[1][4][7] One of his players at Olympic was Buck Bailey, who became his line coach at Washington State in 1926 and headed the Cougar baseball program until 1961.

The Cougars did not lose a home game from 1926 to 1935, and the 1930 team won the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) title and advanced to the Rose Bowl against Alabama.

[9] He coached some of the greatest names in Washington State history, including Turk Edwards, Mel Hein, Mel Dressel, Dale Gentry, Ed Goddard, Harold Ahlskog, Elmer Schwartz, Bob Kennedy, Nick Suseoff, Bill Sewell, John Bley, and Herbert "Butch" Meeker.

[20][21][22][23] Hollingbery Fieldhouse at Washington State University, a facility serving many different sports, was built in 1929 and renamed for the coach in 1963;[24] the dedication ceremony was at halftime of the Battle of the Palouse football game with Idaho on November 2.

[2] His wife, Hazel, died eleven years later, days before her 91st birthday;[35] they are buried at Terrace Heights Memorial Park in Yakima.