Biographical details | |
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Born | Mount Pleasant, Utah, U.S. | June 8, 1892
Died | November 8, 1968 Altadena, California, U.S. | (aged 76)
Playing career | |
c. 1914 | Oberlin |
Position(s) | Fullback |
Coaching career ( HC unless noted) | |
c. 1917 | San Francisco Polytechnic HS (CA) |
1919 | USC (backfield) |
Administrative career ( AD unless noted) | |
1925–1957 | USC |
Willis Omenn Hunter (June 8, 1892 – November 8, 1968) was an American college athletics administrator.
Hunter was born in 1892 in Mount Pleasant, Utah. He attended Oberlin College in Ohio, where he played college football as a fullback. [1]
After college, he became a coach at San Francisco Polytechnic High School. He was hired by the University of Southern California in 1919 as an assistant football coach. In 1925, he became USC's athletic director, a position he held for 32 years until 1957. [1] [2] During his tenure, the USC Trojans became a major power in intercollegiate sports, winning national championships in football, baseball, track, tennis, and other sports. [1]
Hunter served on the NCAA's football rules committee from 1928 to 1950. He was also a member of the United States Olympic Committee in 1936, 1948, and 1952. [1]
Hunter died in 1968. [3]
Biographical details | |
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Born | Mount Pleasant, Utah, U.S. | June 8, 1892
Died | November 8, 1968 Altadena, California, U.S. | (aged 76)
Playing career | |
c. 1914 | Oberlin |
Position(s) | Fullback |
Coaching career ( HC unless noted) | |
c. 1917 | San Francisco Polytechnic HS (CA) |
1919 | USC (backfield) |
Administrative career ( AD unless noted) | |
1925–1957 | USC |
Willis Omenn Hunter (June 8, 1892 – November 8, 1968) was an American college athletics administrator.
Hunter was born in 1892 in Mount Pleasant, Utah. He attended Oberlin College in Ohio, where he played college football as a fullback. [1]
After college, he became a coach at San Francisco Polytechnic High School. He was hired by the University of Southern California in 1919 as an assistant football coach. In 1925, he became USC's athletic director, a position he held for 32 years until 1957. [1] [2] During his tenure, the USC Trojans became a major power in intercollegiate sports, winning national championships in football, baseball, track, tennis, and other sports. [1]
Hunter served on the NCAA's football rules committee from 1928 to 1950. He was also a member of the United States Olympic Committee in 1936, 1948, and 1952. [1]
Hunter died in 1968. [3]