Alex Yunevich | |
Birth Date: | 8 December 1909 |
Death Place: | Venice, Florida, U.S. |
Player Years1: | 1929–1931 |
Player Team1: | Purdue |
Player Positions: | Fullback |
Coach Sport1: | Football |
Coach Years2: | 1933 |
Coach Team2: | Lehigh (assistant) |
Coach Years3: | 1934–1936 |
Coach Team3: | Central State (MI) |
Coach Years4: | 1937–1941 |
Coach Team4: | Alfred |
Coach Years5: | 1942 |
Coach Team5: | Lakehurst NAS (assistant) |
Coach Years6: | 1946–1976 |
Coach Team6: | Alfred |
Coach Sport7: | Baseball |
Coach Years8: | 1937 |
Coach Team8: | Central State (MI) |
Overall Record: | 186–98–13 (football) 5–2 (baseball) |
Championships: | Football 2 ICAC (1972, 1976) |
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Alexander Joseph Yunevich (December 8, 1909 – January 28, 1992) was an American college football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Central State Teachers College—now known as Central Michigan University—from 1934 to 1936 and at Alfred University from 1937 to 1976, compiling a career college football record of 186–98–13. Yunevich played football as a fullback at Purdue University.
Yunevich was an assistant coach for the 1942 Lakehurst Naval Air Station Blimps football team.[1] He died on January 28, 1992, in Venice, Florida, where he lived during his retirement.[2] [3]