Leo F. Prendergast (August 25, 1902 – September 1967) was an American football player and coach of football and basketball. He served as the head football coach at Lehigh University from 1943 to 1945, compiling a record of 3–15–1. P Prendergast was also head basketball coach at Lehigh from 1943 to 1946, tallying a mark of 9–41.
Biography
A native of Easton, Pennsylvania, Prendergast attended Easton High School, where he lettered in football, basketball, baseball, and track. He moved on to Allentown Prep, where he lettered in football, basketball, and baseball during the 1919–20 school year. He then matriculated at The Kiski School in Saltsburg, Pennsylvania in 1921, where he played football alongside Bill Amos and also lettered in basketball and track.[1]
He served as the head football coach at Lehigh University, located in Bethlehem, from 1943 to 1945, compiling a record of 3–15–1. P Prendergast was also head basketball coach at Lehigh from 1943 to 1946, tallying a mark of 9–41.
On March 20, 1947, Prendergast resigned his position at Lehigh to take a job as head coach of the Bethlehem Bulldogs of the American Football League.[4] His Bethlehem contract was to run for three years.[4]
