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{{Infobox college coach
| name = Walter Hass
| image = Walter Hass.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Hass as Minnesota captain in 1932
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1910|10|7}}
| birth_place =
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1987|9|13|1910|10|7}}
| death_place = [[Hendersonville, North Carolina]], U.S.
| alma_mater =
| player_years1 = 1930–1932
| player_team1 = [[Minnesota Golden Gophers football|Minnesota]]
| player_positions = [[Halfback (American football)|Halfback]]
| coach_years1 = 1933
| coach_team1 = [[Minnesota Golden Gophers football|Minnesota]] (freshman)
| coach_years2 = 1935–1938
| coach_team2 = [[Hibbing Cardinals football|Hibbing]]
| coach_years3 = 1939–1955
| coach_team3 = [[Carleton Knights football|Carleton]]
| coach_years4 = 1963–1975
| coach_team4 = [[Chicago Maroons football|Chicago]]
| admin_years1 = 1942–1956
| admin_team1 = [[Carleton Knights|Carleton]]
| admin_years2 = 1956–1976
| admin_team2 = [[Chicago Maroons|Chicago]]
| overall_record = 71–83–5 (varsity college)<br />21–6–1 (junior college)
| bowl_record =
| tournament_record =
| championships = 2 [[Midwest Conference|MWC]] (1954)
| awards =
| coaching_records =
}}
'''Walter L. Hass''' (October 7, 1911 – September 13, 1987)<ref>[http://www.mocavo.com/Walter-Hass-1910-1987-Social-Security-Death-Index/15809311583188464269 Walter Hass (1910-1987), Social Security Death Index]</ref> was an [[American football]] coach and athletic director. He served in both capacities at the [[University of Chicago]]. Hass was also the athletic director and head football coach at [[Carleton College]], head coach at [[Hibbing Community College]], and freshman team coach at his alma mater, the [[University of Minnesota]].
==College career==
Hass attended the [[University of Minnesota]], where he played football as a [[halfback (American football)|halfback]].<ref name=oem/> Hass earned three [[varsity letters]] from 1930 to 1932 and served as team captain.<ref>[http://www.gophersports.com//pdf1/135929.pdf?ATCLID=1138393&SPSID=39281&SPID=3280&DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=8400 All-Time Letterwinners], ''2008 Golden Gopher Football Media Guide'', p. 177, University of Minnesota, 2008.</ref> During his time on the team, he played under three different head coaches: [[Clarence Spears]], [[Fritz Crisler]], and [[Bernie Bierman]].<ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=xOUhAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ImQEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6782,3222945&dq=walter-hass&hl=en Bierman Third Coach of Gopher Grid Leader], ''Sarasota Herald'', December 21, 1931.</ref> All three were eventually elected to the [[College Football Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{College Football HoF|id=1278|name=Clarence "Doc" Spears|access-date=August 18, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{College Football HoF|id=1687|name=Fritz Crisler|access-date=August 18, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{College Football HoF|id=1532|name=Bernie "The Silver Fox of the Northland" Bierman|access-date=August 18, 2010}}</ref>
Hass graduated from Minnesota in 1934.<ref name=oem>[https://archive.today/20130131145505/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/csmonitor_historic/access/310742002.html?dids=310742002:310742002&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&date=Nov+29,+1932&author=Special+to+The+Christian+Science+Monitor&pub=Christian+Science+Monitor&desc=MINNESOTA+ELECTS+OEN&pqatl=google Minnesota Elects Oen], ''Christian Science Monitor'', November 29, 1932.</ref> After graduation, he served as the freshman team coach at his alma mater for one season.<ref name=typical/>
==Coaching career==
Hass then moved to [[Hibbing, Minnesota]], where he coached [[Hibbing Community College]] from 1935 to 1938 and amassed a 21–6–1 record.<ref name=typical>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=NG4dAAAAIBAJ&sjid=TCQEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6658,4424594&dq=walter-hass&hl=en Hass Was Not Typical Coach], ''The Times-News'', August 7, 1978.</ref> Hass next coached at [[Carleton College]], a small liberal arts school in [[Northfield, Minnesota]], from 1939 to 1955. His overall record was 62–43–4 with the [[Carleton Knights football|Carleton football program]], and he won a [[Midwest Conference]] with 1954's undefeated team. He also served as Carleton's [[athletic director]] from 1942 until 1956.<ref>{{cite web|title=Walter Hass|url=https://apps.carleton.edu/alumni/c-club/hall_of_fame/coaches/w_hass/|publisher=Carleton College}}</ref> Hass coached the "South" team in the Minnesota High School Football All-Star Game each year from 1952 to 1956.<ref>[http://www.allstarfootball.org/HISTORY/MN_All_Star_Coaches1.pdf Participating Coaches], Minnesota High School All Star Football, retrieved August 18, 2010.</ref>
