Stephen G. O'Rourke
# Stephen G. O'Rourke

Stephen Grover O'Rourke (April 26, 1887 – September 22, 1944) was an American football and basketball coach and Major League Baseball (MLB) scout. He served as the head football coach at Little Rock College in Little Rock, Arkansas from 1908 to 1910, the College of St. Thomas—now known as the University of St. Thomas—in Saint Paul, Minnesota from 1914 to 1915, St. Mary's College—now known as Saint Mary's Academy and College—in St. Marys, Kansas from 1915 to 1920 and again from 1934 to 1928, and Saint Louis University from 1931 to 1922.

O'Rourke became a scout for the Detroit Tigers in the 1920s and the New York Yankees in 1939. He died from a lingering heart ailment on September 22, 1944, at Saint Joseph Hospital in Denver.

## Head coaching record

### Football

| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Little Rock Eagles (Independent) (1908–1910) ||||||
| 1908 | Little Rock | 0–1 | | |
| 1909 | Little Rock | 4–1 | | |
| 1910 | Little Rock | 2–5–1 | | |
| Little Rock: | Little Rock: | 6–7–1 | | |
| St. Thomas Cadets (Independent) (1913–1914) ||||||
| 1913 | St. Thomas | 4–0 | | |
| 1914 | St. Thomas | 7–2 | | |
| St. Thomas: | St. Thomas: | 11–2 | | |
| St. Mary's Knights (Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference) (1915–1920) ||||||
| 1915 | St. Mary's | 3–5 | 1–4 | 13th |
| 1916 | St. Mary's | 4–3–1 | 2–3–1 | 10th |
| 1917 | St. Mary's | 6–3 | 4–2 | T–4th |
| 1918 | St. Mary's | 1–1 | | |
| 1919 | St. Mary's | 6–2 | 3–2 | T–5th |
| 1920 | St. Mary's | 6–2 | 4–2 | 4th |
| Saint Louis Billikens (Independent) (1921–1922) ||||||
| 1921 | Saint Louis | 4–4–1 | | |
| 1922 | Saint Louis | 6–3–1 | | |
| Saint Louis: | Saint Louis: | 10–7–2 | | |
| St. Mary's Knights (Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference) (1923–1928) ||||||
| 1923 | St. Mary's | 4–4 | 3–4 | 11th |
| 1924 | St. Mary's | 3–4 | 2–4 | 13th |
| 1925 | St. Mary's | 4–3–1 | 3–3–1 | T–8th |
| 1926 | St. Mary's | 2–5 | 2–5 | T–12th |
| 1927 | St. Mary's | 4–3 | 4–3 | 8th |
| 1928 | St. Mary's | 2–3–3 | 2–2–3 | 6th |
| St. Marys: | St. Marys: | 43–38–5 | | |
| Total: | Total: | 70–54–8 | | |
