Aaron Monroe "Mac" McCreary (September 15, 1892 – ?)[1] was an American football, basketball, and baseball player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Tempe State Teachers College, known at Arizona State Teachers College by 1929 and now called Arizona State University, compiling a career college football record of 25–17–4. McCreary was also the head basketball coach at Tempe/Arizona State Teachers from 1923 to 1930 and at Arizona State Teacher's College of Flagstaff, now Northern Arizona University, amassing a career college basketball record of 140–149. In addition, he coached baseball at Tempe/Arizona State Teachers (1924–1926, 1928, 1930–1931) and at Arizona State Teacher's Flagstaff.

Aaron McCreary

Biographical details
Born	September 15, 1892 Winchester, California
Alma mater	University of Southern California
Playing career
Football
1914	Tempe Normal
Basketball
1913–1915	Tempe Normal
Baseball
1914–1915	Tempe Normal
Position(s)	Back (football)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1923–1929	Tempe Normal / Tempe State / Arizona State
Basketball
1923–1930	Tempe Normal / Tempe State / Arizona State
1931–1940	Arizona State Flagstaff
Baseball
1924–1926	Tempe Normal / Tempe State
1928	Tempe State
1930–1931	Arizona State
?–1963	Arizona State Flagstaff
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1923–1930	Tempe/Arizona State Teachers
Head coaching record
Overall	25–17–4 (football) 140–149 (basketball)

McCreary played football, basketball, and baseball at Arizona State, known as Tempe Normal College when he starred on the football team as a back in 1914. He later earned a degree from the University of Arizona.[2] McCreary also coached track and field, skiing, and boxing, and assisted in football at Arizona State Teacher's Flagstaff before retiring in 1963. He is a member of the Northern Arizona University Athletics Hall of Fame.[3]

Head coaching record

Football

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