John P. Sabo

John Philip Sabo (1900 – April 26, 1958) was an American football and basketball coach. He was a football player at the University of Illinois in 1918 and 1920. He returned to his alma mater to serve as an assistant coach in both football and basketball.[1] While at Illinois he was the president of the Sigma Pi fraternity chapter and received his degree in 1922.[2][3] Sabo served as the head men basketball coach at the University of Rochester from 1922 to 1923.[4] In 1934, he became the head basketball coach at the University of Vermont in Burlington, Vermont, a position he held for six seasons.[5] He also served as Vermont's head football coach from 1935 to 1939. He rounded out his career as an assistant football coach at Yale University.[6]

John P. Sabo
Biographical details
Born1900
South Bend, Indiana
DiedApril 26, 1958(1958-04-26) (aged 57–58)
East Cleveland, Ohio
Playing career
Football
1918Illinois
1920Illinois
Position(s)End (football)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1925–1927Kansas (assistant)
1932Illinois (assistant)
1935–1939Vermont
1941Yale (assistant)
Basketball
1922–1923Rochester
1928–1933Illinois (assistant)
1934–1940Vermont
Head coaching record
Overall55–48 (basketball)

When the United States entered World War II, Sabo completed a training course at United States Naval Academy and was commissioned as a Lieutenant Commander in the United States Navy in 1942. He was assigned to oversee physical conditioning at one of the navy's training centers.[7]

Head coaching record

Basketball
Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Rochester (N/A) (1922–1923)
1922–23 Rochester 5–14N/A
Rochester: 5–14 (.263)
Vermont (N/A) (1934–1940)
1934–35 Vermont 8–5N/A
1935–36 Vermont 7–6N/A
1936–37 Vermont 10–4N/A
1937–38 Vermont 10–4N/A
1938–39 Vermont 10–5N/A
1939–40 Vermont 5–10N/A
Vermont: 50–34 (.595)
Total:55–48 (.534)

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

References
  1. "Football All-Time Assistant Coaches". Illinois Fighting Illini football. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
  2. "Chapter Directory". The Emerald of Sigma Pi. Vol. 9 no. 2. July 1922. p. 76.
  3. Coughlin, John (July 1922). "Chapter Letters". The Emerald of Sigma Pi. Vol. 9 no. 2. pp. 104 and 105.
  4. "U of R Men's Basketball Career Stats" (PDF). Rochester Yellowjackets men's basketball. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
  5. "VERMONT MEN'S BASKETBALL RECORD BOOK" (PDF). Vermont Catamounts men's basketball. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
  6. "John P. Sabo, assistant grid coach at Yale". Burlington Free Press. February 20, 1941. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
  7. "Phi Alumni Report Moves to "Phi Cry"". The Emerald of Sigma Pi. Vol. 29 no. 2. August 1942. p. 87.
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