Birch Bayh (coach)

Birch Evans Bayh Sr. (September 29, 1893 – August 26, 1971)[1] was an American basketball and baseball coach. He was the head basketball coach at Indiana State University from 1918 to 1923. During this time, he also served as the head baseball coach, athletic director and professor of physical education. He was also instrumental in the establishment of the Indiana Intercollegiate Conference; additionally, he served as the first secretary-treasurer of that organization.[2]

Birch Bayh
Biographical details
Born(1893-09-29)September 29, 1893
Quincy, Indiana
DiedAugust 26, 1971(1971-08-26) (aged 77)
Bethesda, Maryland
Playing career
Basketball
1915–1917Indiana State
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Basketball
1918–1923Indiana State
Baseball
1919–1923Indiana State
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1915–1923Indiana State
Head coaching record
Overall57–24 (basketball)
42–13–1 (baseball)

Life and career

Bayh was born in Quincy, Indiana, the son of Mettie/Nettie (née Evans) and Frederick C. "Fred" Bayh. His paternal grandparents were German immigrants.[3]

Bayh led the Sycamores to their first fifteen-win season and their first twenty-win season. Bayh's .640 winning percentage at Indiana State currently ranks him as the sixth-winningest coach in the school's history.

He began his career as a teacher and coach in the public schools of Owen and Clay counties of Indiana;[4] he later became director of physical education of the Terre Haute, Indiana, public school system and later held the same position for the Washington, D.C., public school system. He was a long-time high school basketball official in Indiana and officiated ten state championship games, a record that he still holds today.[5]

He was a World War I veteran, reaching the rank of Major and held an exercise certificate (an associate degree) from the North American Gymnastics Union of Indianapolis.

A second-generation alumnus of Indiana State, he was the father of former U.S. Senator Birch Bayh and Mary Alice Feather, and the grandfather of former Indiana Governor and former U.S. Senator Evan Bayh and Christopher Bayh. In 2009, Indiana State renamed its School of Education the "Bayh School of Education" to honor the Bayh family.[6]

Head coaching record

Basketball
Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Indiana State Sycamores (Independent) (1918–1923)
1918–19 Indiana State 6–3
1919–20 Indiana State 4–6
1920–21 Indiana State 15–7
1921–22 Indiana State 12–3
1922–23 Indiana State 20–5
Indiana State: 57–24
Total:57–24

Baseball
Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Indiana State Sycamores (Indiana Collegiate Athletic League) (1919–1922)
1919 Indiana State 11–41st
1920 Indiana State 7–01st
1921 Indiana State 8–4
1922 Indiana State 7–3
Indiana State Sycamores (Indiana Intercollegiate Conference) (1923)
1923 Indiana State 9–2–11st
Indiana State: 42–13–1
Total:42–13–1

      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

References
  1. "Ancestry of Evan Bayh". www.wargs.com. Retrieved 2020-09-15.
  2. https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1922/07/02/107063423.pdf
  3. "Ancestry of Evan Bayh". www.wargs.com. Retrieved 2020-09-15.
  4. http://www.in.gov/library/4005.htm
  5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on June 3, 2010. Retrieved January 23, 2010.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. Marketing, Communications and. "Newsroom | Indiana State University". www2.indstate.edu. Retrieved 2020-09-15.
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