American football and basketball coach (1900–1958)
John Philip Sabo (1900 – April 26, 1958) was an American football and basketball coach. He was a football player at the University of Illinois in 1918 and 1920. He returned to his alma mater to serve as an assistant coach in both football and basketball.[1] While at Illinois he was the president of the Sigma Pi fraternity chapter and received his degree in 1922.[2][3] Sabo served as the head men basketball coach at the University of Rochester from 1922 to 1923.[4] In 1934, he became the head basketball coach at the University of Vermont in Burlington, Vermont, a position he held for six seasons.[5] He also served as Vermont's head football coach from 1934 to 1939. He rounded out his career as an assistant football coach at Yale University.[6]
When the United States entered World War II, Sabo completed a training course at United States Naval Academy and was commissioned as a Lieutenant Commander in the United States Navy in 1942. He was assigned to oversee physical conditioning at one of the navy's training centers.[7]
Head coaching record
Basketball
Statistics overview
Season
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Team
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Overall
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Conference
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Standing
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Postseason
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Rochester (N/A) (1922–1923)
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1922–23
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Rochester
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5–14 |
N/A |
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Rochester:
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5–14 (.263) |
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Vermont (N/A) (1934–1940)
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1934–35
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Vermont
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8–5 |
N/A |
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1935–36
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Vermont
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7–6 |
N/A |
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1936–37
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Vermont
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10–4 |
N/A |
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1937–38
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Vermont
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10–4 |
N/A |
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1938–39
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Vermont
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10–5 |
N/A |
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1939–40
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Vermont
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5–10 |
N/A |
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Vermont:
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50–34 (.595) |
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Total: |
55–48 (.534) |
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References
- ^ "Football All-Time Assistant Coaches". Illinois Fighting Illini football. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
- ^ "Chapter Directory". The Emerald of Sigma Pi. Vol. 9, no. 2. July 1922. p. 76.
- ^ Coughlin, John (July 1922). "Chapter Letters". The Emerald of Sigma Pi. Vol. 9, no. 2. pp. 104 and 105.
- ^ "U of R Men's Basketball Career Stats" (PDF). Rochester Yellowjackets men's basketball. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
- ^ "VERMONT MEN'S BASKETBALL RECORD BOOK" (PDF). Vermont Catamounts men's basketball. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
- ^ "John P. Sabo, assistant grid coach at Yale". Burlington Free Press. February 20, 1941. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
- ^ "Phi Alumni Report Moves to "Phi Cry"". The Emerald of Sigma Pi. Vol. 29, no. 2. August 1942. p. 87.
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# denotes interim head coach
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