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| Biographical details | |
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| Born | (1906-03-26)March 26, 1906 Elk Lick, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Died | March 7, 1983(1983-03-07) (aged 76) Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 1929 | Western Maryland |
| Position(s) | End |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1930–1940 | Waynesboro HS (PA) |
| 1941 | Western Maryland (freshmen) |
| 1942 | Brown (ends) |
| 1943 | Brown (backs) |
| 1944–1949 | Brown |
| 1950–1965 | Penn State |
| Basketball | |
| 1941–1942 | Western Maryland |
| 1942–1946 | Brown |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 132–68–8 (college football) 53–55 (college basketball) |
| Bowls | 3–1 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Awards | |
| Amos Alonzo Stagg Award (1969) | |
| College Football Hall of Fame Inducted in 1973 (profile) | |
Charles A. "Rip" Engle (March 26, 1906 – March 7, 1983) was anAmerican football player and coach of football andbasketball. He served as the head football coach atBrown University from 1944 to 1949 and atPennsylvania State University from 1950 to 1965, compiling a careercollege football record of 132–68–8. Engle was also the head basketball coach Western Maryland College—now known asMcDaniel College—during the 1941–42 season at Brown from 1942 to 1946, tallying a careercollege basketball mark of 53–55. He was inducted into theCollege Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 1973.
Engle was born inElk Lick Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania. He played college football as anend at Western Maryland College, nowMcDaniel College.
Engle's coaching record from 1944 to 1965, including stints atBrown University and Penn State, was 132–68–8. He played football atWestern Maryland College, reportedly in the first game he ever saw.
Under the leadership of Engle at Brown,Joe Paterno developed as a capablequarterback and a skillful leader. After graduating in 1950, Paterno joined Engle at Penn State as an assistant coach. Upon Engle's retirement in February 1966, Paterno was named coach of the Nittany Lions for the 1966 season, a position he would hold until 2011. Engle's best season at Penn State was in 1962 when the Lions went 9–2, were ranked ninth in the country, and played in theGator Bowl. He was inducted into theCollege Football Hall of Fame in 1973.
Engle developed a game calledAngleball as a way for his players to maintainphysical fitness in the off-season.
Engle died on March 7, 1983, at a nursing home inBellefonte, Pennsylvania.[1]
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | Coaches# | AP° | ||
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| Brown Bears(Independent)(1944–1949) | |||||||||
| 1944 | Brown | 3–4–1 | |||||||
| 1945 | Brown | 3–4–1 | |||||||
| 1946 | Brown | 3–5–1 | |||||||
| 1947 | Brown | 4–4–1 | |||||||
| 1948 | Brown | 7–2 | |||||||
| 1949 | Brown | 8–1 | |||||||
| Brown: | 28–20–4 | ||||||||
| Penn State Nittany Lions(Independent)(1950–1965) | |||||||||
| 1950 | Penn State | 5–3–1 | |||||||
| 1951 | Penn State | 5–4 | |||||||
| 1952 | Penn State | 7–2–1 | |||||||
| 1953 | Penn State | 6–3 | |||||||
| 1954 | Penn State | 7–2 | 16 | 20 | |||||
| 1955 | Penn State | 5–4 | |||||||
| 1956 | Penn State | 6–2–1 | |||||||
| 1957 | Penn State | 6–3 | |||||||
| 1958 | Penn State | 6–3–1 | |||||||
| 1959 | Penn State | 9–2 | WLiberty | 10 | 12 | ||||
| 1960 | Penn State | 7–3 | WLiberty | 16 | |||||
| 1961 | Penn State | 8–3 | WGator | 19 | 17 | ||||
| 1962 | Penn State | 9–2 | LGator | 9 | 9 | ||||
| 1963 | Penn State | 7–3 | 16 | ||||||
| 1964 | Penn State | 6–4 | 14 | ||||||
| 1965 | Penn State | 5–5 | |||||||
| Penn State: | 104–48–4 | ||||||||
| Total: | 132–68–8 | ||||||||
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