Celebrating 100+ Years of Exercise & Nutritional Sciences at San Diego State Sports Legends SDSU Physical Education (ENS) Faculty & Alumni Compiled by: Ronald V. Josephson, Margo Kasch, & J.E. Lindsay Carter SDSU PE (ENS) Faculty & Alumni as Sports Legends* Table of Contents (pdf file) Page # Cover 1 Table of Contents 2 1. SDSU PE Faculty: College Football Hall of Fame 3-4 2. SDSU PE Faculty: Pro Football Hall of Fame 5-6 3. SDSU PE Alumni: Major League Baseball Hall of Fame 7 4. SDSU PE (ENS) Faculty & Alumni: San Diego State Aztecs Hall of Fame 8-15 5. SDSU PE Alumni: USA Track & Field Hall of Fame 16 6. Other SDSU PE/ENS Faculty & Alumni: Athletic Achievements 17-25 Addendum 26-27 * Note: This is a work in progress and should not be considered complete. Privacy Laws limit access to Alumni records, so only a few Alumni are included. 1. SDSU Physical Education Faculty inducted to the College Football Hall of Fame Source: http://www.footballfoundation.org/Programs/CollegeFootballHallofFame/SearchDet ail.aspx?id=40005 Paul Governali (as college football player at Columbia) SDSU Physical Education Faculty inducted to the College Football Hall of Fame Source: http://www.footballfoundation.org/Programs/CollegeFootballHallofFame/SearchDet ail.aspx?id=60092 Don Coryell (as Head Football Coach at SDSU) 2. SDSU Physical Education Faculty inducted to the The Pro Football Hall of Fame Source: http://www.profootballhof.com/hof/member.aspx?PlayerId=255&print=y Note: Before coaching in Oakland, Madden was the defensive coordinator (1964-1966) under Don Coryell at San Diego State where the Aztecs were ranked first among small colleges with a 26-4 record. Source: http://www.profootballhof.com/hof/member.aspx?PlayerId=74 Note: Joe Gibbs received his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Physical Education from San Diego State where he played football (1961-63) and served as Graduate Assistant (1964) and Assistant Football Coach (1965-66) under Don Coryell. 3. SDSU PE Student Doug Harvey was inducted to the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame in 2010 Source: http://baseballhall.org/hof/harvey-doug 4. PE/ENS Faculty Coaches (Athletic Directors) and Students/Alumni inducted to the San Diego State Aztec Hall of Fame Sources: http://library.sdsu.edu/find/digital-collections and http://www.goaztecs.com/trads/SDSU-classes-hof.html PE Faculty Coaches (Athletic Directors) Inducted Alphabetical Listing (all descriptions taken directly from the goaztecs.com website) : Don Coryell Football Head Coach (1961-72) Hall of Fame Class of 1988 The winningest coach in Aztec history with a record of 104-19-2...Brought San Diego State to national prominence...Won three bowls, three national championships and coached two unbeaten and untied teams...Had winning streaks of 31 and 25 games...First coach to win 100 games at the college and pro levels, where he coached the Chargers and Cardinals...A member of the College Football Hall of Fame. Joe Gibbs Football Player (1961-63), Football Assistant Coach (1965-66) Hall of Fame Class of 2002 Joe Gibbs was an Aztec football letterman in 1961-62-63. He then spent two years as a graduate assistant and one year as a full-time assistant under former San Diego State head coach Don Coryell. During Gibbs' stay on Montezuma Mesa the Aztecs never lost more than two games in a season and in 1966 San Diego State posted a perfect 11-0 record. From 1981 to 1992, Gibbs served as head coach of the Washington Redskins, where he posted a 140-65 record. In 1992, he became just the third coach in NFL history to win three Super Bowls. He left the NFL to head up the NASCAR team of Joe Gibbs Racing in Huntersville, N.C. Claude Gilbert Football Assistant or Head Coach (1967-80) Hall of Fame Class of 2004 Claude Gilbert's affiliation with San Diego State dates back to 1967 when he coached on Montezuma Mesa under Don Coryell. He was on Coryell's staff from 1967 to 1972 during the most successful era in SDSU football history. When Coryell left San Diego State for the NFL, Gilbert took over as head coach from 1973 to 1980 and became the second winningest coach in Aztec history, behind only Coryell. His record was 61-26-2. He returned to the school in 1995 and served as defensive coordinator until his retirement following the 1999 season. Morris Gross Football, Men’s Basketball, & Baseball Player; Men’s Basketball Coach Hall of Fame Class of 1989 Won nine varsity letters in three sports...Served as football and baseball team captain...Served as an assistant football coach and head coach for basketball and baseball...Won six conference basketball titles, the most by an Aztec coach...Coached the Aztecs to three straight NAIA national championship games, including the 1941 champions...Served as Director of Athletics from 1935-1941. Jay Gutowski Football Player (1953-56); Assistant