Maynard O'Brien
{{Short description|American football coach (1907–1990)}}
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{{Infobox college coach
| name = Maynard O'Brien
| image =
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1907|1|12}}
| birth_place =
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1990|3|16|1907|1|12}}
| death_place = Charleston, Illinois, U.S.
| alma_mater = Illinois Wesleyan University
University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
| coach_years1 = 1946–1950
| coach_team1 = Eastern Illinois
| coach_years2 = 1952–1955
| coach_team2 = Eastern Illinois
| overall_record = 27–50–1
| bowl_record = 0–1
| tournament_record =
| championships = 1 IIAC (1948)
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Maynard "Pat" O'Brien (January 12, 1907 – March 16, 1990) was an American college football coach. He was the 13th head football coach at Eastern Illinois State College—now known as Eastern Illinois University—in Charleston, Illinois, serving for nine seasons, from 1946 to 1950 and 1952 to 1955, and compiling a record of 27–50–1.[http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_iaa/ohiovalley/eastern_illinois/coaching_records.php Eastern Illinois Coaching Records] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071122094010/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_iaa/ohiovalley/eastern_illinois/coaching_records.php |date=November 22, 2007 }}
O'Brien Field was named in Maynard O'Brien's honor.
Head coaching record
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Eastern Illinois Panthers
| conf = Illinois / Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
| startyear = 1946
| endyear = 1950
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1946
| name = Eastern Illinois
| overall = 2–6
| conference = 1–3
| confstanding = 4th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1947
| name = Eastern Illinois
| overall = 2–6
| conference = 2–2
| confstanding = T–3rd
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| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year = 1948
| name = Eastern Illinois
| overall = 7–3
| conference = 4–0
| confstanding = 1st
| bowlname = Corn
| bowloutcome = L
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1949
| name = Eastern Illinois
| overall = 3–5
| conference = 2–2
| confstanding = 3rd
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1950
| name = Eastern Illinois
| overall = 5–3
| conference = 2–2
| confstanding = T–3rd
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Eastern Illinois Panthers
| conf = Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
| startyear = 1952
| endyear = 1955
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1952
| name = Eastern Illinois
| overall = 2–7
| conference = 1–5
| confstanding = 7th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1953
| name = Eastern Illinois
| overall = 1–8
| conference = 0–6
| confstanding = 7th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1954
| name = Eastern Illinois
| overall = 2–6–1
| conference = 1–4–1
| confstanding = 5th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1955
| name = Eastern Illinois
| overall = 3–6
| conference = 1–5
| confstanding = 6th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Eastern Illinois
| overall = 27–50–1
| confrecord = 14–29–1
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record End
| overall = 27–50–1
| bowls = no
| poll = no
| polltype =
}}
See also
References
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