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 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
Football
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vermont Catamounts (Independent) (1934–1939) | |||||||||
| 1934 | Vermont | 2–4–2 | |||||||
| 1935 | Vermont | 4–5 | |||||||
| 1936 | Vermont | 1–8 | |||||||
| 1937 | Vermont | 2–6 | |||||||
| 1938 | Vermont | 4–2–1 | |||||||
| 1939 | Vermont | 3–3–2 | |||||||
| Vermont: | 16–28–5 | ||||||||
| Total: | 16–28–5 | ||||||||
Basketball
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rochester (N/A) (1922–1923) | |||||||||
| 1922–23 | Rochester | 5–14 | N/A | ||||||
| Rochester: | 5–14 (.263) | ||||||||
| Vermont (N/A) (1934–1940) | |||||||||
| 1934–35 | Vermont | 8–5 | N/A | ||||||
| 1935–36 | Vermont | 7–6 | N/A | ||||||
| 1936–37 | Vermont | 10–4 | N/A | ||||||
| 1937–38 | Vermont | 10–4 | N/A | ||||||
| 1938–39 | Vermont | 10–5 | N/A | ||||||
| 1939–40 | Vermont | 5–10 | N/A | ||||||
| Vermont: | 50–34 (.595) | ||||||||
| Total: | 55–48 (.534) | ||||||||
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.