Wilbur V. Hubbard
American football, basketball, baseball, and golf coach
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1907-02-05)February 5, 1907 San Jose, California, U.S. |
| Died | January 2, 1986(1986-01-02) (aged 78) Placerville, California, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1925–1928 | San Jose State |
| Basketball | |
| 1925–1929 | San Jose State |
| Position(s) | Quarterback (football), guard (basketball) |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1947–1949 | San Jose State |
| Basketball | |
| 1935–1940 | San Jose State |
| 1944–1945 | San Jose State |
| Baseball | |
| 1933–1934 | San Jose State |
| Golf | |
| 1948 | San Jose State |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1950–1960 | San Jose State |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 36–11–1 (football) 65–57 (basketball) 18–12–1 (baseball) |
| Bowls | 2–0 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| Football 3 CCAA (1946, 1948–1949) Golf 1 NCAA (1948) | |
Wilbur Virgil "Bill" Hubbard (February 5, 1907 – January 2, 1986) was an American football, basketball, baseball, and golf coach.
Playing career
San Jose State
Hubbard was an outstanding athlete at San Jose State University. He lettered four times as a quarterback in football and four times as a guard on the school's basketball team.
Stanford
Hubbard transferred to Stanford University in 1930 with the hopes of playing on the school's football team, but he was ruled ineligible due to playing for four years at San Jose State.[1]
Coaching career
Hubbard returned to his San Jose State to coach a number of sports, including being the head football (1947–1949),[2] basketball (1935–1940, 1944–1945),[3] and baseball coach.[citation needed]
Perhaps his most notable achievement was leading the San Jose State men's golf team to a national championship in 1948.[4]
Death
Hubbard suffered a stroke on December 24, 1985, at his home in Shingle Spring, California. He died on January 2, 1986, at a hospital in Placerville, California.[5]
Head coaching record
Football
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Jose State Spartans (California Collegiate Athletic Association) (1946–1947) | |||||||||
| 1946 | San Jose State | 9–1–1 | 4–0 | 1st | W Raisin | ||||
| 1947 | San Jose State | 9–3 | 3–2 | 2nd | |||||
| 1948 | San Jose State | 9–3 | 5–0 | 1st | |||||
| 1949 | San Jose State | 9–4 | 4–0 | 1st | W Raisin | ||||
| San Jose State: | 36–11–1 | 16–2 | |||||||
| Total: | 36–11–1 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth | |||||||||
References
- ^ Kullmann, Leonard (February 14, 1930). "Wilbur Hubbard, Versatile All-Around Athlete From San Jose, Is Ineligible". Stanford Daily. Stanford University. Retrieved September 15, 2019.
- ^ "The Rattle of Theta Chi". Theta Chi Fraternity. 1948. Retrieved September 8, 2019.
- ^ "Wilbur Hubbard". Sports-Reference College Basketball. Retrieved September 15, 2019.
- ^ "Men's Golf". NCAA. Retrieved September 15, 2019.
- ^ "Ex-SJS coach Hubbard Dies". Times Tribune. Palo Alto, California. January 4, 1986. p. F4. Retrieved August 23, 2023 – via Newspapers.com
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San Jose State Spartans starting quarterbacks
- Wilbur V. Hubbard (1925–1928)
- Roy Zimmerman (1938–1939)
- Deward Tornell (1940)
- Allen Hardisty (1941)
- Jim Jackson (1947)
- Chuck Hughes (1948)
- Gene Menges (1948–1950)
- Lynn Aplanalp (1951–1952)
- Larry Rice (1953)
- Benny Pierce (1954)
- Tony Teresa (1955)
- Bob Reinhart (1956)
- Dick Vermeil (1957)
- Emmett Lee (1958–1959)
- Mike Jones (1960)
- Chon Gallegos (1961)
- Rand Carter (1962–1963)
- Ken Berry (1964–1965)
- Danny Holman (1966–1967)
- Russ Munson (1968)
- Ivan Lippi (1969–1970)
- Gary Tomasso (1970)
- Dave Ellis (1971)
- Craig Kimball (1972–1974)
- Roger Profitt (1975)
- Steve DeBerg (1976)
- Ed Luther (1977–1979)
- Steve Clarkson (1980–1982)
- Jon Carlson (1983, 1985)
- Bob Frasco (1984)
- Doug Allen (1985)
- Mike Perez (1986–1987)
- Ken Lutz (1988)
- Matt Veatch (1989, 1991)
- Ralph Martini (1989–1990)
- Jeff Garcia (1991–1993)
- Alli Abrew (1994–1995)
- Brent Evans (1994)
- Carl Dean (1995–1996)
- Brian Vye (1997–1998)
- Dan O'Dell (1997)
- Chris Kasteler (1997–1999)
- Marcus Arroyo (1998, 2000–2001)
- Clint Carlson (2001)
- Scott Rislov (2002–2003)
- Dale Rogers (2004)
- Adam Tafralis (2004–2007)
- Myles Eden (2008)
- Kyle Reed (2008–2009)
- Sean Flynn (2008)
- Jordan La Secla (2009–2010)
- Matt Faulkner (2011)
- Dasmen Stewart (2011)
- David Fales (2012–2013)
- Blake Jurich (2014)
- Joe Gray (2014–2015)
- Mitch Ravizza (2014)
- Kenny Potter (2015–2016)
- Josh Love (2016–2019)
- Montel Aaron (2017–2018)
- Michael Carillo (2018)
- Nick Starkel (2020–2021)
- Nick Nash (2021)
- Chevan Cordeiro (2022–2023)
