Red Blair

Red Blair
Biographical details

Sport(s)	Football, basketball
Born	(1900-02-21)February 21, 1900 Mount Vernon, Ohio
Died	November 30, 1947(1947-11-30) (aged 47) near Springfield, Missouri
Playing career
Football
1920–1922	Ohio State
Basketball
1921–1923	Ohio State
Position(s)	Halfback (football)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1927–1935	Akron
1937	Ohio State (assistant)
1938–1946	Southwest Missouri State
Basketball
1927–1936	Akron
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1938–1947	Southwest Missouri State
Head coaching record
Overall	82–50–12 (football) 89–40 (basketball)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Football 1 MIAA (1940) Basketball 1 OAC (1934)

Howard Holt "Red" Blair (February 21, 1900 – November 30, 1947)^[1] was an American football and basketball player, coach, and college athletics administrator in Ohio and Missouri. He served as the head football coach of the University of Akron from 1927 to 1935 and at Southwest Missouri State College—now known as Missouri State University—from 1938 to 1946, compiling a career college football record of 82–50–12. Blair was also the head coach of Akron Zips men's basketball team from 1927 to 1936, tallying a mark of 89–40. Blair grew up in Mount Vernon, Ohio and played football and basketball at Ohio State University. He was a member of the 1920 Ohio State Buckeyes football team that played in the Rose Bowl. Blair died on November 30, 1947 at his farm near Springfield, Missouri.^[2]

Head coaching record

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
Akron Zippers (Ohio Athletic Conference) (1927–1935)
1927	Akron	5–3	4–3	11th
1928	Akron	5–4	3–4	T–6th
1929	Akron	9–1	7–1	4th
1930	Akron	7–1	5–1	2nd
1931	Akron	1–7	0–6	T–17th
1932	Akron	2–4–3	1–4–3	13th
1933	Akron	5–3–1	5–2–1	3rd
1934	Akron	3–4–1	3–4	T–12th
1935	Akron	6–3	6–3	T–4th
Akron:		43–30–5	34–28–4
Southwest Missouri State Bears (Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1938–1946)
1938	Southwest Missouri State	5–2–2	2–2–1	3rd
1939	Southwest Missouri State	7–1–1	3–1–1	2nd
1940	Southwest Missouri State	10–0	5–0	1st
1941	Southwest Missouri State	8–3	3–2	4th
1942	Southwest Missouri State	2–7–2	2–2	T–3rd
1943	No team—World War II
1944	No team—World War II
1945	Southwest Missouri State	5–1–2
1946	Southwest Missouri State	2–6	1–4	5th
Southwest Missouri State:		39–20–7	16–11–2
Total:		82–50–12

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
Akron Zippers (Ohio Athletic Conference) (1927–1936)
1927–28	Akron	8–5	7–5	7th
1928–29	Akron	12–3	12–2	2nd
1929–30	Akron	11–3	10–3	2nd
1930–31	Akron	4–9	3–8	T–10th
1931–32	Akron	8–7	7–7	T–6th
1932–33	Akron	11–3	10–3	T–3rd
1933–34	Akron	15–1	14–1	1st
1934–35	Akron	12–3	12–3	T–2nd
1935–36	Akron	8–6	7–5	10th
Akron:		89–40	82–37
Total:		89–40
National champion Postseason invitational champion Conference regular season champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion Division regular season champion Division regular season and conference tournament champion Conference tournament champion

↑ "Standard Certificate of Death" (PDF). Missouri Division of Health. December 15, 1947. Retrieved May 1, 2011.
↑ AP (December 1, 1947). "Howard Blair, Former Springfield Coach, Dies". Southeast Missourian. Retrieved December 16, 2010.

No coach (1901–1904)
Earl Williams (1904–1908)
Dwight Bradley (1908)
Walter East (1908–1909)
Clarence Weed (1909–1910)
Frank Haggerty (1910–1915)
Fred Sefton (1915–1924)
James W. Coleman (1924–1925)
Fred Sefton (1925–1927)
Red Blair (1927–1936)
Paul Bixler (1936–1939)
Thomas Dowler (1939–1940)
Russell Beichly (1940–1959)
Tony Laterza (1959–1968)
Wyatt Webb (1968–1975)
Alex Adams (1975–1976)
Ken Cunningham (1976–1980)
Bob Rupert (1980–1984)
Bob Huggins (1984–1989)
Coleman Crawford (1989–1995)
Dan Hipsher (1995–2004)
Keith Dambrot (2004– )

Missouri State Bears and Lady Bears athletic directors

Arthur W. Briggs (1912–1938) Red Blair (1938–1947) Tommy O'Boyle (1947–1948) Claude Groves (1948–1952) Aldo Sebben (1955–1982) Bill Rowe (1982–2009) Kyle Moats (2009– )

Walter Langston (1909)
Corliss Buchanan (1910–1911)
Arthur W. Briggs (1912–1917)
Paul Andrews (1918)
Arthur W. Briggs (1919–1933)
Andrew McDonald (1934–1937)
Red Blair (1938–1942)
No team (1943–1944)
Red Blair (1945–1946)
Tommy O'Boyle (1947–1948)
Fred Thomsen (1949–1952)
Bill Dellastatious (1953–1954)
Harold Stratton (1955)
Aldo Sebben (1956–1960)
Orville Pottenger (1961–1964)
Jim Mentis (1965–1968)
Don Cross (1969–1975)
Rich Johanningmeier (1976–1985)
Jesse Branch (1986–1994)
Del Miller (1995–1998)
Randy Ball (1999–2005)
Terry Allen (2006–2014)
Dave Steckel (2015– )

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