Robert E. Vaughan

Robert E. "Pete" Vaughan (December 29, 1888 – February 18, 1969) was an American football player, coach of football and basketball, and college athletics administrator. He served was head football coach at Wabash College for 27 seasons, from 1919 to 1945, compiling a record of 118–85–24.

Robert E. Vaughan

Biographical details
Born	(1888-12-29)December 29, 1888
Died	February 18, 1969(1969-02-18) (aged 80)[1] Crawfordsville, Indiana, U.S.
Playing career
Football
1908–1909	Notre Dame
1911–1912	Princeton
Position(s)	Fullback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1919–1945	Wabash
Basketball
1912–1916	Purdue
1919–1940	Wabash
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1919–1947	Wabash
1961–1963	Wabash
Head coaching record
Overall	118–85–24 (football) 216–207 (basketball)

In 1922, he also coached Wabash to the championship of the first national intercollegiate basketball tournament ever held. Prior to coaching Wabash, he spent four seasons (1912–1916) coaching the Purdue Boilermakers basketball team, leading them to a record of 21–32.

Vaughan attended Crawfordsville High School and the University of Notre Dame. He played college football alongside Knute Rockne, who became the head coach of the Fighting Irish.^[2]

Head coaching record

Football

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
Wabash Little Giants (Independent) (1919–1924)
1919	Wabash	4–3–2
1920	Wabash	3–4
1921	Wabash	7–2
1922	Wabash	7–3
1923	Wabash	4–3–2
1924	Wabash	5–4
Wabash Little Giants (Indiana Intercollegiate Conference) (1925–1945)
1925	Wabash	5–3–1
1926	Wabash	5–4
1927	Wabash	7–2
1928	Wabash	4–4–1
1929	Wabash	4–5
1930	Wabash	3–6
1931	Wabash	3–5–1
1932	Wabash	4–2–2
1933	Wabash	4–2–1	4–2–1	5th
1934	Wabash	4–2–2	4–1–2	T–3rd
1935	Wabash	6–1–1	6–1–1	3rd
1936	Wabash	7–1	6–1	3rd
1937	Wabash	3–3–2	3–2–2	8th
1938	Wabash	1–6–1	1–5–1	T–12th
1939	Wabash	3–5–1	2–3–1	9th
1940	Wabash	4–4–1	4–2	T–6th
1941	Wabash	5–3–1	4–2	T–3rd
1942	Wabash	4–2–1	4–1	T–3rd
1943	Wabash	4–2–2
1944	Wabash	6–1–1
1945	Wabash	2–3–1	1–1–1	T–5th
Wabash:		118–85–24
Total:		118–85–24

Basketball

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Purdue Boilermakers (Western Conference) (1912–1916)
1912–13	Purdue	7–5	6–5	3rd
1913–14	Purdue	5–9	3–9	7th
1914–15	Purdue	5–8	4–8	6th
1915–16	Purdue	4–10	2–10	9th
Purdue:		21–32 (.396)	15–32 (.319)
Wabash Little Giants (Independent) (1919–1940)
1919–20	Wabash	13–8
1920–21	Wabash	21–4
1921–22	Wabash	21–3			National Intercollegiate Champions
1922–23	Wabash	17–10
1923–24	Wabash	4–8
1924–25	Wabash	18–1
1925–26	Wabash	4–12
1926–27	Wabash	13–8
1927–28	Wabash	1–12
1928–29	Wabash	5–8
1929–30	Wabash	8–7
1930–31	Wabash	5–12
1931–32	Wabash	4–12
1932–33	Wabash	5–11
1933–34	Wabash	9–7
1934–35	Wabash	10–7
1935–36	Wabash	8–7
1936–37	Wabash	4–10
1937–38	Wabash	7–6
1938–39	Wabash	8–9
1939–40	Wabash	9–13
Wabash:		194–175 (.526)
Total:		215–207 (.509)
National champion         Postseason invitational champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference tournament champion