Ernie McCoy (athletic director), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Ernie McCoy (athletic director)

American college basketball player, college basketball coach, college athletic director

Date of Birth: 05-Jun-1905

Place of Birth: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Date of Death: 01-May-1983

Profession: basketball player, basketball coach, baseball player

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Ernest B.
McCoy (July 20, 1904 – September 16, 1980) was an All-American basketball player at the University of Michigan from 1927 to 1929.
After graduating, he spent his entire professional career in college athletics, serving as the athletic director at Penn State (1952–1970), the athletic director at the University of Miami (1971–1973), and a basketball coach (1949–1952), assistant football coach, and assistant athletic director (1946–1952) at Michigan.
He is most remembered as the athletic director who hired Joe Paterno as head football coach at Penn State in 1966.