Chester R. Stackhouse

Chester Ray "Stack" Stackhouse (August 8, 1905 – June 30, 1978) was an American football and track and field coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Lincoln University in Pennsylvania in 1948, Willamette University from 1949 to 1951, and Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania from 1953 to 1954, compiling a career college football coaching record of 21–29–3. Stackhouse was an assistant track coach at the University of Michigan from 1935 to 1941.[1] in 1952 he joined the football coaching staff at Stanford University as an assistant under head coach Chuck Taylor.[2]

Chester R. Stackhouse

Biographical details
Born	August 8, 1905 Nankin, Ohio
Died	June 30, 1978 (aged 72) Turner, Oregon
Playing career
Football
1927–1928	Central Michigan / Central State
Basketball
1927–1929	Central Michigan / Central State
Track
c. 1928	Central Michigan / Central State
Position(s)	Center (football)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
c. 1930	Saginaw HS (MI)
1948	Lincoln (PA)
1949–1951	Willamette
1952	Stanford (assistant)
1953–1954	Slippery Rock
Track
c. 1930	Saginaw HS (MI)
1935–1941	Michigan (assistant)
1949–1952	Willamette
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1947–1949	Lincoln (PA)
1949–1952	Willamette
Head coaching record
Overall	21–29–3 (college football)

Stackhouse was born on August 8, 1905 in Nankin, Ohio. He died on June 30, 1978 at his farm in Turner, Oregon.[3] His daughter, Ann Rule, was an author of true crime books.[4]

Head coaching record

College football

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
Lincoln Lions (Colored Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1948)
1948	Lincoln	6–4	4–2	3rd
Lincoln:		6–4	4–2
Willamette Bearcats (Northwest Conference) (1949–1951)
1949	Willamette	3–6	1–4	5th
1950	Willamette	4–4–2	1–4	T–5th
1951	Willamette	3–5	1–4	5th
Willamette:		10–15–2	3–12
Slippery Rock (Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference) (1953–1954)
1953	Slippery Rock	4–3–1
1954	Slippery Rock	1–7
Slippery Rock:		5–10–1
Total:		21–29–3

References

1. "Stackhouse Is Bearcat Boss". Herald and News. Klamath Falls, Oregon. Associated Press. June 20, 1949. p. 8. Retrieved August 3, 2018 – via Newspapers.com .
2. Kowitz, Chris, Jr. (September 17, 1952). "Stackhouse Coaching at Stanford; Ex-Bearcat Football Boss Now Aide to Chuck Taylor". Capital Journal. Salem, Oregon. p. 10. Retrieved August 3, 2018 – via Newspapers.com .
3. "WU Relays founder C.R. Stackhouse dies at 72". Statesman Journal. Salem, Oregon. July 2, 1978. p. 1D. Retrieved August 3, 2018 – via Newspapers.com .
4. "Chester Stackhouse". Statesman Journal. Salem, Oregon. July 2, 1978. p. 3C. Retrieved August 3, 2018 – via Newspapers.com .

External links

• Chester R. Stackhouse at Find a Grave