Vernon McCain
Encyclopedia
Vernon "Skip" McCain was an American football
and basketball
coach and mathematics professor. He served as the head football coach at Maryland State College, now known as the University of Maryland Eastern Shore
from 1948 to 1963, compiling a record of 102–21–5. McCain was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame
in 2006.
American football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
and basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
coach and mathematics professor. He served as the head football coach at Maryland State College, now known as the University of Maryland Eastern Shore
University of Maryland Eastern Shore
University of Maryland Eastern Shore located on 776 acres in Princess Anne, Maryland, United States, is part of the University System of Maryland...
from 1948 to 1963, compiling a record of 102–21–5. McCain was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame
College Football Hall of Fame
The College Football Hall of Fame is a hall of fame and museum devoted to college football. Located in South Bend, Indiana, it is connected to a convention center and situated in the city's renovated downtown district, two miles south of the University of Notre Dame campus. It is slated to move...
in 2006.