Art Acker

Art Acker

Biographical details
Born	(1891-07-17)July 17, 1891 Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
Died	December 24, 1990(1990-12-24) (aged 99) California, U.S.
Playing career
Football
c. 1915	Millikin
Basketball
c. 1915	Millikin
Track and field
c. 1915	Millikin
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1917–1918	Owensboro HS (KY)
1919	Stanford (freshmen)
1920–1922	Preston School of Industry
1923–1937	Chico State
Basketball
1923–1947	Chico State
Baseball
1923–1927	Chico State
Head coaching record
Overall	53–59–8 (college football) 339–205 (college basketball)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Football 3 CCC (1924–1926)

Arthur Lewis Acker (July 17, 1891 – December 24, 1990) was an American football, basketball, baseball, track and field, tennis, and boxing coach. He served as the head football coach at Chico State College—renamed from Chico State Teachers College in 1935 and now known as California State University, Chico—from 1923 to 1937, compiling a record of 53–59–8. Acker was also the head basketball coach at Chico State from 1924 to 1947, tallying a mark of 339–205.

Acker graduated from Millikin University in Decatur, Illinois in 1917. At Millikin, he played football and basketball and ran track. Acker began his coaching career in 1917 when he was hired as head football coach at Owensboro High School in Owensboro, Kentucky.^[1] He coached the freshmen team at Stanford University in 1919 and 1920. Acker came to Chico State in 1923 after coach for three years at Preston School of Industry in Ione, California.^[2][3][4]

Head coaching record

College football

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
Chico State Wildcats (California Coast Conference) (1923–1928)
1923	Chico State	5–2–2	2–1	T–3rd
1924	Chico State	7–2	2–0	1st
1925	Chico State	7–1	5–0	1st
1926	Chico State	5–2–1	5–0–1	1st
1927	Chico State	6–2	5–1	2nd
1928	Chico State	2–6	1–4	8th
Chico State Wildcats (Far Western Conference) (1929–1937)
1929	Chico State	3–5	1–3	T–4th
1930	Chico State	3–4	0–2	T–5th
1931	Chico State	3–4–1	2–1–1	T–1st
1930	Chico State	3–5	2–1	3rd
1933	Chico State	2–6	1–3	5th
1934	Chico State	4–3–1	2–1–1	3rd
1935	Chico State	2–5–1	0–4	5th
1936	Chico State	1–6–1	0–4	5th
1937	Chico State	0–6–1	0–4	5th
Chico State:		53–59–8	28–29–3
Total:		53–59–8
National championship         Conference title         Conference division title or championship game berth

References

1. "Demonstration On Saturday For 39 Young Men". The Twice-a-Week Messenger. Owensboro, Kentucky. October 6, 1917. p. 2. Retrieved May 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
2. "Art Acker To Coach Chico Teachers' Football Teams". The Sacramento Bee. Sacramento, California. August 29, 1923. p. 13. Retrieved May 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
3. "Art Acker: Sports Tradition For 38 Years at Chick State". Chico Enterprise-Record. Chico, California. September 10, 1966. p. 53. Retrieved May 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
4. "Art Acker: Sports Tradition For 38 Years at Chick State (continued)". Chico Enterprise-Record. Chico, California. September 10, 1966. p. 54. Retrieved May 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .