| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1903-07-12)July 12, 1903 Rome, New York, U.S. |
| Died | May 12, 1996(1996-05-12) (aged 92) Gaithersburg, Maryland, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1927–1929 | Western Maryland |
| 1930 | Frankford Yellow Jackets |
| Position(s) | Center, tackle |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1931 | Western Maryland (assistant) |
| 1933 | St. Aloysius Academy |
| 1934 | Western Maryland (assistant) |
| 1935–1941 | Western Maryland |
| 1946–1956 | Western Maryland |
| Basketball | |
| 1934–1935 | Western Maryland |
| Baseball | |
| 1935 | Western Maryland |
| 1938 | Western Maryland |
| 1941 | Western Maryland |
| 1947 | Western Maryland |
| 1957 | Western Maryland |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 77–65–6 (college football) 5–13 (college basketball) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 2 Mason–Dixon (1949, 1951) | |
Charles William Havens (July 12, 1903 – May 12, 1996) was an American football player and coach of football, basketball, baseball. He played professionally as a center and tackle for one season, in 1930, with the Frankford Yellow Jackets of the National Football League (NFL). Havens served two stints as the head football coach at Western Maryland College—now known as a McDaniel College—from 1935 to 1941 and again from 1946 to 1956, compiling a record of 77–65–6. He was the head baseball coach at Western Maryland for five one-year stints, in 1935, 1938, 1941, 1947, and 1957. Havens also served as the head basketball coach at Western Maryland during the 1934–35 season.
Havens was born and raised in Rome, New York. He died of kidney failure, on May 12, 1996, at Asbury Methodist Village in Gaithersburg, Maryland.
Head coaching record
College football
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Western Maryland Green Terror (Independent) (1935–1940) | |||||||||
| 1935 | Western Maryland | 6–5 | |||||||
| 1936 | Western Maryland | 7–3–1 | |||||||
| 1937 | Western Maryland | 3–6 | |||||||
| 1938 | Western Maryland | 5–2–1 | |||||||
| 1939 | Western Maryland | 1–6 | |||||||
| 1940 | Western Maryland | 2–4–1 | |||||||
| 1941 | Western Maryland | 3–4–1 | |||||||
| Western Maryland Green Terror (Mason–Dixon Conference) (1946–1956) | |||||||||
| 1946 | Western Maryland | 5–2 | 4–1 | 3rd | |||||
| 1947 | Western Maryland | 4–3–1 | |||||||
| 1948 | Western Maryland | 5–2 | 4–1 | 3rd | |||||
| 1949 | Western Maryland | 7–1 | 4–0 | 1st | |||||
| 1950 | Western Maryland | 6–2 | 3–0 | 2nd | |||||
| 1951 | Western Maryland | 8–0 | 3–0 | 2nd | |||||
| 1952 | Western Maryland | 4–4 | 1–2 | T–3rd | |||||
| 1953 | Western Maryland | 4–3–1 | 2–0–1 | 2nd | |||||
| 1954 | Western Maryland | 4–4 | 1–1 | 3rd | |||||
| 1955 | Western Maryland | 2–6 | 0–2 | T–5th | |||||
| 1956 | Western Maryland | 1–8 | 0–3 | 6th | |||||
| Western Maryland: | 77–65–6 | ||||||||
| Total: | 77–65–6 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth | |||||||||
References
- "Charles Havens". Pro-Football-Reference. Retrieved July 3, 2018.
- "History & Tradition". McDaniel College. Retrieved April 29, 2023.
- "Baseball Coaches". McDaniel College. Retrieved April 29, 2023.
- "MBKB Coaches". McDaniel College. Retrieved April 29, 2023.
- Rasmussen, Fred (May 16, 1996). "Charles W. Havens, war hero, coach at Western Maryland College". The Baltimore Sun. Baltimore, Maryland. p. 9B. Retrieved December 26, 2020 – via Newspapers.com
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External links
- Career statistics from NFL.com · Pro Football Reference
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