Chet Benefiel
American football and basketball coach (1907–1994)
Biographical details | |
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Born | (1907-03-08)March 8, 1907 Montgomery County, Kansas, U.S. |
Died | November 24, 1994(1994-11-24) (aged 87) Houston, Texas, U.S. |
Playing career | |
Football | |
1928–1931 | Tulsa |
Position(s) | Halfback |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1936–1938 | Tulsa (assistant) |
1939–1940 | Tulsa |
Basketball | |
1932–1939 | Tulsa |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 11–8–1 (football) 65–65 (basketball) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
Football 1 MVC (1940) | |
Chester James Benefiel (March 8, 1907 – November 24, 1994) was an American football and basketball coach. He played fullback for the Tulsa football team from 1928 to 1931 before becoming a coach.[1] He was the head basketball coach for the University of Tulsa from 1932 to 1939, compiling a 65–65 record.[2] He was also the head coach of the Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team during the 1939 and 1940 seasons, compiling an 11–8–1 record.[3] He resigned in December 1940.[4] In 1942, he was awarded a commission in the United States Navy.[5]
Head coaching record
Men's basketball
Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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Tulsa Golden Hurricane (Independent) (1932–1934) | |||||||||
1932–33 | Tulsa | 11–6 | |||||||
1933–34 | Tulsa | 6–8 | |||||||
Tulsa Golden Hurricane (Missouri Valley Conference) (1934–1939) | |||||||||
1934–35 | Tulsa | 6–10 | 3–9 | 7th | |||||
1935–36 | Tulsa | 6–14 | 3–9 | T–6th | |||||
1936–37 | Tulsa | 9–9 | 4–8 | 5th | |||||
1937–38 | Tulsa | 12–10 | 8–6 | 3rd | |||||
1938–39 | Tulsa | 15–8 | 8–6 | T–3rd | |||||
Tulsa: | 65–65 (.500) | 26–32 (.448) | |||||||
Total: | 65–65 (.500) |
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Football
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Tulsa Golden Hurricane (Missouri Valley Conference) (1939–1940) | |||||||||
1939 | Tulsa | 4–5–1 | 2–1–1 | 3rd | |||||
1940 | Tulsa | 7–3 | 4–0 | 1st | |||||
Tulsa: | 11–8–1 | 6–1–1 | |||||||
Total: | 11–8–1 | ||||||||
National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth |
References
- ^ "Chet Benefiel". University of Tulsa. Retrieved March 2, 2016.
- ^ "Chet Benefiel". SR/College Basketball. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 2, 2016.
- ^ "Chet Benefiel". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 2, 2016.
- ^ "Chet Benefiel Resigns as U of Tulsa Coach". The Milwaukee Journal. December 3, 1940.
- ^ "Chet Benefiel to Navy Training Soon". Miami (OK) Daily News-Record. July 5, 1942. p. 9.
- ^ "Mike Milligan". NCAA statistics. Retrieved January 15, 2024.
External links
- Chet Benefiel at Find a Grave
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Tulsa Golden Hurricane head football coaches
- Norman Leard (1895–1897)
- Fred Taylor (1898–1899)
- F. M. Whitmore (1900)
- Unknown (1901–1903)
- Samuel L. Morley (1904)
- F. R. Applegate (1905)
- Ben McCurtain (1906)
- No team (1907)
- Sam P. McBirney (1908)
- Harry Price (1909)
- Sam P. McBirney (1910)
- No team (1911)
- Harvey L. Allen (1912)
- George "Red" Evans (1913)
- Sam P. McBirney (1914–1916)
- Hal Mefford (1917)
- Arthur F. Smith (1918)
- Francis Schmidt (1919–1921)
- Howard Acher (1922–1924)
- Gus Henderson (1925–1935)
- Vic Hurt (1936–1938)
- Chet Benefiel (1939–1940)
- Henry Frnka (1941–1945)
- Buddy Brothers (1946–1952)
- Bernie Witucki (1953–1954)
- Bobby Dobbs (1955–1960)
- Glenn Dobbs (1961–1968)
- Vince Carillot (1969)
- Claude "Hoot" Gibson (1970–1972)
- F. A. Dry (1972–1976)
- John Cooper (1977–1984)
- Don Morton (1985–1986)
- George Henshaw (1987)
- David Rader (1988–1999)
- Pat Henderson # (1999)
- Keith Burns (2000–2002)
- Steve Kragthorpe (2003–2006)
- Todd Graham (2007–2010)
- Bill Blankenship (2011–2014)
- Philip Montgomery (2015–2022)
- Kevin Wilson (2023– )
# denotes interim head coach