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American football player and coach (1904–1977)

Don McCallister
Biographical details
Born	(1904-03-13)March 13, 1904 Illinois, U.S.
Died	August 5, 1977(1977-08-05) (aged 73) San Gabriel, California, U.S.
Playing career
1925	Illinois

Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1926–1927	Palatka HS (FL)
1928–1930	Miami HS (FL)
1931–1934	Toledo Waite HS (OH)
1935–1937	South Carolina
1938–1941	Norwich

Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1935–1937	South Carolina
1938–1941	Norwich

Head coaching record
Overall	32–29–2 (college)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
High School National (1932)

Donald McCallister (March 13, 1904 – August 5, 1977) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at South Carolina University from 1935 to 1937 and at Norwich University in Northfield, Vermont from 1938 to 1941, compiling a career college football coaching record of 32–29–2. As a high school coach at Waite High School in Toledo, Ohio, McCallister's 1932 squad won a mythical High School Football National Championship.

McCallister died on August 5, 1977, as San Gabriel Community Hospital in San Gabriel, California.

Head coaching record


Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
South Carolina Gamecocks (Southern Conference) (1935–1937)
1935	South Carolina	3–7	1–4	T–8th
1936	South Carolina	5–7	2–5	12th
1937	South Carolina	5–6–1	2–2–1	7th
South Carolina:		12–20–1	5–11–1
Norwich Cadets (Independent) (1938–1941)
1938	Norwich	2–4
1939	Norwich	5–2–1
1940	Norwich	7–1
1941	Norwich	6–2
South Carolina:		20–9–1
Total:		32–29–2

"Don McCallister". Sports-Reference. Retrieved October 18, 2018.
"Norwich Football". Biddeford Daily Journal. September 26, 1941. Retrieved October 18, 2018.
"Don McCallister Goes To South Carolina". Akron Beacon Journal. January 12, 1935. Retrieved November 26, 2018.
"Former Football Coach Is Dead". Santa Cruz Sentinel. Santa Cruz, California. Associated Press. August 7, 1977. p. 54. Retrieved November 28, 2018 – via Newspapers.com .

v t e South Carolina Gamecocks athletic directors
W. A. Whaley (1896) Frederick M. Murphy (1897) Bill Wertenbaker (1898) Irving O. Hunt (1899–1900) Byron W. Dickson (1901) Bob Williams (1902–1903) Christie Benet (1904–1905) Douglas McKay (1907) Christie Benet (1908–1909) John Neff (1910–1911) Norman B. Edgerton (1912–1915) Dixon Foster (1917) Frank Dobson (1918) Dixon Foster (1919) Sol Metzger (1920–1924) Branch Bocock (1925–1926) Harry Lightsey (1927) Billy Laval (1928–1934) Don McCallister (1935–1937) Rex Enright (1938–1955) Warren Giese (1956–1960) Marvin Bass (1961–1965) Paul Dietzel (1966–1974) Bo Hagan (1975–1976) Jim Carlen (1976–1981) Bob Marcum (1982–1988) Dick Bestwick (1988) King Dixon (1988–1992) Mike McGee (1993–2005) Eric Hyman (2005–2012) Ray Tanner (2012– )

v t e South Carolina Gamecocks head football coaches
No coach (1892) No team (1893) No coach (1894–1895) Richard S. Whaley (1896) Frederick M. Murphy (1897) Bill Wertenbaker (1898) Irving O. Hunt (1899–1900) Byron W. Dickson (1901) Bob Williams (1902–1903) Christie Benet (1904–1905) No team (1906) Douglas McKay (1907) Christie Benet (1908–1909) John Neff (1910–1911) Norman B. Edgerton (1912–1915) W. Rice Warren (1916) Dixon Foster (1917) Frank Dobson (1918) Dixon Foster (1919) Sol Metzger (1920–1924) Branch Bocock (1925–1926) Harry Lightsey (1927) Billy Laval (1928–1934) Don McCallister (1935–1937) Rex Enright (1938–1942) James Moran Sr. (1943) Williams Newton (1944) John D. McMillan (1945) Rex Enright (1946–1955) Warren Giese (1956–1960) Marvin Bass (1961–1965) Paul Dietzel (1966–1974) Jim Carlen (1975–1981) Richard Bell (1982) Joe Morrison (1983–1988) Sparky Woods (1989–1993) Brad Scott (1994–1998) Lou Holtz (1999–2004) Steve Spurrier (2005–2015) Shawn Elliott # (2015) Will Muschamp (2016–2020) Mike Bobo # (2020) Shane Beamer (2021– ) # denotes interim head coach

# denotes interim head coach

v t e Norwich Cadets head football coaches
George A. Arnold (1893–1895) W. J. Randall (1896–1897) William Henry Cook (1898–1900) George S. Pratt (1901–1905) Jimmy Turner (1906–1909) Roland D. Potter (1910–1911) Willis P. Fraser (1912) Irving Pray (1913–1914) Joseph Courtney (1915) Henry F. White (1916–1917) Arthur W. Peach (1918–1919) Charles L. Hoernie (1920) Roland D. Potter (1921–1922) Jim Laird (1923–1925) E. Dewey Graham (1926–1930) Dutch Connor (1931) Jim Laird (1932–1934) Harry Oestrich (1935) Robert Blodgett (1936–1937) Don McCallister (1938–1941) Stan Keck (1942–1946) John M. Heffernan (1947–1948) Ed Hartman (1949–1950) George Benz (1951–1954) Robert Priestly (1955–1964) Joseph G. Sabol (1965–1974) Barry Mynter (1975–1990) Steve Hackett (1991–1996) Mike Yesalonia (1997–2004) Shawn McIntyre (2005–2010) Mark Murnyack (2011–2019) No team (2020) Mark Murnyack (2021–2023) Bill Russell (2024– )