In February 1956, the [[University of Chicago]] hired Hass as the replacement to retiring athletic director [[T. Nelson Metcalf]].<ref name=pick>[http://chicagotribune.newspapers.com/search/#query=Hass&ymd=1956-02-17 Chicago Picks W. L. Hass As Sports Chief], ''Chicago Daily Tribune'', p. B1, February 17, 1956.</ref> In May 1956, the University of Chicago faculty reacted negatively to overtures of renewing sponsorship of football on campus. Chancellor [[Lawrence Kimpton]] told Hass, "It is always difficult to interpret a faculty action," and predicted that the sport would soon return.<ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=6-wNAAAAIBAJ&sjid=B3YDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4655,475766&dq=walter-hass&hl=en Pot Luck], ''St. Petersburg Times'', June 1, 1956.</ref> In 1959, Hass defended the "sport" of [[tiddlywinks]] by stating that its "considerable hazards" included "split thumbnails, flying winks which threaten players and spectators alike."<ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=7xUeAAAAIBAJ&sjid=qVYEAAAAIBAJ&pg=1870,777984&dq=walter-hass&hl=en Tiddlywinks no Game for Sissies], ''The Buckingham Post'', May 15, 1959.</ref>
In 1963, Hass oversaw the reinstatement of football at Chicago at the club level,<ref name=return>[https://web.archive.org/web/20121103143900/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/516990942.html?dids=516990942:516990942&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Oct+24,+1956&author=&pub=Chicago+Tribune&desc=Football+Returns+to+the+Midway%3B+35+Maroons+Hold+1st+Scrimmage&pqatl=google Football Returns to the Midway; 35 Maroons Hold 1st Scrimmage], ''Chicago Tribune'', October 24, 1956.</ref> and he became its first head coach since a university administration hostile to the sport had discontinued it in 1939.<ref name=noverr>Douglas A. Noverr, [https://books.google.com/books?id=-BQ2rKXRMGgC ''The Games They Played: Sports in American History, 1865-1980''], p. 143, Rowman & Littlefield, 1983, {{ISBN|0-88229-819-4}}.</ref> The return of football was not universally embraced by the student body, and in the inaugural season, 200&nbsp;students protested in the middle of [[Stagg Field]], which delayed the game and resulted in four arrests.<ref name=marooned>[http://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/October-2006/Marooned/ Marooned!; After a 30-year hiatus, varsity football returned to the University of Chicago in the 1970s—sort of], ''Chicago Magazine'', October 2006.</ref> Later in the decade, however, 1,100&nbsp;students petitioned the administration for the promotion of Chicago football to the varsity level. The faculty administration and board of trustees approved the move and the team became a member of the non-scholarship [[Division III (NCAA)|Division III]] in 1969.<ref name=marooned/>
He retired as football coach, golf coach, professor, and the Department of Physical Education chairman in the spring of 1976. Former high school football mentor [[Bob Lombardi]] succeeded him as head coach.<ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=7fcgAAAAIBAJ&sjid=rHMFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6347,3650035&dq=walter-hass&hl=en High school coach gets Chicago post], ''The Day'', May 20, 1976.</ref> Hass's final record at Chicago was 11–48–1.<ref name=cfbdw>[http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/coaching/alltime_coach_year_by_year.php?coachid=2681 Walter Hass Records by Year] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100213205136/http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/coaching/alltime_coach_year_by_year.php?coachid=2681 |date=2010-02-13 }}, College Football Data Warehouse, retrieved August 18, 2010.</ref> While at Chicago, he was credited with rebuilding the athletic department, "which had declined to almost nothing" prior to his arrival.<ref name=typical/>
