Harold Ave

Harold Charles Ave (March 29, 1900 – August 9, 1986) was an American football and basketball coach. He served as the head football coach at Eureka College in 1938, at Eastern Illinois State Teachers College—now known as Eastern Illinois University—from 1939 to 1942, and at Western Illinois University in 1948, compiling a career college football record of 15–28–2. Ave was also the head basketball coach at Eureka from 1939 to 1942, tallying a mark of 35–25.

Harold Ave

Ave pictured in Sequel 1950, Western Illinois yearbook
Biographical details
Born	(1900-03-29)March 29, 1900 Cleveland, Ohio
Died	August 9, 1986(1986-08-09) (aged 86) Macomb, Illinois
Playing career
Football
1921	Carnegie Tech
c. 1922	Baldwin–Wallace
Position(s)	Guard
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
c. 1935	Willoughby HS (OH)
1938	Eastern Illinois
1939–1942	Eureka
1948	Western Illinois
Basketball
1939–1942	Eureka
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
c. 1935	Willoughby HS (OH)
1939–1942	Eureka
Head coaching record
Overall	15–28–2 (football) 35–25 (basketball)

Ave played college football at Baldwin-Wallace College—now known as Baldwin Wallace University—and the Carnegie Institute of Technology—now known as Carnegie Mellon University. He was the athletic director and head coach at Willoughby High School in Willoughby, Ohio before he was hired at Eastern Illinois.[1]