Ned McGehee
American football and baseball coach and college athletics administrator
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Edward Larned McGehee III (April 9, 1907 – March 3, 1989) was an American football and baseball coach and college athletics administrator. He was the sixth head football coach at the Southeastern Louisiana University and held that position for five seasons, from 1946 until 1950. His coaching record at Southeastern Louisiana was 25–20–3. McGehee was also the head baseball coach at Southeastern Louisiana for one season, in 1949, tallying a mark of 7–11. He was the school's athletic director from 1946 to 1971.
Hammond, Louisiana, U.S.
Hammond, Louisiana, U.S.
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | April 9, 1907 Hammond, Louisiana, U.S. |
| Died | March 3, 1989 (aged 81) Hammond, Louisiana, U.S. |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1946–1950 | Southeastern Louisiana |
| Baseball | |
| 1949 | Southeastern Louisiana |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1946–1971 | Southeastern Louisiana |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 25–20–3 (football) 7–11 (baseball) |
| Bowls | 1–0 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| Football 1 LIC (1946) | |
McGehee died on March 3, 1989, at his home in Hammond, Louisiana.[1] A road on the Southeastern Louisiana University campus was dedicated in his honour in 2012.[2]
Head coaching record
Football
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southeastern Louisiana Lions (Louisiana Intercollegiate Conference) (1946–1947) | |||||||||
| 1946 | Southeastern Louisiana | 9–0 | 4–0 | 1st | W Burley Bowl | ||||
| 1947 | Southeastern Louisiana | 3–5–1 | 2–3 | 4th | |||||
| Southeastern Louisiana Lions (Gulf States Conference) (1948–1950) | |||||||||
| 1948 | Southeastern Louisiana | 3–6–1 | 0–5 | 6th | |||||
| 1949 | Southeastern Louisiana | 4–5–1 | 1–2–1 | 4th | |||||
| 1950 | Southeastern Louisiana | 6–4 | 2–3 | T–4th | |||||
| Southeastern Louisiana: | 25–20–3 | 9–13–1 | |||||||
| Total: | 25–20–3 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth | |||||||||
