Don Ping

Donald Wilson Ping (November 5, 1898 – July 4, 1972) was an American football and baseball coach. He served as the head football coach at the University of Evansville in Evansville, Indiana from 1946 to 1953, compiling a record of 38–35–5. Ping was also the head baseball coach at Evansville from 1947 to 1966, tallying a mark of 128–191–3.

Don Ping

Biographical details
Born	(1898-11-05)November 5, 1898 Newton, Illinois, U.S.
Died	July 4, 1972(1972-07-04) (aged 73) Evansville, Indiana, U.S.
Playing career
Baseball
1921	Millikin
1922	Fort Smith Twins
1923	Terre Haute Tots
1923–1924	Decatur Commodores
1925	Springfield Senators
Position(s)	Catcher
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1922–1923	Carrollton HS (KY)
1924–1929	Marshall HS (IL)
1930–1945	Reitz Memorial HS (IN)
1946–1953	Evansville
Baseball
1947–1966	Evansville
Head coaching record
Overall	38–35–5 (college football) 128–191–3 (college baseball)
Bowls	2–0
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Football 2 OVC (1948–1949)

Ping played college baseball at Millikin University in Decatur, Illinois.^[1] He died on July 4, 1972, at Deaconess Hospital in Evansville.^[2]

Head coaching record

College football

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
Evansville Purple Aces (Indiana Intercollegiate Conference) (1946)
1946	Evansville	7–1–2	2–0	2nd
Evansville Purple Aces (Independent) (1947)
1947	Evansville	4–4–1
Evansville Purple Aces (Ohio Valley Conference) (1948–1950)
1948	Evansville	6–3	3–1	T–1st	W Refrigerator
1949	Evansville	8–2–1	3–1–1	3rd[n 1]	W Refrigerator
1950	Evansville	3–6–1	1–4–1	6th
Evansville Purple Aces (Indiana Collegiate Conference / Ohio Valley Conference) (1951)
1951	Evansville	5–5	1–1 / 3–3	4th / T–4th
Evansville Purple Aces (Indiana Collegiate Conference) (1952–1953)
1952	Evansville	2–7	2–3	5th
1953	Evansville	3–7	2–3	T–4th
Evansville:		38–35–5	17–16–2
Total:		38–35–5
National championship         Conference title         Conference division title or championship game berth

Notes

1. Evansville finished the 1949 season with the third-best record in Ohio Valley Conference (OVC), but the Purple Aces were declared the conference champion because Marshall and Louisville (3–0) did not play enough conference games to qualify for the title.^[3]