G. Ott Romney - Misplaced Pages

(Redirected from George Ott Romney) American football player and coach, basketball coach (1892–1973)

G. Ott Romney
Biographical details
Romney from the 1928 Montanan
Born	(1892-12-12)December 12, 1892 Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.
Died	May 3, 1973(1973-05-03) (aged 80) Washington, D.C., U.S.
Playing career
Football
1910–1912	Utah

Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1922–1927	Montana State
1928–1936	BYU
Basketball
1922–1928	Montana State
1928–1935	BYU
Baseball
1925–1926	Montana State

Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1928–1936	BYU

Head coaching record
Overall	72–51–8 (college football) 283–102 (college basketball)

George Ottinger "Ott" Romney (December 12, 1892 – May 3, 1973) was an American college football player, coach of football, college basketball, college baseball, and track and field, and college athletics administrator. While directing the department at Montana State Agricultural College (now Montana State University- Bozeman) he served as head coach in football, track and basketball from 1922 to 1927 and at Brigham Young University (BYU) from 1928 to 1936, compiling a career college football record of 72–51–8. Romney served as head basketball coach at Montana State Agricultural College from 1922 to 1928. The program built teams that were honored by the Helms Foundation as some of the best of the early 20th Century, pioneering the Fast Break’ offense, successfully coupled with high pressure defense. The ‘Golden Bobcats’ under his successor, Schubert Dyche, won national recognition and two players, John ‘Cat’ Thompson and Frank Ward, were named as ‘All Americans’. At BYU from 1928 to 1935, Romney amassed a career college basketball mark of 283–102. In addition, Romney coached football and track at BYU and served as the school's athletic director.

Coaching career

Romney was the third head football coach at Brigham Young University (BYU). He coached for nine years, from 1928 to 1936. His overall record at BYU was 44–31–6. His best year in coaching was in 1932 when he went 8–1 and took second in the Rocky Mountain Conference.

Honors, family, death

Montana State University honored Romney by naming the first gymnasium built on campus after him. Although later replaced as the main sports facility by a large multipurpose field house named for his player John "Brick" Breeden, the Romney Gymnasium, now Romney Hall, still stands on the main quad of the Bozeman campus. MSU sought funding for the Romney repurposing from the Montana Legislature for nearly a decade until, in April 2019, the Legislature approved $25 million for Romney Hall. With these funds, and an additional $7 million raised from generous donors, MSU could proceed with transforming the marginally usable building into an energy-efficient "hero" building that will be used by nearly every student to attend Montana State for generations to come.

Romney is a first cousin of former Michigan Governor George W. Romney, and his son, former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney is named for Ott's younger brother. G. Ott Romney was named after his maternal grandfather George M. Ottinger although, since his father was George Ernest Romney and his other grandfather was also named George Romney, it might have been more complex than this. He died of a heart ailment in 1973.

Head coaching record

Football


Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
Montana Agricultural Bobcats (Rocky Mountain Conference) (1922–1927)
1922	Montana State	4–4	0–1	10th
1923	Montana State	5–4	1–2	7th
1924	Montana State	5–1–1	1–1–1	T–6th
1925	Montana State	6–5	1–4	10th
1926	Montana State	4–2–1	4–0	2nd
1927	Montana State	4–4	3–1	3rd
Montana Agricultural:		28–20–2	10–9–1
BYU Cougars (Rocky Mountain Conference) (1928–1936)
1928	BYU	3–3–1	1–3–1	10th
1929	BYU	5–3	4–2	T–4th
1930	BYU	5–2–4	4–1–1	3rd
1931	BYU	4–4	2–3	7th
1932	BYU	8–1	5–1	2nd
1933	BYU	5–4	5–3	5th
1934	BYU	4–5	3–5	7th
1935	BYU	4–4	3–4	T–7th
1936	BYU	4–5	4–4	6th
BYU:		44–31–6	31–26–2
Total:		72–51–8

References

"College Football Historical Records". New York Times. Retrieved December 7, 2007.
Salt Lake Tribune, May 4, 1973, Salt Lake City, Utah

