About: Earl Wight

Earl Hervie Wight was an American football and basketball coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Fresno State Normal School—now known as California State University, Fresno—in 1944, compiling a record of 0–6. Wight was also the head basketball coach at the University of California, Berkeley from 1920 to 1924, tallying a mark of 64—20. He was hired by Fresno State in 1924 as athletic director and served in that role until 1947. Wight attended Pomona College in Claremont, California, where he played football, basketball, and baseball. He also earned a master's degree from the University of California, Berkeley in 1920.