Bob McNeish

{{Short description|American football player and coach (1912–1999)}}

{{Infobox college coach

| name = Bob McNeish

| image = Robert McNeish.jpg

| alt =

| caption = McNeish from 1946 USC yearbook

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1912|7|15}}

| birth_place =

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1999|2|27|1912|7|15}}

| death_place = San Gabriel, California, U.S.

| alma_mater =

| player_years1 = 1931–1933

| player_team1 = USC

| player_positions = Halfback

| coach_years1 = 1934

| coach_team1 = San Bernardino

| coach_years2 = 1935–1936

| coach_team2 = Pasadena

| coach_years3 = 1937–1941

| coach_team3 = USC (backfield)

| coach_years4 = 1942

| coach_team4 = Saint Mary's Pre-Flight (assistant)

| coach_years5 = 1945

| coach_team5 = USC (backfield)

| coach_years6 = 1946–1947

| coach_team6 = Navy (backfield)

| coach_years7 = 1948–1950

| coach_team7 = VPI

| overall_record = 1–25–3 (college)
16–9–2 (junior college)

| bowl_record =

| tournament_record =

| championships =

| awards =

| coaching_records =

}}

Robert C. McNeish (July 15, 1912 – February 27, 1999) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University from 1948 to 1950, compiling a record of 1–25–3. The lone win came against Richmond in 1949. McNeish played college football as a halfback at the University of Southern California (USC) from 1931 to 1933. His teams, coached by Howard Jones, went 30–2–1 in those three seasons, winning national championships and consecutive Rose Bowls in 1931 and 1932. McNeish served as an assistant coach at USC and at the United States Naval Academy. He died on February 27, 1999, in San Gabriel, California.{{cite news |title=Former defensive half-back, assistant coach dies at 86 |first=Kodi |last=Hirst |url=http://www.usc.edu/student-affairs/dt/V136/N32/03-former.32c.html |newspaper=Daily Trojan |date=March 4, 1999 |accessdate=October 21, 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110525042529/http://www.usc.edu/student-affairs/dt/V136/N32/03-former.32c.html |archivedate=May 25, 2011 }}

Head coaching record

=College=

{{CFB Yearly Record Start | type = coach | team = | conf = | bowl = | poll = no }}

{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = VPI Gobblers

| conf = Southern Conference

| startyear = 1948

| endyear = 1950

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1948

| name = VPI

| overall = 0–8–1

| conference = 0–6–1

| confstanding = 15th

| bowlname =

| bowloutcome =

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1949

| name = VPI

| overall = 1–7–2

| conference = 1–5–1

| confstanding = 15th

| bowlname =

| bowloutcome =

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1950

| name = VPI

| overall = 0–10

| conference = 0–8

| confstanding = 17th

| bowlname =

| bowloutcome =

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal

| name = VPI

| overall = 1–25–3

| confrecord = 1–19–2

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record End

| overall = 1–25–3

| bowls = no

| poll = no

| polltype =

| legend = no

}}

=Junior college football=

{{CFB Yearly Record Start | type = coach | team = | conf = | bowl = | poll = no }}

{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = San Bernardino Indians

| conf = Eastern Conference

| startyear = 1934

| endyear = single

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1934

| name = San Bernardino

| overall = 4–5–1

| conference = 2–3–1

| confstanding = 5th

| bowlname =

| bowloutcome =

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal

| name = San Bernardino

| overall = 4–5–1

| confrecord = 2–3–1

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = Pasadena Bulldogs

| conf = Independent

| startyear = 1935

| endyear = 1936

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1935

| name = Pasadena

| overall = 3–4–1

| conference =

| confstanding =

| bowlname =

| bowloutcome =

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1936

| name = Pasadena

| overall = 9–0

| conference =

| confstanding =

| bowlname =

| bowloutcome =

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal

| name = Pasadena

| overall = 12–4–1

| confrecord =

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record End

| overall = 16–9–2

| bowls = no

| poll = no

| polltype =

| legend = no

}}

{{cite web |author= |title=Football All-Time Season Scores |url=https://sbvcathletics.com/sports/fball/Football_All-Time_Season_Scores.pdf |publisher=San Bernardino Valley College Athletics |page=1 |access-date=May 13, 2024 }}

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