Lawrence Haskell

Lawrence E. "Jap" Haskell (November 18, 1898 – February 10, 1964) was an American university administrator, baseball coach, and football coach. He served as the head baseball coach at the University of Oklahoma from 1927 to 1941. During his tenure, the Sooners won 176 games and eight conference championships. In the military, Haskell was a Lieutenant Commander in the United States Navy during World War II.

Lawrence Haskell

Biographical details
Born	(1898-11-18)November 18, 1898 Butler County, Kansas, U.S.
Died	February 10, 1964(1964-02-10) (aged 65) Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S.
Playing career
1921–1922	Oklahoma
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1927–1941	Oklahoma
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1941–1947	Oklahoma
Head coaching record
Overall	176–74–2 (.702)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
1 MVIAA 7 Big Six

Haskell was the University of Oklahoma athletic director from 1941 to 1947. The Board of Regents fired him on March 25, 1947 after university president George L. Cross discovered a $60,000 deficit and $6,000 of unknown expenditures in the athletic department budget.^[1] The misappropriation was during head football coach Jim Tatum's one-year tenure at Oklahoma.^[1]

He was listed as a scout for the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball in 1948.^[2]

Head coaching record

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Oklahoma Sooners (Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1927–1928)
1927	Oklahoma	12–5	12–5
1928	Oklahoma	7–9	4–4	4th
Oklahoma Sooners (Big Six Conference) (1929–1941)
1929	Oklahoma	9–7–1	5–6	4th
1930	Oklahoma	11–4–1	9–3–1	T–1st
1931	Oklahoma	10–1	6–1	T–1st
1932	Oklahoma	5–7	1–3	5th
1933	Oklahoma	11–5	3–2	T–1st
1934	Oklahoma	15–3	4–2
1935	Oklahoma	14–3	7–0	1st
1936	Oklahoma	18–3	6–0	T–1st
1937	Oklahoma	13–5	6–1
1938	Oklahoma	12–6	6–2	2nd
1939	Oklahoma	14–5	9–1	1st
1940	Oklahoma	16–5	9–1	1st
1941	Oklahoma	9–6	6–2	2nd
Oklahoma:		176–74–2 (.702)	89–29–1 (.752)
Total:		176–74–2 (.702)
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

^[3]

References

1. Gary King, The Forgotten Man of Oklahoma Football: Jim Tatum Archived 2009-02-22 at the Wayback Machine, Sooner Magazine, Spring 2008.
2. Spink, J.G. Taylor, ed., 1948 Official Baseball Guide and Record Book. St. Louis: The Sporting News
3. "2022 Oklahoma Sooners Baseball Media Guide" (PDF). University of Oklahoma athletics. Retrieved March 16, 2023.

External links

• "All-Time Coaches". University of Oklahoma Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. Archived from the original on November 23, 2009. Retrieved November 9, 2009.
• "2009 Baseball Media Guide" (PDF). University of Oklahoma Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. Archived from the original on February 22, 2009. Retrieved November 9, 2009.
• "With the Armed Forces" (PDF). Sooner Magazine. November 1942. LCCN 46043016. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 9, 2009. Retrieved December 1, 2009.