Vin Eustis
American football and basketball coach (1893–1970)
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Alvin Allen "Vin" Eustis (November 3, 1893 – January 17, 1970) was an American college football and college basketball coach and athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at State Normal School at Cheney—now known as Eastern Washington University—from 1920 to 1926, compiling a record of 24–25–1. Eustis was also the head basketball coach at Cheney Normal from 1919 to 1917, tallying a mark of 106–44, and the school's athletic director from 1920 to 1927.
Beloit, Wisconsin, U.S.
Oakland, California, U.S.
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | November 3, 1893 Beloit, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Died | January 17, 1970 (aged 76) Oakland, California, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1912 | Pomona |
| 1913–1914 | Washington State |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1920–1926 | Cheney Normal |
| Basketball | |
| 1919–1927 | Cheney Normal |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1920–1927 | Cheney Normal |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 24–25–1 (football) 106–44 (basketball) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| Football 4 Spokane / Columbia Valley (1921, 1923–1925) 1 Tri-Normal (1925) | |
Eustis was born November 3, 1893, in Beloit, Wisconsin, to George H. and Anna Elizabeth (Reynolds) Eustis. He played football at Pomona College and the State College of Washington—now known as Washington State University. He graduated from Washington State with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1915.[1] Eustis died on January 17, 1970, at a hospital in Oakland, California, following an illness of four months.[2]
Head coaching record
Football
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cheyney Normal / Cheyney Normal Savages (Spokane Intercollegiate Conference) (1920–1921) | |||||||||
| 1920 | Cheyney Normal | 5–2 | 5–2 | 2nd | |||||
| 1921 | Cheyney Normal | 3–3 | 3–0 | 1st | |||||
| Cheyney Normal / Cheyney Normal Savages (Spokane Intercollegiate Conference / Columbia Valley Conference / Tri-Normal Conference) (1922–1923) | |||||||||
| 1922 | Cheyney Normal | 1–5 | 1–2 / 0–1 | 3rd / T–2nd | |||||
| 1923 | Cheyney Normal | 5–2 | 3–0 / 1–1 | 1st / 2nd | |||||
| 1924 | Cheyney Normal | 3–4–1 | 2–0–1 / 1–1 | T–1st / 2nd | |||||
| 1925 | Cheyney Normal | 6–3 | 3–0 / 2–0 | 1st / 1st | |||||
| Cheyney Normal Savages (Tri-Normal Conference) (1926) | |||||||||
| 1926 | Cheyney Normal | 1–6 | 0–2 | 3rd | |||||
| Cheyney Normal: | 24–25–1 | 21–9–1 | |||||||
| Total: | 24–25–1 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth | |||||||||
