Herbert Macauley "Mac" McEver (September 14, 1906 – January 21, 1996) was an

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player and coach of football,

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, and

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. He served as the head football coach at Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute (VPI)—now known as

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—from 1942 to 1945, compiling a record of 9–8–1. He was co-head coach with Sumner D. Tilson in 1942. McEver was also the head basketball coach at VPI from 1937 to 1944, amassing a record of 49–71, and the school's head baseball coach From 1933 to 1939, tallying a mark of 41–72–1. McEver played football at VPI from 1925 to 1928 as part of the famed "Pony Express"

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. He was inducted into the

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in 1980 and the Virginia Tech Sports Hall of Fame, which he helped organize, in 1983. He was the older brother of

Gene McEver Eugene Tucker McEver (September 15, 1908 – July 12, 1985) was an American football player and coach. He played college football at the University of Tennessee, where he was an All-American halfback. McEver served as the head football coach ...

, who starred in football at the

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and served as the head football coach at Davidson College and the

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Head coaching record

Football

Basketball

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