:Charles McGeoch

{{Short description|American football player and coach (1899–1985)}}

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{{Infobox college coach

| name = Charles McGeoch

| image = CRMcGeoch.png

| alt =

| caption = McGeoch pictured in Index 1925, UMass yearbook

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1899|9|12}}

| birth_place = Bridgewater, Massachusetts, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1985|5|25|1899|9|12}}

| death_place = Lawrence, Massachusetts, U.S.

| alma_mater =

| player_years1 = 1922–1924

| player_team1 = Massachusetts

| player_postions =

| coach_years1 = c. 1925

| coach_team1 = Salisbury School (MA)

| coach_years2 = 1928–1930

| coach_team2 = Massachusetts

| coach_years3 = 1931

| coach_team3 = Malden HS (MA)

| overall_record = 6–17–2 (college)

| bowl_record =

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Charles Ryerson McGeoch (September 12, 1899 – May 25, 1985) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Massachusetts Agricultural College—now the University of Massachusetts Amherst from 1928 to 1930, compiling record of 6–17–2.

McGeoch attended the Northfield Mount Hermon School in Gill, Massachusetts and then Massachusetts Agricultural College, where he played college football from 1922 to 1924. After graduating, he coached at the Salisbury School in Salisbury, Connecticut. In 1931, McGeoch was hired as an assistant coach at Malden High School in Malden, Massachusetts to work under head coach Warren McGuirk.{{cite news |author= |title=Ex-Aggie Football Mentor For Malden |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/90438167/the-boston-globe/ |newspaper=The Boston Globe |location=Boston, Massachusetts |date=September 4, 1931 |page=29 |access-date=December 12, 2021 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}

Head coaching record

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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = Massachusetts Aggies

| conf = Independent

| startyear = 1928

| endyear = 1930

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1928

| name = Massachusetts

| overall = 2–5–1

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| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1929

| name = Massachusetts

| overall = 3–4–1

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| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1930

| name = Massachusetts

| overall = 1–8

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| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

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{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal

| name = Massachusetts

| overall = 6–17–2

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{{CFB Yearly Record End

| overall = 6–17–2

| bowls = no

| poll = no

| polltype =

| legend = no

}}

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