Alexander Petersen Jr. (July 20, 1924 – June 23, 2014)[1] was an American football coach, basketball coach and basketball player. He played basketball at Oregon State University, and while studying for his doctorate at Columbia University, he played a little basketball in the American League and the Eastern Basketball League of Connecticut. He returned to Oregon after finishing his doctorate. He was served as the head football coach at Southern Oregon College of Education—now known as Southern Oregon University—in Ashland, Oregon for three seasons, from 1952 to 1954. His record at Southern Oregon was 8–14.[2]
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | July 20, 1924 Coquille, Oregon, U.S. |
| Died | June 23, 2014 (aged 89) Corvallis, Oregon, U.S. |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1952–1954 | Southern Oregon |
| Basketball | |
| 1955–1956 | Southern Oregon |
| 1975–1976 | Southern Oregon |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 8–14 (football) 19–29 (basketball) |
Head coaching record
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edit| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southern Oregon Red Raiders (Far Western Conference) (1952–1953) | |||||||||
| 1952 | Southern Oregon | 3–5 | 0–3 | 5th | |||||
| 1953 | Southern Oregon | 3–4 | 0–3 | 5th | |||||
| Southern Oregon Red Raiders (Oregon Collegiate Conference) (1954) | |||||||||
| 1954 | Southern Oregon | 2–5 | 2–2 | T–3rd | |||||
| Southern Oregon: | 8–14 | 2–8 | |||||||
| Total: | 8–14 | ||||||||
References
edit- ^ "Peach Basket Society Article". Retrieved October 4, 2018.
- ^ DeLassus, David. "Southern Oregon Coaching Records". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 20, 2011. Retrieved November 4, 2010.
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