Herman James Stegeman was a player and coach of American football, basketball, baseball, and track and field athletics, and a college athletics administrator.
12 Facts About Herman Stegeman
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At Georgia, Stegeman was the head basketball coach, head baseball coach, and head track and field coach.
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Herman Stegeman was born and raised in Holland, Michigan, and was of Dutch descent.
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Herman Stegeman attended the University of Chicago, where he starred in many sports, including track and field and football under the direction of the legendary Amos Alonzo Stagg.
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Herman Stegeman played on the 1913 Chicago Maroons football team, later recognized as a national champion, and was hailed by his coach, Stagg, as one of the finest athletes he had ever had coached.
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When Cunningham returned to the Army after that season, Herman Stegeman became the head coach of the football team and served in the position from 1920 to 1922.
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Herman Stegeman stepped down as baseball coach after one year.
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Herman Stegeman remained as head coach of the basketball and track and field teams.
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Herman Stegeman coached UGA's track and field team for 17 years and was the personal coach of Forrest "Spec" Towns, who won a gold medal at the 1936 Summer Olympics.
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Herman Stegeman led the UGA track team to its only SEC men's team conference championship in 1937 with Towns as the star of the squad.
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In 1946, Herman Stegeman Hall was named in honor of Herman Stegeman and initially served as the home of the university's athletic and physical education departments; however, that building was demolished in the early 1990s in preparation for events hosted by UGA during the 1996 Summer Olympics.
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Herman Stegeman died of a heart attack in Athens, Georgia in 1939.