Burton Shipley

Burton Shipley
	Shipley as an undergraduate of the Maryland Agricultural College in 1914
Biographical details
Born	January 17, 1890 ; Anne Arundel County, Maryland , U.S.
Died	February 22, 1976 (aged 86) ; Washington, D. C. , U.S.
Playing career
1908?1913	Maryland
Position(s)	Quarterback
Coaching career ( HC unless noted)
Football
1917	Marshall
1919?1920	Delaware
1923?1926?	Maryland (assistant)
Basketball
1918?1922	Delaware
1923?1947	Maryland
Baseball
1918	Marshall
1919?1922	Delaware
1924?1960	Maryland
Administrative career ( AD unless noted)
1917?1919	Marshall
1919?1922	Delaware
Head coaching record
Overall	6?17?3 (football) ; 288?237 (basketball) ; 399?333?10 (baseball)

Howard Burton Shipley (January 17, 1890 ? February 22, 1976) was a multi-sport athlete and coach for the Maryland Terrapins at the University of Maryland . He is probably most remembered as the first and long-time head coach of the men's basketball team . He also coached the Maryland baseball team .

Shipley graduated from the Maryland Agricultural College (now the University of Maryland) in 1914. While there, he played basketball, baseball, and football as a quarterback . In 1923, he became the head coach for the Maryland basketball team , a position in which he served until 1947. During his tenure, he compiled a 243–199 record.

In 1917, Shipley served as the head football coach at Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia . ^[1] In December 1918, he was appointed athletic director and coach of football, basketball, and baseball at Delaware College?now known as the University of Delaware . ^[2]

Also in 1923, Shipley was hired as an assistant coach for the football team under legendary Maryland head coach Curley Byrd . Shipley also coached the baseball team from 1924 to 1960.

Shipley Field , where the school's baseball team plays its home games, is named after him. In 1982, Shipley was inducted into the University of Maryland Athletic Hall of Fame . ^[3]

Head coaching record [ edit ]

Football [ edit ]


Year	Team	Overall
Marshall Thundering Herd (Independent) (1917)
1917	Marshall	1?7?1
Marshall:		1?7?1
Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens (Independent) (1919?1920)
1919	Delaware	2?5?1
1920	Delaware	3?5?1
Delaware:		5?10?2
Total:		6?17?3

References [ edit ]

^ "Mirabilia 1918" . Marshall University . 1918 . Retrieved March 5, 2019 .
^ "Delaware College Secures New Coach?Lt. H. B. Shipley, Graduate of Maryland State, to Direct Athletics?Will Assume His Duties January 3" . The Evening Journal . Wilmington, Delaware . December 18, 1918. p. 18 . Retrieved March 5, 2019 – via Newspapers.com .
^ University of Maryland Athletic Hall of Fame: All-Time Inductees Archived July 5, 2008, at the Wayback Machine , University of Maryland, retrieved June 12, 2009.

External links [ edit ]

[1] "Mirabilia 1918" . Marshall University . 1918 . Retrieved March 5, 2019 .

[2] "Delaware College Secures New Coach?Lt. H. B. Shipley, Graduate of Maryland State, to Direct Athletics?Will Assume His Duties January 3" . The Evening Journal . Wilmington, Delaware . December 18, 1918. p. 18 . Retrieved March 5, 2019 – via Newspapers.com .

[umhof-3] University of Maryland Athletic Hall of Fame: All-Time Inductees Archived July 5, 2008, at the Wayback Machine , University of Maryland, retrieved June 12, 2009.

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