Hass retired to [[North Carolina]] in 1977.<ref name=revive>[https://web.archive.org/web/20121103143550/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/24742444.html?dids=24742444:24742444&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Sep+16,+1987&author=Edward+Baumann&pub=Chicago+Tribune+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=WALTER+HASS%3B+REVIVED+FOOTBALL+AT+THE+U.+OF+C.&pqatl=google Walter Hass Revived Football at the U. of C.], ''Chicago Tribune'', September 16, 1987.</ref> He died September 13, 1987, in [[Hendersonville, North Carolina]], at the age of 76.<ref name=obit>[http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=CSTB&p_theme=cstb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB36D874BDA7EC6&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM Walter L. Hass, 76, brought football back to U. of C.], ''The Chicago Sun-Times'', p. 104, September 17, 1987.</ref>
==Head coaching record==
===College===
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name      = [[Carleton Knights football|Carleton Carls]]
| conf      = [[Midwest Conference]]
| startyear = 1939
| endyear   = 1940
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year         = [[1939 college football season|1939]]
| name         = Carleton
| overall      = 4–3
| conference   = 3–3
| confstanding = T–4th
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| bowloutcome  =
| bcsbowl      =
| ranking      = no
| ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year         = [[1940 college football season|1940]]
| name         = Carleton
| overall      = 6–1–1
| conference   = 4–1–1
| confstanding = 2nd
| bowlname     =
| bowloutcome  =
| bcsbowl      =
| ranking      = no
| ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name      = [[Carleton Knights football|Carleton Carls]]
| conf      = Independent
| startyear = 1941
| endyear   = 1945
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year         = [[1941 college football season|1941]]
| name         = Carleton
| overall      = 2–4–1
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| bcsbowl      =
| ranking      = no
| ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year         = [[1942 college football season|1942]]
| name         = Carleton
| overall      = 5–3
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| bcsbowl      =
| ranking      = no
| ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year         = [[1943 college football season|1943]]
| name         = No team—[[World War II]]
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| bcsbowl      =
| ranking      = no
| ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year         = [[1944 college football season|1944]]
| name         = No team—[[World War II]]
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| bcsbowl      =
| ranking      = no
| ranking2     = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year         = [[1945 college football season|1945]]
| name         = No team—[[World War II]]
| overall      =
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| confstanding =
| bowlname     =
| bowloutcome  =
| bcsbowl      =
| ranking      = no
| ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name      = [[Carleton Knights football|Carleton Carls/Knights]]
| conf      = [[Midwest Conference]]
| startyear = 1946
| endyear   = 1955
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year         = [[1946 college football season|1946]]
| name         = Carleton
| overall      = 5–3
| conference   = 3–2
| confstanding = 4th
| bowlname     =
| bowloutcome  =
| bcsbowl      =
| ranking      = no
| ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year         = [[1947 college football season|1947]]
| name         = Carleton
| overall      = 3–3–2
| conference   = 2–2–1
| confstanding = T–4th
| bowlname     =
| bowloutcome  =
| bcsbowl      =
| ranking      = no
| ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year         = [[1948 college football season|1948]]
| name         = Carleton
| overall      = 6–2
| conference   = 4–2
| confstanding = 3rd
| bowlname     =
| bowloutcome  =
| bcsbowl      =
| ranking      = no
| ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year         = [[1949 college football season|1949]]
| name         = Carleton
| overall      = 4–4
| conference   = 4–2
| confstanding = T–3rd
| bowlname     =
| bowloutcome  =
| bcsbowl      =
| ranking      = no
| ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year         = [[1950 college football season|1950]]
| name         = Carleton
| overall      = 5–3
| conference   = 4–2
| confstanding = T–4th
| bowlname     =
