Pete Pederson

Pete Pederson
Biographical details
Born	October 28, 1910; Pueblo, Colorado, U.S.
Died	September 8, 1982 (aged 71); Avila Beach, California, U.S.
Playing career
Football
1931–1933	Western State (CO)
Basketball
1931–1934	Western State (CO)
1939–1940	Oshkosh All-Stars
1941–1942	Toledo Jim White Chevrolets
Position(s)	Center (basketball)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1942–1949	Mount Union
1950–1952	Marshall
1953–1960	Western State (CO)
Basketball
1935–1939	Western State (CO)
1945–1950	Mount Union
1958–1961	Western State (CO)
Head coaching record
Overall	68–73–7 (college football); 113–108 (college basketball)

Willard Merrill "Pete" Pederson (October 28, 1910 – September 8, 1982) was an American college football and college basketball coach as well as a professional basketball player.^[1]^[2] Professionally, he played in the National Basketball League for the Oshkosh All-Stars and Toledo Jim White Chevrolets and averaged 3.1 points per game for his career.^[2] In 1939–40 he served as player-coach for the All-Stars before resuming full-time head coaching duties in 1940–41.^[1] His collegiate basketball coaching experience includes a stint at his alma mater, Western State College of Colorado—now known as Western Colorado University, from 1935 to 1939.^[1]

Pederson played football at Western State in addition to basketball. In his post-professional basketball life, he became the head football coach for University of Mount Union, Marshall University, and Western State.^[3]^[4]

Head coaching record

College football


Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
Mount Union Purple Raiders (Ohio Athletic Conference) (1942–1949)
1942	Mount Union	1–6	0–5	15th
1943	No team—World War II
1944	No team—World War II
1945	No team—World War II
1946	Mount Union	7–1–1	5–1–1	6th
1947	Mount Union	5–4	3–4	13th
1948	Mount Union	6–3	6–2	6th
1949	Mount Union	3–6	2–3	T–7th
Mount Union:		22–20–1	16–15–1
Marshall Thundering Herd (Ohio Valley Conference) (1950–1951)
1950	Marshall	2–8	2–4	5th
1951	Marshall	5–4–1	4–2	T–2nd
Marshall Thundering Herd (Independent) (1952)
1952	Marshall	2–7–2
Marshall:		9–19–3	6–6
Western State Mountaineers (Rocky Mountain Conference) (1953–1960)
1953	Western State	5–2–1	2–2–1	3rd
1954	Western State	9–1	7–1	2nd
1955	Western State	7–3	6–2	2nd
1956	Western State	5–5	3–2
1957	Western State	5–4–1	3–1–1	2nd
1958	Western State	1–8	0–5	6th
1959	Western State	3–5	1–4	6th
1960	Western State	1–7–1	0–4–1	6th
Western State:		37–33–3	23–20–3
Total:		68–73–7

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Pete Pederson". Peach Basket Society. Blogspot. November 12, 2015. Retrieved January 22, 2017.
^ ^a ^b "Willard Pederson NBL stats". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 22, 2017.
^ DeLassus, David (2016). "Willard M. Pederson Mount Union Records by Year". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on August 6, 2016. Retrieved January 22, 2017.
^ DeLassus, David (2016). "Pete Pederson Marshall Records by Year". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on August 6, 2016. Retrieved January 22, 2017.

[pbs-1] "Pete Pederson". Peach Basket Society. Blogspot. November 12, 2015. Retrieved January 22, 2017.

[bbr-2] "Willard Pederson NBL stats". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 22, 2017.

[3] DeLassus, David (2016). "Willard M. Pederson Mount Union Records by Year". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on August 6, 2016. Retrieved January 22, 2017.

[4] DeLassus, David (2016). "Pete Pederson Marshall Records by Year". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on August 6, 2016. Retrieved January 22, 2017.

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