Football Coach (1963-64) Hall of Fame Class of 2007 The third Aztec offensive lineman in the 2007 Hall of Fame class, the late Jay Gutowski was a four-year letterman for SDSU from 1953-56. He is the Aztecs' only two-time Little All-America honoree, doing so in both 1955 and 1956. Gutowski earned the team's Byron Chase Trophy as the best lineman his final two seasons and later served as an assistant football coach under Don Coryell in 1963 and 1964. He was also an assistant baseball coach under Jim Dietz and served as a faculty member in the physical education department at SDSU for 25 years. O. Kenneth Karr, Jr. Director of Athletics (1969-78) Hall of Fame Class of 2012 Appointed in July 1969, was the first athletic director to manage the athletic department as a major university enterprise and not just as a part of academics, which had been the case since the "modern" sports program were established in 1921 ... Drew up the initial major college schedules for football and basketball, securing game contracts with "major" conference institutions ... Negotiated the Aztecs move into the Western Athletic Conference ... In charge of the University's transition of the women's intercollegiate sports program from the old WAA into Athletics ... Helped SDSU gain membership into the exclusive College Football Association and its lucrative television contacts, a difficult undertaking in the 70's ... Responsible for securing the 1974 NCAA Men's Basketball Final Four and obtaining the NCAA certification for the first Holiday Bowl. Fred Miller Director of Athletics (1985-95) Hall of Fame Class of 2010 Served as athletic director at San Diego State (1985-95), Arizona State (1971-85) and Long Beach State (1967-71) ... While at SDSU, served on the NCAA's TV Committee, Committee on Committees and the Volleyball Tournament and Rules Committee ... Chaired the NCAA Medical Aspects of Sports and Competitive Safeguards as well as the NCAA High School All-Star Committee ... Also served as the chief administrative officer for a variety of NCAA regional and national championships ... Instrumental in gaining student support to build the Aztec Recreation Center and Viejas Arena ... Initiated corporate sponsorship program to fund scholarships ... A driving force behind the development of the MPSF ... Scheduled several top football opponents, including Miami, Oklahoma, Minnesota and Cal ... 2007 NACDA Corbett Award Winner - highest honor given to collegiate athletics administrator ... Past NACDA president and executive committee member ... Long Beach State, Arizona State and NACDA Hall of Fame inductee ... Helped found the Pacific Coast Athletic Association (now Big West) and helped in LBSU's move from college to university division ... Introduced 10 women's sports and took on several facility renovations or developments as athletic director at Arizona State beginning in 1971 ... In 1980, acted as the primary negotiator for ESPN's contracts with NCAA football games ... Was a founding member of the Fiesta Bowl ... College of the Pacific graduate, who played pro football with the Washington Redskins and in the CFL ... Master's degree from USC and doctorate from Indiana. Charles E. Peterson Football Head Coach (1921-29), Men’s Basketball Head Coach (1921-26), Men’s Track & Field Head Coach (1922-46), Dean of Men (1928-53) Hall of Fame Class of 1988 The "Grand old man of San Diego State"...Was the first Aztec football coach and finished with a 44-31-4 mark...Carved out a 71-30 mark as head basketball coach...Led the Aztec track team to seven conference titles during his 25-year career...Was the Dean of Men from 1928 to 1953...The on-campus gym bears his name...He died in 1959. Bill Schutte Football Head Coach (1947-55) Hall of Fame Class of 1994 Was 48-36-4 as the Aztec boss...Coached the school to its first-ever bowl, the 1948 Harbor Bowl...Led the 1951 Aztecs to a 10-0-1 record that included a Pineapple Bowl win over Hawaii by a 34-13 count...Coached SDSU to a pair of conference titles...A graduate of San Diego High School. Frank Scott Men’s Golf Head Coach (1948-83) Hall of Fame Class of 1995 Coached SDSU squads to a 417-105 dual mark and suffered through just one losing season in 36 years...Led SDSU to eight conference titles...Finished among the top three in conference play 34 times in 36 years...Enjoyed a 65-match winning streak...Coached 52 future professionals at State, including Lennie Clements, Gene Littler and Craig Stadler. Charlie Smith Baseball Head Coach (1934-64) Hall of Fame Class of 1992 Impacted SDSU in many ways...Earned 12 varsity letters, including four each in football, basketball and baseball...Had stints as the University's assistant football coach and head coach in basketball and baseball...Led the baseball team to the 1958 NAIA national championship...Also served as Director of Athletics from 1947 to 1954.