 Although they lost the NFL championship for that year by one point, 15–14, to the Cleveland Rams, the Redskins won the Eastern Division title in 1945 with DeGroot as their coach.During two seasons with the Los Angeles Dons of the new All-America Football Conference, DeGroot's record was 14–12–2.DeGroot returned to collegiate coaching as the head football coach at West Virginia University during 1948 through 1949.