Joe Prater
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | November 19, 1922 St. Paul, Arkansas, U.S. |
| Died | August 1, 2004 (aged 81) Pueblo, Colorado, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| Baseball | |
| 1942 | Sanford Spinners |
| 1942 | Olean Oilers |
| 1946 | Oshkosh Giants |
| 1947 | Chanute Athletics |
| Basketball | |
| 1940 | Arkansas |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1948–1950 | Lamar Union HS (CO) (assistant) |
| 1951–1955 | Lamar Union HS (CO) (assistant) |
| 1956–1973 | Pueblo / Southern Colorado |
| Basketball | |
| 1948–1949 | Lamar Union HS (CO) (assistant) |
| 1949–1956 | Lamar Union HS (CO) |
| 1974–1980 | Cavalry Baptist Church HS (CO) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 52–53–2 (college football) |
Joseph Claude Prater Jr. (November 19, 1922 – August 1, 2004) was an American minor league baseball player and a college football coach.[1] He served as the head football coach at Southern Colorado State College—now known as Colorado State University Pueblo—from 1956 to 1973.[2]
Head coaching record
College football
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southern Colorado Indians (Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference) (1963–1968) | |||||||||
| 1963 | Southern Colorado | 3–5 | |||||||
| 1964 | Southern Colorado | 6–4 | |||||||
| 1965 | Southern Colorado | 8–1–1 | |||||||
| 1966 | Southern Colorado | 3–7 | |||||||
| 1967 | Southern Colorado | 3–6–1 | |||||||
| 1968 | Southern Colorado | 4–6 | |||||||
| Southern Colorado Indians (Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference) (1969–1971) | |||||||||
| 1969 | Southern Colorado | 7–2 | 3–2 | 3rd (Plains) | |||||
| 1970 | Southern Colorado | 5–5 | 1–4 | T–5th (Plains) | |||||
| 1971 | Southern Colorado | 4–6 | 1–4 | 6th (Plains) | |||||
| Southern Colorado Indians (Great Plains Athletic Conference) (1972–1973) | |||||||||
| 1972 | Southern Colorado | 6–4 | 3–3 | T–4th | |||||
| 1973 | Southern Colorado | 3–7 | 1–4 | 6th | |||||
| Southern Colorado: | 52–53–2 | 9–17 | |||||||
| Total: | 52–53–2 | ||||||||
Junior college football
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pueblo Indians (Empire Junior College Conference) (1956–1962) | |||||||||
| 1956 | Pueblo | 5–1 | T–2nd | ||||||
| 1957 | Pueblo | 1–4–1 | 64th | ||||||
| 1958 | Pueblo | 2–5 | 7th | ||||||
| 1959 | Pueblo | 3–3–1 | 5th | ||||||
| 1960 | Pueblo | 4–3 | T–3rd | ||||||
| 1961 | Pueblo | 4–3 | T–3rd | ||||||
| 1962 | Pueblo | 3–4 | 5th | ||||||
| Pueblo: | 22–23–2 | ||||||||
| Total: | |||||||||
References
- ^ "Joseph Prater". Baseball-Reference. Retrieved July 10, 2018.
- ^ "Joseph Prater". Greater Pueblo Sports Hall of Fame. Retrieved July 29, 2018.
- ^ "NCAA Statistics; Coach; Joe C. Prater". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved February 10, 2025.
- ^ "Colorado State University Pueblo 2024 Preseason Information Packet" (PDF). Colorado State University-Pueblo Department of Athletics. pp. 29–30. Retrieved February 10, 2025.
External links
- Career statistics from Baseball Reference (Minors)
- Greater Pueblo Sports Hall of Fame profile