Joseph Pipal

Joseph Amos Pipal (January 18, 1874 – August 10, 1955) was an American football, basketball, and track and field coach. He served as the head football coach at Doane College (1902), Huron University in 1905,^[1] Dickinson College (1907), the University of South Dakota (1910), Occidental College (1911–1915, 1921–1923), and Oregon State University (1916–1917), compiling a career college football record of 50–35–3. Pipal was credited with devising lateral pass and mud cleats for football shoes^[2] and in 1934 wrote a book titled The Lateral Pass: Technique and Strategy.^[3]

Joseph Pipal

Biographical details
Born	(1874-01-18)January 18, 1874 Zachotín, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary
Died	August 10, 1955(1955-08-10) (aged 81) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Playing career
Football
c. 1900	Beloit
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1902	Doane
1903–1904	Bellevue (NE)
1905	Huron
1907	Dickinson
1910	South Dakota
1911–1915	Occidental
1916–1917	Oregon Agricultural
1921–1923	Occidental
Basketball
1910–1911	South Dakota
Head coaching record
Overall	50–35–3 (football) 7–3 (basketball)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Football 1 SCC (1915)

Pipal decked out in school colors in front of a commercial photographer's backdrop as coach of the Oregon Agricultural College football team, 1917.

Born in Zachotín, Austria-Hungary, Pipal attended Beloit College, the University of Chicago, and Yale University. Pipal competed in football and track and field for Beloit.^[4] He died on August 10, 1955, of a heart attack at his home in Los Angeles, California.^[5]

Coaching career

Dickinson

Pipal was the seventh head football coach at Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania and he held that position for the 1907 season.^[6] His overall coaching record at Dickinson was 2–6–1.^[7]

South Dakota

Pipal coached for one year at the University of South Dakota in Vermillion, South Dakota for the 1910 season, the fourth coach on record at the school.^[8] His record was 5–2.^[9]

Oregon State University

In 1916, Pipal took over as the head coach of Oregon State Beavers football, known then as Oregon Agricultural College.^[10] In his first season as the head coach, Pipal coached the team to a 4–5 record. This season marked the first time Oregon State played the Nebraska Cornhuskers (on October 21 in Portland, Oregon) and the first road trip to Los Angeles, California to play the USC Trojans. OAC came up short against Nebraska, 17–7, but defeated the Trojans, 16–7.^[11] Pipal's second season at OAC saw the team go 4–2–1, outscoring their opponents 83–33.^[11]

Head coaching record

Football

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
Doane Tigers (Independent) (1902)
1902	Doane	2–3
Doane:		2–3
Dickinson Red and White (Independent) (1907)
1907	Dickinson	3–6–1
Dickinson:		2–6–1
South Dakota Coyotes (Independent) (1910)
1910	South Dakota	5–2
South Dakota:		5–2
Occidental Tigers (Independent) (1911–1914)
1911	Occidental	2–1
1912	Occidental	4–1
1913	Occidental	5–1
1914	Occidental	4–3
Occidental Tigers (Southern California Conference) (1915)
1915	Occidental	7–1	4–0	1st
Oregon Agricultural Aggies (Northwest Conference / Pacific Coast Conference) (1916–1917)
1916	Oregon Agricultural	4–5	3–2 / 0–2	3rd / 3rd
1917	Oregon Agricultural	4–2–1	2–1–1 / 1–2–1	2nd / 3rd
Oregon Agricultural:		8–7–1	5–4–1
Occidental Tigers (Southern California Conference) (1921–1923)
1921	Occidental	2–4–1	2–2–1	T–3rd
1922	Occidental	5–3	4–1	2nd
1923	Occidental	4–3	3–2	3rd
Occidental:		33–17–1	13–5–1
Total:		50–35–3
National championship         Conference title         Conference division title or championship game berth