Ervin Ralph Pitts (September 14, 1920 – January 17, 1999) was an American football, basketball, and baseball coach and college athletics administrator.[1] He served as a head coach at Dakota Wesleyan University in Mitchell, South Dakota in football (1954 to 1955) and basketball (1954 to 1956).[2] Pitts then served in a similar capacity at Peru State College in Peru, Nebraska, first as a head football coach (1964 to 1968) and then as head men's basketball coach (1973).[3]
A native of Coffeyville, Kansas, Pitts played college football at the University of Missouri. As a quarterback for the Missouri Tigers, he led a split-T offense for head coach Don Faurot.[4]
Head coaching record
College football
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dakota Wesleyan Tigers (South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference) (1954–1955) | |||||||||
| 1954 | Dakota Wesleyan | 5–3 | 5–3 | 4th | |||||
| 1955 | Dakota Wesleyan | 4–3–2 | 3–2–2 | 4th | |||||
| Dakota Wesleyan: | 9–6–2 | 8–5–2 | |||||||
| Peru State Bobcats (Nebraska College Conference) (1964–1968) | |||||||||
| 1964 | Peru State | 2–7 | 1–3 | 4th | |||||
| 1965 | Peru State | 4–5 | 3–1 | T–1st | |||||
| 1966 | Peru State | 2–7 | 1–3 | 4th | |||||
| 1967 | Peru State | 1–7–1 | 1–3 | 4th | |||||
| 1968 | Peru State | 2–6 | 0–4 | 5th | |||||
| Peru State: | 11–32–2 | 6–14 | |||||||
| Total: | 20–38–4 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth | |||||||||
References
- ^ "Ervin Pitts". rockmnation.com. Retrieved December 6, 2018.
- ^ "Men's Basketball Records" (PDF). Dakota Wesleyan University. Retrieved December 6, 2018.
- ^ "Men's Basketball Records" (PDF). Peru State College. Retrieved December 6, 2018.
- ^ "Erv Pitts Leaves Vermillion Post for Graduate Work". Sioux City Journal. Sioux City, Iowa. Associated Press. May 14, 1961. p. D1. Retrieved April 22, 2019 – via Newspapers.com
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