Global InformationCasto Ramsey information
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | August 6, 1920 |
| Died | December 20, 2008 (aged 88) Abingdon, Virginia, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1940–1941 | King |
| Position(s) | Quarterback |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1946 | Cambridge HS (OH) (backfield) |
| 1947 | Dundee HS (IL) (backfield) |
| 1948–1951 | Tazewell HS (VA) |
| 1952 | Virginia HS (VA) |
| 1953–1956 | Emory and Henry |
| 1957–1959 | Houston (offensive backfield) |
| 1960–1968 | Emory and Henry |
| 1969 | VPI (offensive backfield) |
| 1970–1971 | Abingdon HS (VA) |
| 1972–1973 | Virginia (backfield) |
| 1974–1975 | Sullivan East HS (TN) |
| Basketball | |
| 1953–1956 | Emory and Henry |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1952–1953 | Virginia HS (VA) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 81–40–7 (college football) 39–30 (college basketball) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| Football 3 Smoky Mountain (1953, 1956, 1962) 2 Virginia Little Seven/Eight (1954, 1956) | |
Charles Casto Ramsey (August 6, 1920 – December 20, 2008) was an American football and basketball coach. He served two stints as the head football coach at Emory and Henry College in Emory, Virginia, from 1953 to 1956, and 1960 to 1968, compiling a record of 81–40–7. Ramsey was also the head basketball coach at Emory and Henry from 1953 to 1956, tallying a mark of 39–30. He left Emory and Henry in 1957 to become the offensive backfield coach at the University of Houston under Hal Lahar.[1]
A native of Cardington, Ohio, Ramsey attended high school in Galion, Ohio. He attended Ohio University and Michigan State University before playing college football at King College—now known as King University—in Bristol, Tennessee. During World War II, Ramsey served as a physical instructor at King College for the Army Cadet Corps and later aboard the USS Antietam as director of athletics. Ramsey began his football coaching career after the war as backfield coach at Cambridge High School in Cambridge, Ohio and the following year in the same capacity in Dundee, Illinois. In 1948, he was appointed he football coach at Tazewell High School in Tazewell, Virginia, succeeding Conley Snidow, who became head football and basketball coach at Emory and Henry.[2][3]
Ramsey died on December 20, 2008, in Abingdon, Virginia.[4][5]
- ^ Thompson, Gene (February 17, 1957). "Casto Ramsey Accepts Backfield Position At Houston". Bristol Herald Courier. Bristol, Virginia. p. 1C. Retrieved February 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com
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- ^ "Ramsey To Coach At Tazewell High". The Roanoke Times. Roanoke, Virginia. Associated Press. April 15, 1948. p. 18. Retrieved February 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
- ^ Thompson, Gene (March 1, 1953). "Casto Ramsey Is Emory's New Head Coach". Bristol Herald Courier. Bristol, Virginia. p. 1C. Retrieved February 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
- ^ Hayes, Tim (December 23, 2008). "Ramsey: a player's coach". Bristol Herald Courier. Bristol, Virginia. p. B1. Retrieved February 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
- ^ Hayes, Tim (December 23, 2008). "Ramsey: Legendary former head coach from Emory & Henry dies at 88 in Abingdon (continued)". Bristol Herald Courier. Bristol, Virginia. p. B4. Retrieved February 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
