Richard Routh
Richard Routh coached the Dragons basketball team from 1946-51. His efforts helped guide TU to its first national tournament appearance in any sport. He also led Tiffin to one of its best seasons in 1946-47, as the Dragons finished 18-6. That season still ranks fifth in single season winning percentage. He singlehandedly resurrected athletics and kept the athletic department functioning in the post-World War II era. Often with his own funds, he made sure Dragon basketball took the court. Routh, who died in 1993, was also heavily involved in other area athletic events, such as running the Tiffin Mudhens semipro baseball league in the 1940s, establishing a 32-team fastpitch softball league, working as an official at Harlem Globetrotters games, and placing a car in the 1974 Indy 500 (finishing 16th).