| bowloutcome  =
| bcsbowl      =
| ranking      = no
| ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year         = [[1951 college football season|1951]]
| name         = Carleton
| overall      = 4–3
| conference   = 3–3
| confstanding = 4th
| bowlname     =
| bowloutcome  =
| bcsbowl      =
| ranking      = no
| ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year         = [[1952 college football season|1952]]
| name         = Carleton
| overall      = 3–5
| conference   = 3–4
| confstanding = T–5th
| bowlname     =
| bowloutcome  =
| bcsbowl      =
| ranking      = no
| ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year         = [[1953 college football season|1953]]
| name         = Carleton
| overall      = 2–6
| conference   = 2–5
| confstanding = T–6th
| bowlname     =
| bowloutcome  =
| bcsbowl      =
| ranking      = no
| ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year         = [[1954 college football season|1954]]
| name         = [[1954 Carleton Knights football team|Carleton]]
| overall      = 8–0
| conference   = 8–0
| confstanding = 1st
| bowlname     =
| bowloutcome  =
| bcsbowl      =
| ranking      = no
| ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year         = [[1955 college football season|1955]]
| name         = Carleton
| overall      = 5–3
| conference   = 5–2
| confstanding = 3rd
| bowlname     =
| bowloutcome  =
| bcsbowl      =
| ranking      = no
| ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name       = Carleton
| overall    = 62–43–4
| confrecord = 45–28–2
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name      = [[Chicago Maroons football|Chicago Maroons]]
| conf      = [[NCAA College Division]] / [[NCAA Division III independent schools|NCAA Division III independent]]
| startyear = 1969
| endyear   = 1975
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year         = [[1969 NCAA College Division football season|1969]]
| name         = Chicago
| overall      = 2–4
| conference   =
| confstanding =
| bowlname     =
| bowloutcome  =
| bcsbowl      =
| ranking      = no
| ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year         = [[1970 NCAA College Division football season|1970]]
| name         = Chicago
| overall      = 2–5
| conference   =
| confstanding =
| bowlname     =
| bowloutcome  =
| bcsbowl      =
| ranking      = no
| ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year         = [[1971 NCAA College Division football season|1971]]
| name         = Chicago
| overall      = 3–4
| conference   =
| confstanding =
| bowlname     =
| bowloutcome  =
| bcsbowl      =
| ranking      = no
| ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year         = [[1972 NCAA College Division football season|1972]]
| name         = Chicago
| overall      = 1–6
| conference   =
| confstanding =
| bowlname     =
| bowloutcome  =
| bcsbowl      =
| ranking      = no
| ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year         = [[1973 NCAA Division III football season|1973]]
| name         = Chicago
| overall      = 0–6–1
| conference   =
| confstanding =
| bowlname     =
| bowloutcome  =
| bcsbowl      =
| ranking      = no
| ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year         = [[1974 NCAA Division III football season|1974]]
| name         = Chicago
| overall      = 0–8
| conference   =
| confstanding =
| bowlname     =
| bowloutcome  =
| bcsbowl      =
| ranking      = no
| ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year         = [[1975 NCAA Division III football season|1975]]
| name         = Chicago
| overall      = 1–7
| conference   =
| confstanding =
| bowlname     =
| bowloutcome  =
| bcsbowl      =
| ranking      = no
| ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name       = Chicago
| overall    = 9–40–1
| confrecord =
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record End
| overall  = 71–83–5
| bowls    = no
| poll     = no
| polltype =
}}
==References==
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[[Category:American football halfbacks]]
[[Category:Chicago Maroons athletic directors]]
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[[Category:Carleton Knights athletic directors]]
[[Category:Carleton Knights football coaches]]
[[Category:Hibbing Cardinals football coaches]]
[[Category:Minnesota Golden Gophers football coaches]]
[[Category:Minnesota Golden Gophers football players]]
[[Category:College golf coaches in the United States]]
[[Category:University of Chicago faculty]]