Wilbur Luft
American football player and coach (1908–1991)
Biographical details | |
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Born | (1908-06-01)June 1, 1908 |
Died | December 20, 1991(1991-12-20) (aged 83) |
Playing career | |
1930–1932 | Washington State |
Position(s) | Quarterback |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1933–1935 | Sunnyside HS (WA) |
1936–1947 | Renton HS (WA) |
1948–1949 | Central Washington |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 8–9–1 (college) |
Wilbur "Shorty" Luft (June 1, 1908 – December 20, 1991)[1] was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Central Washington University from 1948 to 1949, compiling a record of 8–9–1.[2] Luft was a quarterback at Washington State University in the early 1930s and was named the starter for the 1931 Rose Bowl.[3]
Head coaching record
College
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Central Washington Wildcats (Evergreen Conference) (1948–1949) | |||||||||
1948 | Central Washington | 5–3–1 | 2–3–1 | T–4th | |||||
1949 | Central Washington | 3–6 | 2–4 | T–5th | |||||
Central Washington: | 8–9–1 | 4–7–1 | |||||||
Total: | 8–9–1 |
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Washington State Cougars starting quarterbacks
- Wilbur Luft (1930–1932)
- Phil Sarboe (1931–1933)
- Ed Goddard (1934–1937)
- Bill Sewell (1940–1941)
- Bob Gambold (1948–1950)
- Bob Burkhart (1953)
- Bob Iverson (1954–1955)
- Bob Newman (1956–1958)
- Bunny Aldrich (1956–1957)
- Mel Melin (1959–1961)
- Dave Mathieson (1962–1963)
- Dale Ford (1962–1963)
- Dave Petersen (1964–1965)
- Tom Roth (1964–1965)
- Jerry Henderson (1966–1968)
- Mike Cadigan (1966–1967)
- Rich Olson (1968)
- Jack Wigmore (1969–1970)
- Ty Paine (1970–1972)
- Chuck Peck (1973–1974)
- Wally Bennett (1974)
- John Hopkins (1975–1976)
- Jack Thompson (1975–1978)
- Steve Grant (1979)
- Samoa Samoa (1980)
- Clete Casper (1981–1982)
- Ricky Turner (1981–1983)
- Mark Rypien (1983–1985)
- Ed Blount (1986)
- Timm Rosenbach (1986–1988)
- Brad Gossen (1989–1990)
- Aaron Garcia (1989–1990)
- Drew Bledsoe (1990–1992)
- Mike Pattinson (1993)
- Chad DeGrenier (1993)
- Shawn Deeds (1993)
- Chad Davis (1994–1995)
- Ryan Leaf (1995–1997)
- Paul Mencke (1998–1999)
- Steve Birnbaum (1998–1999)
- Jason Gesser (1999–2002)
- Matt Kegel (2000–2003)
- Josh Swogger (2003–2004)
- Alex Brink (2004–2007)
- Gary Rogers (2008)
- Marshall Lobbestael (2008–2009, 2011)
- Kevin Lopina (2008–2009)
- Jeff Tuel (2009–2012)
- Connor Halliday (2011–2014)
- Luke Falk (2014–2017)
- Tyler Hilinski (2017)
- Gardner Minshew (2018)
- Anthony Gordon (2019)
- Jayden de Laura (2020–2021)
- Jarrett Guarantano (2021)
- Cameron Ward (2022–2023)