Charles Baird hired in 1893 (Baseball adopted in 1865, Football in 1878, Tennis in 1892, and Outdoor Track in 1895); Phil Bartelme hired as AD in 1908. Charles Mills Gayley wrote The Yellow and Blue in 1886. The Michigan Marching Band began in 1896. The Victors written by Louis Elbel in 1898. Football was adopted as a varsity sport at the University of Michigan in 1879 after the student football association was formed in 1873; early games were played at the Washtenaw County Fairgrounds, then moved to Regent's Field, 1893-1905,until Ferry Field was built in 1906.
Charles Baird, a former Michigan Football player, 1892-1895, and assistant football coach, 1897-1898, hired Yost in 1901. Yost's Ohio Wesleyan squad played Michigan in 1897 to a scoreless tie. Baird donated the Charles Baird Carillon, 4th largest in the world, for the Burton Memorial Tower in 1936.
Fielding Yost hired in 1901 (Football), promoted to Athletic Director in 1921-1941, Yost Field House built in 1923, Michigan Stadium in 1927/IM Building in 1928. Bennie Oosterbaan played for Yost, 1925-1927, and coached football 1928-1958, and basketball, 1928-1946. Former Wolverine All-American Bump Elliott coached 1957-1968. Bo Schembechler coached 1969-1989, and AD 1989-1992. Gary Moeller coached 1969-1994. Lloyd Carr coached 1980-2007, and former Michigan All-American Jim Harbaugh, 2014-2018. Michigan has won 11 National Championships and 42 Conference Championships in Football. List of Michigan Wolverine Football Trainers Mike Murphy and Keene Fitzpatrick were unofficial coaches for the U.S. Olympic Track Teams in 1892 and 1900; they also served as football athletic trainers. J. Fred Lawton and Earl V. Moore wrote "Varsity" in 1911. Yost hired C. Phillip Pack in 1926 as Publicity Director to help him market the bonds needed to build Michigan Football Stadium; later, Pack produced the first media guides for football and other sports in 1938; Crisler replaced Pack with Les Etter in 1943-1968.
Fielding Yost, the "Original" Legend of Michigan; he hired Keen, Fisher, Mann, Courtright, Oosterbaan, Lowery, Cappon, Veenker, and Hoyt and built Michigan Football Stadium, Yost Field House and the Intramural Building
Stephen Farrell hired in 1912 (Track/Cross country) by Phil Bartelme who was Yost's Student Manager of the 1902 Football Team, and became Baird's replacement in 1909. Indoor Track adopted as a varsity sport in 1917, and Cross Country in 1919. Keene Fitzpatrick coached track 1896-1921, Charles Hoyt, 1930-39, Ken Doherty, 1940-48, and Don Canham, 1950-1968, and AD 1968-1988. Jack Harvey coached 1975-1999; Ron Warhurst coached track and cross country, 1974-2008. Michigan has won one National Championship, 26 Indoor and 31 Outdoor Conference Championships in Track. Women's track was adopted in 1977; Red Simmons coached 1977-1981, and James Henry has coached 1981-2017.
Stephen Farrell, former Circus Performer, could still jump backwards 7 feet at the age of 60
Elmer Mitchell hired in 1917 (Basketball) inducted 2002; Basketball adopted as a varsity sport in 1908. Mitchell also coached football and baseball as an assistant. Mitchell played baseball for Michigan, 1910-1912 under Branch Rickey, and was captain of the 1912 team. Edwin Mather coached 1919-1928, George Veenker, 1928-1931, and Franklin Cappon, 1928-1938. Oosterbaan's 1946 Captain, Dave Strack, coached 1960-1968 after working as assistant, 1948-1959. Johnny Orr coached 1967-1980. Bill Frieder coached 1973-1989. John Beilein coached 2007-2018. Michigan has won one National Championship, and claims 16 Conference Championships in Basketball.
Elmer Mitchell, former Wolverine Baseball player became Head Basketball Coach at Michigan, and "Father" of Intramural Athletics
Ray Fisher hired in 1921 (baseball) inducted 1979. Ray Fisher Stadium opened in 1923. Fisher was an assistant basketball coach until 1941, and assistant football coach through 1945. Bartelme hired Branch Rickey in 1910 to coach Wolverine baseball; Rickey coached through 1913 after earning a law degree to coach the St. Louis Browns. Bartelme left Michigan as athletic director in 1921 to become President of the Syracuse Stars, a baseball team co-owned by Bartelme and Rickey. Don Lund coached Wolverine baseball, 1959-1962 (served Michigan through 1992), and Moby Benedict coached 1963-1979; both Lund and Benedict played for Fisher. Michigan has won two National Championships, and claims 37 Conference Titles in Baseball. Softball was adopted in 1977; Carol Hutchins has coached 1983-2018 where her teams have won 21 Regular Season or Tournament Conference Championships, and is the winningest coach in Wolverine Athletic History with 1,527 wins.
Ray Fisher coached Football, Basketball, and Baseball at Michigan, 1921-1958, winning over 600 baseball games. The record remained until broken in 2000; Fisher was the winningest coach at Michigan, 1923-2000.
