Ralph Hutchinson

For the English clergyman and academic, see Ralph Hutchinson (President of St John's). For the American academic, see Ralph Cooper Hutchison.

Ralph Hutchinson
Sport(s)	American football, basketball, baseball
Biographical details
Born	February 19, 1878(1878-02-19) Elmira, New York
Died	March 30, 1935(1935-03-30) (aged 57) Moscow, Idaho
Playing career
Football 1898–1899 1900	Princeton Greensburg A. A.
Position(s)	Quarterback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football 1901 1902 1903–1905 1911–1916 1918 1919 1920–1927 Basketball 1910–1917 1919–1920 1926–1927 Baseball 1904–1906 1910–1917	Dickinson Princeton (backs) Texas New Mexico Washington & Jefferson Idaho Idaho Technical New Mexico Idaho Idaho Technical Texas New Mexico
Head coaching record
Overall	61–53–6 (football) 56–18 (basketball) 69–44–2 (baseball)
Statistics College Football Data Warehouse

Ralph Fielding "Hutch" Hutchinson (February 19, 1878 – March 30, 1935) was an American football, basketball, and baseball player and coach in the United States. He served as the head football coach at Dickinson College (1901), the University of Texas at Austin (1903–1905), the University of New Mexico (1911–1916), Washington & Jefferson College (1918), the University of Idaho (1919), and the Idaho Technical Institute, now Idaho State University, (1920–1927), compiling a career college football record of 61–53–6. Hutchinson was also the head basketball coach at New Mexico (1910–1917), Idaho (1919–1920), and Idaho Technical (1926–1927), amassing a career college basketball record of 56–18, and the head baseball coach at Texas from 1904 to 1906 and at New Mexico from 1910 to 1917, tallying a career college baseball mark of 69–44–2. Hutchinson was born in Elmira, New York and died at the age of 57 on March 30, 1935 of a heart attack at his home in Moscow, Idaho.

Playing career

Hutchinson played varsity football and baseball and ran track at Princeton University. In football, he was a quarterback and later played the position as a player-coach for the Greensburg Athletic Association, an early professional football team out of Greensburg, Pennsylvania, in 1900.

Coaching career

Dickinson College

Hutchison was the third head football coach for the Dickinson College Red Devils in Carlisle, Pennsylvania and he held that position for the 1901 season. His overall coaching record at Dickinson was 3–4. This ranks him 25th at Dickinson in terms of total wins and 15th at Dickinson in terms of winning percentage.

Texas

From 1903 to 1905, Hutchinson coached at Texas, where he compiled a 16–7–2 record.

Idaho

Hutchinson was the head coach at the University of Idaho for the 1919 season. A "shorter than normal" season, his team posted a 2–3 record.

Idaho State

In 1920, Hutchinson went to Idaho State University to coach, where he stayed until the completion of the 1927 season, tallying a 25–22–2 record.

Head coaching record

Football

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
Dickinson Red Devils () (1901)
1901	Dickinson	3–4
Dickinson:		3–4
Texas Longhorns (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1903–1904)
1903	Texas	5–1–2
1904	Texas	6–2
Texas Longhorns (Independent) (1905)
1905	Texas	5–4
Texas:		16–7–2
New Mexico Lobos (Independent) (1911–1916)
1911	New Mexico	1–3–1
1912	New Mexico	0–4
1913	New Mexico	3–2
1914	New Mexico	3–1–1
1915	New Mexico	3–1
1916	New Mexico	3–2
New Mexico:		13–13–2
Washington & Jefferson Presidents () (1918)
1918	Washington & Jefferson	2–2
Washington & Jefferson:		2–2
Idaho Vandals (Independent) (1919)
1919	Idaho	2–3
Idaho:		2–3
Idaho Technical Bengals (Independent) (1920–1927)
1920	Idaho Technical	3–3
1921	Idaho Technical	6–2
1922	Idaho Technical	4–3
1923	Idaho Technical	3–2–1
1924	Idaho Technical	5–2
1925	Idaho Technical	2–4
1926	Idaho Technical	1–4
1927	Idaho Technical	1–4–1
Idaho Technical:		25–24–2
Total:		61–53–6
National championship         Conference title         Conference division title

External links

• Ralph Hutchinson at the College Football Data Warehouse
• Ralph Hutchinson at College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com