John Stiegman, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

John Stiegman

American football player and coach

Date of Birth: 16-Dec-1922

Place of Birth: Princeton, New Jersey, United States

Date of Death: 31-Oct-2006

Profession: head coach

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius


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About John Stiegman

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  • Stiegman (December 16, 1922 – October 31, 2006) was an American football player, coach, and college athletics administrator.
  • He served as the head football coach at Rutgers University (1956–1959), the University of Pennsylvania (1960–1964) and Iowa Wesleyan College (1973), compiling a career college football record of 37–53. Stiegman was born in Princeton, New Jersey, and attended Williams College.
  • He played tackle on the Williams College football team and was also a member of the hockey, lacrosse and swimming teams at Williams.
  • He graduated from Williams in 1944.Stiegman was an assistant football coach, freshman hockey coach at Princeton University from 1946 to 1955.
  • He was the head football coach at Rutgers from 1956 to 1959 where he compiled a record of 22 wins and 15 losses.
  • Rutgers posted an 8–1 record in 1958.
  • In 1960, Stiegman became the head football coach at Penn.
  • He was the head coach at Penn through the 1964 season and compiled a record of 12 wins and 33 losses.
  • He was removed as head coach at Penn after his fifth straight losing season.Stiegman was an assistant coach at the University of Pittsburgh in 1965.
  • He was hired by Iowa Wesleyan College in 1967 to assist in building a new athletic complex, and became the school's athletic director in 1970.
  • He also served as the defensive coordinator of the football team from 1970 to 1972 and took over as head football coach in 1973.
  • He led Iowa Wesleyan to a record of 3–5 in his only season as head football coach.
  • In 1974, he left Iowa Wesleyan to accept a position as an assistant football coach at the United States Military Academy.

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