Malcolm Pitt

Malcolm Pitt

Sport(s)	Football, basketball, baseball
Biographical details
Born	(1897-01-10)January 10, 1897 Richmond, Virginia
Died	Richmond, Virginia
Alma mater	University of Richmond
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1943–1944	Richmond
Basketball
1933–1952	Richmond
Baseball
1935–1971	Richmond
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1942–1967	Richmond
Head coaching record
Overall	8–7 (football) 197–169 (basketball) 426–257–5 (baseball)
Statistics College Football Data Warehouse

Malcolm Upshur "Mac" Pitt (January 10, 1897 – September 16, 1985) was an American football, basketball, and baseball coach and college athletics administrator. At the University of Richmond he served as the head men's basketball coach from 1933 to 1952, the head baseball coach from 1935 to 1971, and the athletic director from 1942 to 1967. Pitt was also the head football coach for two seasons, from 1943 to 1944. Pitt's 1934–35 basketball squad finished a perfect 20–0, the only unbeaten Spider basketball team in history. As a student at Richmond from 1915 to 1918, Pitt played football and baseball and ran on the track team.

Honors and death

Pitt was elected to the American Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Fame in 1971 and the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame in 1974. Malcolm U. Pitt Field, the baseball stadium at Richmond, is named in Pitt's honor. He died after a brief illness in 1985 at a Richmond hospital.

Head coaching record

Basketball

School	Season	Record	Postseason
Richmond	1951-52	7-15
Richmond	1950-51	7-14
Richmond	1949-50	8-16
Richmond	1948-49	8-15
Richmond	1947-48	8-14
Richmond	1946-47	17-9
Richmond	1945-46	8-12
Richmond	1944-45	3-4
Richmond	1943-44	7-6
Richmond	1942-43	11-5
Richmond	1941-42	9-10
Richmond	1940-41	11-10
Richmond	1939-40	11-6
Richmond	1938-39	10-10
Richmond	1937-38	15-5
Richmond	1936-37	13-7
Richmond	1935-36	14-6
Richmond	1934-35	20-0
Richmond	1933-34	10-5
Total	19 Seasons	197-169

External links

• Malcolm Pitt at the College Football Data Warehouse