Matt Mann hired in 1923 (swimming & diving) inducted 1980; Swimming & Diving adopted as a varsity sport in 1921. Mann's Wolverine squads won 16 Big Ten and 13 National Championships wtih 80 Individual NCAA Champions in 29 seasons with 5 consecutive NCAA titles, 1937-1941. Matt Mann coached the 1952 U.S. Olympic Team. He was forced to retire at the age of 70 due to Michigan law at that time, but coached 8 seasons at Oklahoma until his death. Later, Gus Stager coached 1955-1982; Jon Urbanchek coached 1985-2004. Stager coached the 1960 U.S. Olympic Team, and Urbanchek was assistant U.S. Olympic Coach 7 times. Dick Kimball coached Diving, 1958-2002, and was volunteer assistant coach until 2010; he returned again to help in 2014-15. Kimball was U.S. Olympic Diving Coach 3 times, 1980, 1984, and 1988. Mike Bottom coached 2008-2018. Michigan has won 19 National Championships and 39 Conference Championships in Swimming & Diving.
Cliff Keen hired in 1925 (wrestling) inducted 1980; Wrestling adopted as a varsity sport in 1921. Keen coached wrestling, 1925-1970 (45 seasons), and football, 1926-1958 (33 seasons). Keen's wrestling squads claimed 13 Big Ten Team Championships in 45 seasons; he coached 68 All-Americans and 80 individual Big Ten Champions over that span. Keen was promoted by Crisler to be the 150 lbs. Head Coach in 1947 to being a Spring Football program, and his teams won Big Ten Championships in 1947 and 1948; he is one of two Michigan Coaches to win Big Ten Championships in two sports, football and wrestling. Also, Keen's 1948 Team is the only Michigan Football Team to defeat Ohio State twice in the same season. Keen was the first Michigan Head Coach to be named Olympic Coach in 1948. Later, Rick Bay, former All-American under Keen, coached 1970-1974. Michigan won their last Big Ten Title for wrestling in 1973; overall, the Wolverines have claimed 14 Conference Championships, and have earned NCAA Runner-Up in 1928, 1929, 1967, 1974, and 2005.
Eddie Lowrey hired in 1927 (hockey) by Yost, and was fired by Fritz Crisler, AD 1941-1968, in 1944. Hockey adopted as a varsity sport in 1922. Lowrey was the former President of the NCAA Rules Committe on Ice Hockey, 1934-1935, when there were only 29 NCAA Hockey teams in the United States. Vic Heyliger played for Lowrey, 1934-37, and coached 1944-1957. The NCAA began its first Ice Hockey Championship Tournament in 1948 with Michigan as its initial Champion. Michigan joined the WCHA in 1951, and left in 1981 to join the CCHA until it dissolved in 2013 to form the Big Ten Hockey Conference. Al Renfrew played for Heyliger, and coached 1957-1973. Red Berenson played for Renfrew, and coached 1980-2017. Michigan won 9 National Championships, and claims 16 Conference Championships in Hockey. Michigan adopted Field Hockey in 1973; Phyllis Ocker coached 1974-77, and was the first female athletic director serving 1977-1990. Marcia Pankratz coached 17 seasons, 1996-2017; she played for the Iowa, 1984-1986 earning the Big Ten Medal of Honor. Michigan Field Hockey won a National Championship in 2001, and claims 11 Conference Championships.
Eddie Lowrey was sacked in 1944 by Fritz Crisler after coaching Michigan Hockey for 18 seasons for Fielding Yost; one of his star pupils was Vic Heyliger.
Ray Courtright hired in 1927 (golf) by Fielding Yost; and was fired by Fritz Crisler, AD 1941-1968, in 1944. Courtright was promote to Head Golf Coach since Speech Professor Thomas Trueblood reached the mandatory retirement age of 70 in 1926. Golf was adopted as a varsity sport in 1919. Courtright coached 6 sports at Michigan: Golf, Tennis, Football, Basketball, Baseball, and Wrestling in 17 seasons; his teams won 2 National Championships and 8 Conference Titles. Courtright is one of two Michigan Head Coaches to win Conference Championships in 2 different Sports (Golf and Wrestling); Cliff Keen won two in Wrestling and Football (150 lbs. Team). Bert Katzenmeyer coached 1947-1968; the Wolverines have not won a Conference Championship since 1952. The University of Michigan Golf Course was built in 1931; it was designed by Alister MacKenzie. Pete Dye designed Radwick Farms in 1962; it was built in 1965.
Courtright coached 6 sports at Michigan for 18 seasons, and was also sacked by AD Crisler in 1944
Newt Loken hired in 1948 (gymnastics) inducted 1981; Gymnastics adopted as a varsity sport in 1930, but dropped as a varsity sport due to financial difficulties during the Great Depression in 1933. Loken came to Michigan in 1944 as a student while coaching cheerleading; he helped to get Gymnastics reinstated as a varsity sport for the 1947-1948 season. Loken's teams won 2 National Championships, 2 Trampoline Championships, and 12 Conference Titles. Since nearly dropping the sport again in 1993; Michigan has added 3 National Championships and 5 Conference Titles under Kurt Golder. Women's Gymnastics was adopted in 1975; Bev Plocki has coached 1990-2018, and won 22 Conference Championships which is the most of any Michigan Head Coach.
Minnesota native, Loken, came to Michigan in 1948 and was the athletic "spirit" of the University for nearly 50 years