Chester R. Stackhouse

{{Short description|American sports coach and college athletics administrator}}

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| name = Chester R. Stackhouse

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1905|8|8}}

| birth_place = Nankin, Ohio, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1978|6|30|1905|8|8}}

| death_place = Turner, Oregon, U.S.

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| player_sport1 = Football

| player_years2 = 1927–1928

| player_team2 = Central Michigan / Central State

| player_sport3 = Basketball

| player_years4 = 1927–1929

| player_team4 = Central Michigan / Central State

| player_sport5 = Track

| player_years6 = {{Circa|1928}}

| player_team6 = Central Michigan / Central State

| player_positions = Center (football)

| coach_sport1 = Football

| coach_years2 = c. 1930

| coach_team2 = Saginaw HS (MI)

| coach_years3 = 1948

| coach_team3 = Lincoln (PA)

| coach_years4 = 1949–1951

| coach_team4 = Willamette

| coach_years5 = 1952

| coach_team5 = Stanford (assistant)

| coach_years6 = 1953–1954

| coach_team6 = Slippery Rock

| coach_sport7 = Track

| coach_years8 = c. 1930

| coach_team8 = Saginaw HS (MI)

| coach_years9 = 1935–1941

| coach_team9 = Michigan (assistant)

| coach_years10 = 1949–1952

| coach_team10 = Willamette

| admin_years1 = 1947–1949

| admin_team1 = Lincoln (PA)

| admin_years2 = 1949–1952

| admin_team2 = Willamette

| overall_record = 21–29–3 (college football)

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Chester Ray "Stack" Stackhouse (August 8, 1905 – June 30, 1978) was an American football and track and field coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Lincoln University in Pennsylvania in 1948, Willamette University from 1949 to 1951, and Slippery Rock State Teachers College—now known as Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania—from 1953 to 1954, compiling a career college football coaching record of 21–29–3. Stackhouse was an assistant track coach at the University of Michigan from 1935 to 1941.{{cite news |author= |title=Stackhouse Is Bearcat Boss |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/22470050/herald_and_news/ |newspaper=Herald and News |location=Klamath Falls, Oregon |agency=Associated Press |date=June 20, 1949 |page=8 |access-date=August 3, 2018 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }} In 1952, he joined the football coaching staff at Stanford University as an assistant under head coach Chuck Taylor.{{cite news |last=Kowitz |first=Chris Jr. |title=Stackhouse Coaching at Stanford; Ex-Bearcat Football Boss Now Aide to Chuck Taylor |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/22469711/the_capital_journal/ |newspaper=Capital Journal |location=Salem, Oregon |date=September 17, 1952 |page=10 |access-date=August 3, 2018 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}

Stackhouse was born on August 8, 1905, in Nankin, Ohio. He died on June 30, 1978, at his farm in Turner, Oregon.{{cite news |author= |title=WU Relays founder C.R. Stackhouse dies at 72 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/22470681/statesman_journal/ |newspaper=Statesman Journal |location=Salem, Oregon |date=July 2, 1978 |page=1D |access-date=August 3, 2018 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }} His daughter, Ann Rule, was an author of true crime books.{{cite news |author= |title=Chester Stackhouse |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/22471471/statesman_journal/ |newspaper=Statesman Journal |location=Salem, Oregon |date=July 2, 1978 |page=3C |access-date=August 3, 2018 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}