Howdy Myers
Encyclopedia
Howard "Howdy" Myers, Jr. (August 23, 1910 – February 12, 1980) was an American football
, basketball
and lacrosse
coach and college athletics administrator in the United States
. He served as head football coach for Johns Hopkins University
from 1946 to 1949 and again in 1979 and at Hofstra University
from 1950 to 1974, compiling a career college football
record of 167–112–5. Myers was also the head lacrosse coach at Johns Hopkins from 1946 to 1949, at Hofstra from 1950 to 1975, and at Hampden–Sydney College from 1976 to 1978, amassing a career college lacrosse
record of 261–159–4. In addition, he was the head basketball coach at John Hopkins from 1946 to 1949, tallying a mark of 22–35. In 1971, Myers was inducted into the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame.
American football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
, basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
and lacrosse
Lacrosse
Lacrosse is a team sport of Native American origin played using a small rubber ball and a long-handled stick called a crosse or lacrosse stick, mainly played in the United States and Canada. It is a contact sport which requires padding. The head of the lacrosse stick is strung with loose mesh...
coach and college athletics administrator in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. He served as head football coach for Johns Hopkins University
Johns Hopkins University
The Johns Hopkins University, commonly referred to as Johns Hopkins, JHU, or simply Hopkins, is a private research university based in Baltimore, Maryland, United States...
from 1946 to 1949 and again in 1979 and at Hofstra University
Hofstra University
Hofstra University is a private, nonsectarian institution of higher learning located in the Village of Hempstead, New York, United States, about east of New York City: less than an hour away by train or car...
from 1950 to 1974, compiling a career college football
College football
College football refers to American football played by teams of student athletes fielded by American universities, colleges, and military academies, or Canadian football played by teams of student athletes fielded by Canadian universities...
record of 167–112–5. Myers was also the head lacrosse coach at Johns Hopkins from 1946 to 1949, at Hofstra from 1950 to 1975, and at Hampden–Sydney College from 1976 to 1978, amassing a career college lacrosse
College lacrosse
College lacrosse refers to lacrosse played by student athletes at colleges and universities in the United States and Canada. In both countries, men's field lacrosse and women's lacrosse are played in both the varsity and club levels...
record of 261–159–4. In addition, he was the head basketball coach at John Hopkins from 1946 to 1949, tallying a mark of 22–35. In 1971, Myers was inducted into the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame.