- The NCAA Division III football championship game carries his name; the Amos Alonzo Stagg Bowl.
- Inducted into Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as a contributor in 1969 (charter class).
- Legendary college sports coach (football, basketball, baseball).
- Inducted into the Springfield College Athletic Hall of Fame in 1972.
- Inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1951 (inaugural class) as both a player and coach..
- Played in the first public basketball game as a faculty member at Springfield College (March 11, 1892).
- All-American football player at Yale (1889).
- Football head coach for the University of Chicago (1892-1933).
- Five-man basketball was created by Stagg.
- In 1917, Stagg organized the University of Chicago National Interscholastic Basketball Tournament, which until its demise in 1931, did wonders to improve and standardize the rules and interpretation for high school play. *
- Founded in 1957, Amos Alonzo Stagg High School, located at 1621 Brookside Road, Stockton, California was named after him.
- Known as "The Grand Old Man of Football," he lived to be an amazing 102 years old. He died of uremic poisoning in a rest home in Stockton, California.
- In 1988, the University of the Pacific Stadium in Stockton, California was renamed the Amos Alonzo Stagg Memorial Stadium. It seats up to 30,000 spectators.
- He coached at College of the Pacific (now known as University of the Pacific) in Stockton, California, from 1933 to 1946. In 1943, at age 81, he was awarded the "Coach of the Year" honor.
- Buried at Park View Cemetery, 3661 E. French Camp Road, Manteca, California, which is ten miles South of Stockton, California, in San Joaquin County. The cemetery's name is frequently misspelled as Parkview Cemetery.
- Inducted into The University of Chicago Athletics Hall of Fame in 2003.
- He was nominated in the 2014 New Jersey Hall of Fame in the Sports Category.
- Inducted into the Drake Relays Coaches Hall of Fame in 1978.
- Inducted into the Williston Northampton School (Easthampton;, Massachusetts) Athletic Hall of Fame in 2017.
- He was nominated for the 2022 New Jersey Hall of Fame in the Sports category.
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