External links

G. Ott Romney at Find a Grave

Links to related articles

Montana State Bobcats head football coaches

Charles Lisle (1897)
George Ahern (1898)
William J. Adams (1899)
Eugene C. Woodruff (1900)
A. G. Harbaugh (1901)
John E. Flynn (1902–1903)
Fred Ervin (1904)
A. G. Harbaugh (1905)
No team (1906–1907)
John H. McIntosh (1908–1910)
Earnest A. Dockstader (1911–1912)
Eugene F. Bunker (1913)
Fred Bennion (1914–1917)
No team (1918)
Walter D. Powell (1919)
D. V. Graves (1920–1921)
G. Ott Romney (1922–1927)
Schubert R. Dyche (1928–1935)
Jack Croft (1936–1937)
Schubert R. Dyche (1938–1941)
No team (1942–1945)
Clyde Carpenter (1946–1949)
John Mason (1950–1951)
Tony Storti (1952–1954)
Wally Lemm (1955)
Tony Storti (1956–1957)
Herb Agocs (1958–1962)
Jim Sweeney (1963–1967)
Tom Parac (1968–1970)
Sonny Holland (1971–1977)
Sonny Lubick (1978–1981)
Doug Graber (1982)
Dave Arnold (1983–1986)
Earle Solomonson (1987–1991)
Cliff Hysell (1992–1999)
Mike Kramer (2000–2006)
Rob Ash (2007–2015)
Jeff Choate (2016–2019)
No team (2020)
Brent Vigen (2021– )

Montana State Bobcats men's basketball head coaches

Team captains (1901–1907)
Walter R. Knox (1907–1908)
John H. McIntosh (1908–1911)
Earnest A. Dockstader (1911–1913)
Joe Markham (1913–1914)
Fred Bennion (1914–1919)
Walter D. Powell (1919–1920)
D. V. Graves (1920–1922)
G. Ott Romney (1922–1928)
Schubert R. Dyche (1928–1935)
Brick Breeden (1935–1943)
No team (1943–1944)
Brick Breeden (1944–1947)
Max Worthington (1947–1948)
Brick Breeden (1948–1954)
Wally Lemm (1954–1955)
Dobbie Lambert (1955–1962)
Roger Craft (1962–1969)
Gary Hulst (1969–1972)
Hank Anderson (1972–1974)
Rich Juarez (1974–1978)
Bruce Haroldson (1978–1983)
Stu Starner (1983–1990)
Mick Durham (1990–2006)
Brad Huse (2006–2014)
Brian Fish (2014–2019)
Danny Sprinkle (2019–2023)
Matt Logie (2023– )

v t e BYU Cougars athletic directors
G. Ott Romney (1928–1936) Eddie Kimball (1937–1963) Floyd Millet (1963–1970) Stan Watts (1970–1976) Lu Wallace (women's, 1972–1995) Glen Tuckett (1976–1993) Clayne Jensen (1993–1995) Rondo Fehlberg (1995–1999) Elaine Michaelis (women's, 1995–2004) Val Hale (1999–2004) Tom Holmoe (2005– )

BYU Cougars head football coaches

Alvin Twitchell (1922–1924)
Charles J. Hart (1925–1927)
G. Ott Romney (1928–1936)
Eddie Kimball (1937–1941)
Floyd Millet (1942)
No team (1943–1945)
Eddie Kimball (1946–1948)
Chick Atkinson (1949–1955)
Hal Kopp (1956–1958)
Tally Stevens (1959–1960)
Hal Mitchell (1961–1963)
Tommy Hudspeth (1964–1971)
LaVell Edwards (1972–2000)
Gary Crowton (2001–2004)
Bronco Mendenhall (2005–2015)
Kalani Sitake (2016– )

BYU Cougars men's basketball head coaches

W. A. Colton (1903)
Clayton Teetzel (1906–1908)
Fred Bennion (1908–1910)
Henry Rose (1911)
E. L. Roberts (1912–1920)
Alvin Twitchell (1920–1925)
E. L. Roberts (1926–1928)
G. Ott Romney (1928–1935)
Eddie Kimball (1935–1936)
Fred Dixon (1936–1938)
Eddie Kimball (1938–1941)
Floyd Millet (1941–1949)
Stan Watts (1949–1972)
Glenn Potter (1972–1975)
Frank Arnold (1975–1983)
LaDell Andersen (1983–1989)
Roger Reid (1989–1997)
Tony Ingle # (1997)
Steve Cleveland (1997–2005)
Dave Rose (2005–2019)
Mark Pope (2019–2024)
Kevin Young (2024– )

# denotes interim head coach.

Categories: