Prink Callison
{{Short description|American football player and coach (1899–1986)}}
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{{Infobox college coach
| name = Prink Callison
| image = Prink Callison.png
| alt =
| caption =
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1899|8|15}}
| birth_place =
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1986|6|17|1899|8|15}}
| death_place = Laguna Hills, California, U.S.
| alma_mater =
| player_years1 = 1920–1922
| player_team1 = Oregon
| player_positions = Center
| coach_years1 = 1932–1937
| coach_team1 = Oregon
| overall_record = 33–23–2 (college)
| bowl_record =
| tournament_record =
| championships = 1 PCC (1933)
| awards = First-team All-PCC (1922)
| coaching_records =
}}
Prince Gary "Prink" Callison (August 15, 1899 – June 17, 1986) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head coach at the University of OregonMcCann, Michael C. (1995). Oregon Ducks Football: 100 Years of Glory. Eugene, OR: McCann Communications Corp. {{ISBN|0-9648244-7-7}}. from 1932 to 1937, compiling a record of 33–23–2. In 1933, Callison led the program to its second championship of the Pacific Coast Conference.
Early career
Callison played college football at Oregon from 1920 to 1922.{{cite web|url=http://www.goducks.com//pdf2/80934.pdf|page=189|work=University of Oregon Football 2007 Media Guide|publisher=University of Oregon|title=All-Time Oregon Lettermen|accessdate=January 11, 2008}} He then became the head football and basketball coach at Medford High School, leading the boys' basketball team to Oregon state championships in 1924 and 1929.{{cite web|url=http://www.osaa.org/basketball/records/boyschamps.pdf|title=OSAA Boys' Basketball State Champions|accessdate=January 11, 2008|publisher=Oregon School Activities Association}}{{cite news|title=A storied history|last=Wheeler|first=Ken|date=September 8, 1995|work=The Oregonian}}
Head coach at Oregon
The Ducks hired Callison in 1932. In 1933, he coached the Ducks to a 9–1 record and a tie for the Pacific Coast Conference championship with Stanford. Since the two schools did not meet head-to-head, the decision of which team would play in the Rose Bowl had to be made by the committee. They chose Stanford, on the strength of the school's victory over USC, the only team to have beaten Oregon that year.{{cite news|last=Clark|first=Bob|work=The Register-Guard|date=August 27, 2003|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Ducks+fit+to+be+tied+after+'33+snub-a0110171359|title=Ducks fit to be tied after '33 snub|accessdate=January 11, 2008}} 1933 was Callison's best year as the Ducks finished no higher than fourth in the next four seasons. He resigned after the 1937 season.
Legacy and death
Callison died in Laguna Hills, California in 1986.{{cite news|work=Los Angeles Times|date=June 18, 1986|title=Names in the News}} He had been named to the Oregon Sports Hall of Fame in 1981.{{cite web|url=http://www.oregonsportshall.org/inductee-members.html|publisher=Oregon Sports Hall of Fame|title=Hall of Fame Roll of Honor Members|accessdate=June 28, 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727152755/http://www.oregonsportshall.org/inductee-members.html|archivedate=July 27, 2011}}
Head coaching record
=College=
{{CFB Yearly Record Start | type = coach | team = | conf = | bowl = | poll = no }}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Oregon Webfoots
| conf = Pacific Coast Conference
| startyear = 1932
| endyear = 1937
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1932
| name = Oregon
| overall = 6–3–1
| conference = 2–2–1
| confstanding = T–5th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year = 1933
| name = Oregon
| overall = 9–1
| conference = 4–1
| confstanding = T–1st
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1934
| name = Oregon
| overall = 6–4
| conference = 4–2
| confstanding = 4th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1935
| name = Oregon
| overall = 6–3
| conference = 3–2
| confstanding = T–4th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1936
| name = Oregon
| overall = 2–6–1
| conference = 1–5–1
| confstanding = 8th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1937
| name = Oregon
| overall = 4–6
| conference = 2–5
| confstanding = 8th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Oregon
| overall = 33–23–2
| confrecord = 16–17–2
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record End
| overall = 33–23–2
| bowls = no
| poll = no
| polltype =
}}
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