Tom Skemp

American lawyer
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroAmerican lawyer
PlacesUnited States of America
wasAmerican football player Lawyer
Work fieldLaw Sports
Gender
Male
Birth25 August 1897, La Crosse, La Crosse County, Wisconsin, USA
Death22 May 1977 (aged 79 years)
Star signVirgo
Sports Teams
Wisconsin–La Crosse Eagles football
The details

Biography

Thomas H. Skemp (August 25, 1897 – May 22, 1977) was an American football, basketball, and baseball coach, college athletics administrator, and lawyer. He served as the head football coach at Saint Mary's College—now known as Saint Mary's University of Minnesota—in Winona, Minnesota from 1919 to 1932, compiling a record of 60–36–9. Skemp was also the head basketball coach at Saint Mary's from 1919 to 1928, amassing a record of 27–73, and the school's head baseball coach from 1924 to 1928, tallying a mark of 4–17.

Skemp was born on August 25, 1897, in La Crosse, Wisconsin. He graduated from La Crosse Central High School in 1913 and then attended La Crosse State Normal School—now known as University of Wisconsin–La Crosse, where he played college football before graduating in 1915.

Skemp began a law practice in La Crosse in 1928 and formed a partnership with Quincy Hale in 1936. He died on May 22, 1977, in La Crosse.

Head coaching record

Football

YearTeamOverallConferenceStandingBowl/playoffs
Saint Mary's Maroon and White (Independent)
1919Saint Mary's5–3
1920Saint Mary's1–6–1
1921Saint Mary's2–4–1
1922Saint Mary's4–2
1923Saint Mary's4–4–1
1924Saint Mary's4–1–3
1925Saint Mary's7–1
1926Saint Mary's4–4
1927Saint Mary's7–0
Saint Mary's Redmen (Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference)
1928Saint Mary's5–23–1T–1st
1929Saint Mary's6–1–13–0–11st
Saint Mary's Redmen (Independent)
1930Saint Mary's4–4
1931Saint Mary's3–2–2
1932Saint Mary's4–2
Saint Mary's:60–36–96–1–1
Total:60–36–9
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