Loyal_Park
Loyal K. Park
American sports coach and administrator (1933-2020)
Loyal Kenneth Park Jr. (October 5, 1930 – April 17, 2020) was an American professional baseball player, college football and basketball coach, and college athletics administrator.[1][2]
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | October 5, 1930 |
| Died | April 17, 2020 Park Ridge, Illinois, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Edinboro State College |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1949–1952 | Edinboro |
| Baseball | |
| 1953 | Fitzgerald Pioneers |
| 1954 | Morristown Reds |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1957–1959 | Evans City HS (PA) |
| 1960–1961 | Edinboro |
| 1962 | Boston College (assistant) |
| c. 1965–1975 | Harvard (assistant) |
| Basketball | |
| 1960–1962 | Edinboro |
| Baseball | |
| 1967–1968 | Harvard (assistant) |
| 1969–1978 | Harvard |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1979 | Salem |
| 1980–1986 | Loyola (IL) |
| c. 1990–? | Frostburg State |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 7–7–2 (college football) 23–22 (college basketball) 247–93 (college baseball) |
Park attended Edinboro State College where he played football from 1949 to 1952. Park was married to Agnes Park.[2] Their children were John M. Park, Kenneth R. Park, and Mary Beth Park Arnold.[2] He died on April 17, 2020 in Park Ridge, Illinois.[2]
Baseball
Park played minor league baseball with the Fitzgerald Pioneers in 1953 and with the Morristown Reds in 1954. He played outfielder and batted right.[3]
Coaching
Park was as the head men's basketball and football coach at Edinboro University (then-known as Edinboro State College) from 1960 to 1962.[4] After serving for a time as an assistant football coach at Boston College, he was the head baseball coach at Harvard University from 1969 to 1978.[5][6] He was also the director of athletics Salem University in 1979, Loyola University Chicago from 1980 to 1986, and Frostburg State University from 1987 until his retirement.[2][7]
College football
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edinboro Fighting Scots (Pennsylvania State College Conference) (1960–1961) | |||||||||
| 1960 | Edinboro | 3–4–1 | 1–3–1 | 6th (West) | |||||
| 1961 | Edinboro | 4–3–1 | 1–3–1 | 5th (West) | |||||
| Edinboro: | 7–7–2 | 2–6–2 | |||||||
| Total: | 7–7–2 | ||||||||
- "Loyal Park". Baseball-Reference. Retrieved July 10, 2018.
- "Loyal Kenneth Park, Jr. Obituary". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2023-10-07.
- "Loyal Park Minor Leagues Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2023-10-07.
- "Men's Basketball Coaches". gofightingscots.com. Retrieved July 21, 2018.
- "Harvard Baseball Year-By-Year". gocrimson.com. Retrieved August 3, 2018.
- "Park takes grid position at BC". Warren County Observer. July 3, 1962. Retrieved August 3, 2018.
- "Directors of Athletics" (PDF). The NCAA News. February 11, 1987. p. 12.
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference (Minors)