John Stiegman

Who was John Stiegman?

John R. Stiegman was an American football player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Rutgers University, the University of Pennsylvania and Iowa Wesleyan College, compiling a career college football record of 37–53.

Stiegman was born in Princeton, New Jersey, and attended Williams College. He played tackle on the Williams College football team and was also a member of the hockey, lacrosse and swimming teams at Williams. He graduated from Williams in 1944.

Stiegman was an assistant football coach, freshman hockey coach at Princeton University from 1946 to 1955. He was the head football coach at Rutgers from 1956 to 1959 where he compiled a record of 22 wins and 15 losses. Rutgers posted an 8–1 record in 1958. In 1960, Stiegman became the head football coach at Penn. He was the head coach at Penn through the 1964 season and compiled a record of 12 wins and 33 losses. He was removed as head coach at Penn after his fifth straight losing season.

Stiegman was an assistant coach at the University of Pittsburgh in 1965.