Aaron Monroe "Mac" McCreary (September 15, 1892 – November 5, 1984) was an

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player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Tempe State Teachers College—known at Arizona State Teachers College by 1929 and now called

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—compiling a career

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record of 25–17–4. McCreary was also the head basketball coach at Tempe/Arizona State Teachers from 1923 to 1930 and at Arizona State Teacher's College of Flagstaff—now known as

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—amassing a career

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record of 140–149. In addition, he coached baseball at Tempe/Arizona State Teachers (1924–1926, 1928, 1930–1931) and at Arizona State Teacher's Flagstaff. McCreary also coached track,

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, and

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, and assisted in football at Arizona State Teacher's Flagstaff before retiring in 1963. He is a member of the Northern Arizona University Athletics Hall of Fame. McCreary letter in baseball, basketball, and track at Turlock High School in

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before graduating in 1913. He played football, basketball, and baseball at Arizona State, known as Tempe Normal College when he starred on the football team as a

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in 1914. He earned a teaching diploma in 1915 from Tempe Normal and then enrolled at Pennsylvania College–now known as

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. McCreary joined the

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in 1917 and served overseas in

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. After the war, he attended the

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and earned a bachelor of science degree in 1920. McCreary died on November 5, 1984, in

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Head coaching record

Football

References

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