Steve Sebo

Steve Sebo

Biographical details
Born	(1914-07-15)July 15, 1914
Died	December 10, 1989(1989-12-10) (aged 75)
Playing career
Football
1934–1936	Michigan State
Baseball
1935–1937	Michigan State
1937	Alexandria Aces
1939	Big Spring Barons
Position(s)	Halfback (football) Catcher (baseball)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1937–1939	Petoskey HS (MI)
1944	Amarillo AAF (backfield)
1946–1948	Alma
1949	Harvard (backfield)
1950–1953	Michigan State (backfield)
1954–1959	Penn
Basketball
1937–1940	Petoskey HS (MI)
1946–1949	Alma
Baseball
1938–1940	Petoskey HS (MI)
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1948	Alma
1960–1962	New York Titans (GM)
1962–1970	Virginia
Head coaching record
Overall	33–42–2 (college football) 36–24 (college basketball)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
1 MIAA (1948) 1 Ivy (1959)

Stephen Sebo (July 15, 1914 – December 10, 1989)^[1] was an American football and baseball player, coach, college athletics administrator, and professional sports executive. He played baseball and football at Michigan State University, from which he graduated in 1937. He then played minor league baseball and coached sports at Petoskey High School in Petoskey, Michigan. During the World War II era, he served in the United States Army Air Forces and was discharged after 5 years with the rank of major.^[2][3] After the war, Sebo was the head football coach at Alma College from 1946 to 1948 and at the University of Pennsylvania from 1954 to 1959, compiling a career college football record of 33–42–2.

The highlight of Sebo's tenure at Penn was the 1959 season, in which the Quakers won their first Ivy League championship. As it turned out, even that wasn't enough to save his job; school officials had already decided before the season that his contract would not be renewed.^[4]

He also coached basketball at Alma from 1946 to 1949, tallying a mark of 36–24. After Sebo was fired from his post at Penn following the 1959 season, he became the general manager of the New York Titans, a newly formed team of the upstart American Football League that was renamed as the New York Jets in 1963. Sebo left the Titans in 1962 to become the athletic director at the University of Virginia.^[5]

Head coaching record

College football

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
Alma Scots (Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1946–1948)
1946	Alma	2–5	2–3	T–4th
1947	Alma	5–2–1	2–2–1	4th
1948	Alma	8–0	5–0	1st
Alma:		15–7–1	9–5–1
Penn Quakers (Independent) (1954–1955)
1954	Penn	0–9
1955	Penn	0–9
Penn Quakers (Ivy League) (1956–1959)
1956	Penn	4–5	4–3	T–3rd
1957	Penn	3–6	3–4	T–4th
1958	Penn	4–5	4–3	T–4th
1959	Penn	7–1–1	6–1	1st
Penn:		18–35–1	17–11
Total:		33–42–2
National championship         Conference title         Conference division title or championship game berth

References

1. "Steve Sebo". Retrieved December 26, 2020.
2. "Michigan State Hires Sebo as Backfield Coach". Argus-Press. Associated Press. February 8, 1950. Retrieved November 30, 2010.
3. "Steve Sebo Minor League Statistics & History". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved November 30, 2010.
4. "40 years ago, Penn won magical first Ivy title".
5. Briordy, William J. (January 23, 1962). "Sebo Resigns as Titan General Manager for Position at Virginia". The New York Times. Retrieved November 30, 2010.