Aaron McCreary

American football, basketball, baseball player and coach, college athletic administrator
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroAmerican football, basketball, baseball player and coach, college athletic administrator
PlacesUnited States of America
isSports coach Basketball coach
Work fieldSports
Gender
Male
Birth15 September 1892, Winchester, Riverside County, California, USA
Star signVirgo
Education
University of Arizona
Sports Teams
Arizona State Sun Devils baseball
Arizona State Sun Devils men's basketball
The details

Biography

Aaron Monroe "Mac" McCreary (September 15, 1892 – ?) was an American football, basketball, and baseball player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Tempe State Teachers College, known at Arizona State Teachers College by 1929 and now called Arizona State University, compiling a career college football record of 25–17–4. McCreary was also the head basketball coach at Tempe/Arizona State Teachers from 1923 to 1930 and at Arizona State Teacher's College of Flagstaff, now Northern Arizona University, amassing a career college basketball record of 140–149. In addition, he coached baseball at Tempe/Arizona State Teachers (1924–1926, 1928, 1930–1931) and at Arizona State Teacher's Flagstaff.

McCreary played football, basketball, and baseball at Arizona State, known as Tempe Normal College when he starred on the football team as a back in 1914. He later earned a degree from the University of Arizona. McCreary also coached track and field, skiing, and boxing, and assisted in football at Arizona State Teacher's Flagstaff before retiring in 1963. He is a member of the Northern Arizona University Athletics Hall of Fame.

Head coaching record

Football

YearTeamOverallConferenceStandingBowl/playoffs
Tempe Normal Owls / Tempe State Bulldogs / Arizona State Bulldogs (Independent)
1923Tempe Normal4–2
1924Tempe Normal6–1–1
1925Tempe State6–2
1926Tempe State4–1–1
1927Tempe State2–3–1
1928Tempe State3–2–1
1929Arizona State0–6
Tempe Normal / Tempe State / Arizona State:25–17–4
Total:25–17–4
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