Tippy Dye was the quarterback from 1934, the year that Head Coach Francis Schmidt originated the 'Gold Pants' for beating Michigan, through 1936. The Buckeyes defeated TSUN each of those years. The feat of winning three games as the QB against TSUN has now been duplicated by Troy Smith, from 2004 through 2006.
Dye also played baseball and basketball (team captain) at tOSU, and later was Ohio State's head basketball coach from 1947 to 1950.
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William Henry Harrison "Tippy" Dye is a noted former college
athlete,
coach, and
athletic director in the
United States. As a
basketball head coach, Dye led the
University of Washington to their only
NCAA Final Four appearance. As an athletic director, Dye helped build the
University of Nebraska football dynasty.
Dye entered the
Ohio State University in 1933 and became a star three-sport athlete. He earned three
varsity letters as a
football quarterback in 1934, 1935 and 1936. His team finished those seasons with records of 7-1, 7-1, and 5-3, respectively. Dye also played guard on the school's basketball team, lettering in 1935, 1936 and 1937. He was an All-Conference selection in the
Big Ten in 1936 and 1937. In 1937 he was also the team's captain. Dye lettered in baseball in 1935 and 1936.
After graduation, Dye entered coaching. He was the basketball
head coach of the
Ohio State University from 1947 to 1950. In 1950 Ohio State won the
Big Ten Conference title and finished in the
Elite Eight of the
NCAA basketball tournament. Dye then moved on to the
University of Washington, where he served as the basketball
head coach from 1951 to 1959. Washington won three consecutive
Pacific Coast Conference titles (1951-53), and in 1953 went to the NCAA
Final Four. Dye's 156-91 record in
Washington ranks him as the third winningest coach in the school's basketball history, behind
Hall of Fame coaches
Hec Edmundson and
Marv Harshman.
Dye was hired as the athletic director at the
University of Nebraska in 1962. Prior to hiring Dye, the
University of Nebraska football team had an all-time winning percentage of less than 62%. Since 1962 (ending 2005) the
University of Nebraska football winning percentage is just over 81%, which is by far the highest winning percentage in that period in the nation.
Dye was named after former
United States President William Henry Harrison. Harrison used the campaign nickname of
Tippecanoe, which led in turn to Dye's nickname of Tippy.
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