | ||||||||
| Total: | 0–6 | ||||||||
