Joseph A. Meyer

For the Wisconsin legislator Joseph A. Meyers, see Joseph Meyers.

Joseph A. Meyer (December 10, 1893 – July 14, 1970) was an American football, basketball, and baseball coach. He served as the head football coach at Xavier University from 1920 to 1935 and at the University of Cincinnati from 1938 to 1942. Meyer was also the head basketball coach at Xavier from 1920 to 1933, tallying a mark of 94–52. In addition, he was the head baseball coach at Xavier in 1926 and at Cincinnati in 1942, amassing a career college baseball record of 14–10. Meyer played basketball and baseball at the University of Notre Dame. He died at the age of 75 on July 14, 1970, at his home in Cincinnati, Ohio.^[1]

Joseph A. Meyer

Biographical details
Born	(1893-12-10)December 10, 1893
Died	July 14, 1970(1970-07-14) (aged 76) Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.
Playing career
Basketball
1916–1917	Notre Dame
Baseball
1914–1917	Notre Dame
1919	Columbia Comers
Position(s)	First baseman (baseball)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1920–1935	Xavier
1938–1942	Cincinnati
Basketball
1920–1933	Xavier
Baseball
1926	Xavier
1941–1943	Cincinnati
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1920–1935	Xavier
Head coaching record
Overall	94–52 (basketball) 15–14 (baseball)[n 1]

Head coaching record

Football

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
St. Xavier Saints (Independent) (1920)
1920	St. Xavier	7–1
St. Xavier / Xavier Musketeers (Ohio Athletic Conference) (1921–1935)
1921	St. Xavier	6–2	1–0	2nd
1922	St. Xavier	6–2–1	2–0	3rd
1923	St. Xavier	4–4	1–2	15th
1924	St. Xavier	2–5–1	1–1–1	T–10th
1925	St. Xavier	5–2–1	3–1–1	5th
1926	St. Xavier	9–1	1–0	3rd
1927	St. Xavier	8–1–1	1–0	NA
1928	St. Xavier	7–2	0–1	T–12th
1929	St. Xavier	6–4	0–2	T–16th
1930	Xavier	6–4	2–1	4th
1931	Xavier	4–3–1	1–0–1	T–6th
1932	Xavier	6–2–1	0–1	20th
1933	Xavier	6–2–1	1–0	NA
1934	Xavier	6–2–1	2–1	5th
1935	Xavier	1–2[n 2]	0–0	NA
Xavier:		89–39–8	16–10–3
Cincinnati Bearcats (Independent) (1938–1942)
1938	Cincinnati	4–5
1939	Cincinnati	4–3–2
1940	Cincinnati	5–3–1
1941	Cincinnati	6–3
1942	Cincinnati	8–2
Cincinnati:		27–16–3
Total:		116–55–11

Baseball

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Xavier Musketeers (1926)
1926	Xavier	8–2
Xavier:		8–2
Cincinnati Bearcats (1941–1943)
1941	Cincinnati	N/A[n 1]
1942	Cincinnati	6–9
1943	Cincinnati	1–3
Cincinnati:		7–12
Total:		15–14[n 1]

Notes

1. Records for 1941 are unavailable.
2. Meyer resigned after the first three games of the 1935 season. He was replaced by Clem Crowe, who led the team for the final six games. Xavier finished the year with an overall record of 6–3.