Malcolm Upshur Pitt was the head men's basketball coach at the University of Richmond from 1933-1952. He also served as the Spider baseball coach from 1935-1971 (compiling a record of 426-257-5), as football coach in 1943 and 1944 (compiling a record of 8-7), and as athletic director from 1941-1967. Pitt's 1934-35 basketball squad finished a perfect 20-0, the only unbeaten Spider basketball team in history.
He was elected to the American Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Fame in 1971 and the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame in 1974.
As a student at Richmond from 1915–1918, Pitt played football and baseball, as well as running on the track team.
Malcolm U. Pitt Field, the baseball stadium at Richmond, is named in Pitt's honor. He died after a brief illness in 1985 at a Richmond hospital.
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