Ed Peasley
American football player and coach
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Ed Peasley (born c. 1935)[1] is an American former football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Northern Arizona University from 1971 to 1974.
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | c. 1935 Mendota, Illinois, U.S. |
| Alma mater | University of Washington |
| Playing career | |
| 1956 | Compton |
| 1957–1959 | Washington |
| Position | End |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1961–1965 | Washington (assistant) |
| 1966–1967 | Stanford (assistant) |
| 1968–1969 | Stanford (DL) |
| 1970 | Stanford (LB) |
| 1971–1974 | Northern Arizona |
| 1975 | The Hawaiians (assistant) |
| 1976–1977 | Indio HS (CA) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 15–35 (college) |
High school
Peasley attended Mendota Township High School in Mendota, Illinois.[2]
College career
Peasley initially attended Compton Junior College, earning Little All-American honors at end and played in the Junior Rose Bowl in 1956.[3] Peasley was a letterman for the Washington Huskies at end from 1957 to 1959.[4]: 167
Coaching career
Peasley began his coaching career at Washington, coaching as an assistant from 1961 to 1965.[2][3] Peasley then coached at Stanford in a variety of roles from 1966 to 1970.[5] Northern Arizona University gave Peasley a head coaching role, where he served from 1971 to 1974,[6] compiling a 15–35 record.[7] After four losing seasons he was fired along, with four assistants, in November 1974.[1] Peasley joined The Hawaiians of the World Football League (WFL) as an assistant in 1975, the league's final season.[8] He served as a head football coach at Indio High School from 1976 to 1977.[9]
Head coaching record
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northern Arizona Lumberjacks (Big Sky Conference) (1971–1974) | |||||||||
| 1971 | Northern Arizona | 5–5 | 1–3 | 6th | |||||
| 1972 | Northern Arizona | 3–8 | 0–4 | 7th | |||||
| 1973 | Northern Arizona | 4–6 | 2–3 | 3rd | |||||
| 1974 | Northern Arizona | 3–6 | 2–3 | 5th | |||||
| Northern Arizona: | 15–25 | 5–13 | |||||||
| Total: | 15–25 | ||||||||
