Joseph McCulloch
| Sport(s) | Football, basketball, baseball |
|---|---|
| Biographical details | |
| Born | c. 1887 New York |
| Died | December 15, 1960 St. Petersburg, Florida |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1914–1918 | Carnegie Tech (basketball, baseball) |
| 1921–1922 | Michigan State Normal (football) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 6–5–2 (.538) (football) |
Joseph Howard McCulloch (c. 1887 – December 15, 1960) was an American football, baseball, and basketball coach, teacher and athletic director in the United States. He played college football and baseball at Springfield College from 1908 to 1910. He was the athletic director and coach of the baseball and basketball teams at Carnegie Institute of Technology (now known as Carnegie Mellon University) from 1911 to 1918. After service in the military during World War I, he spent more than 30 years from 1919 through the mid-1950s as the athletic director at Michigan State Normal College (now known as Eastern Michigan University), including stints as the head coach of the football, basketball and tennis teams.
McCulloch was born in the State of New York in approximately 1887. His father was an immigrant from Scotland. McCulloch attended Springfield College in Springfield, Massachusetts. He was the captain of the Springfield College football and baseball teams in 1909 and 1910.
From approximately 1911 to 1918, McCulloch was professor, athletic director and coach of the basketball and baseball teams at Carnegie Institute of Technology (now known as Carnegie Mellon University). In March 1918, he was also placed in charge of "soldiers' sports" at Carnegie Tech.
McCulloch's coaching career was interrupted during World War I when he served in the United States armed forces. As of September 1918, McCulloch was serving as an assistant flight officer with the rank of lieutenant at Chanute Aviation Field (later renamed Chanute Air Force Base) in Rantoul, Illinois. He was also named as the coach of the base football team that included stars including former All-American Archie Weston from Michigan, future All-American Jim Reynolds from Georgia, Kofed of Carnegie Tech, and Mackall of Virginia.
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