John Tomlin (American football)

John Francis "Bud" Tomlin II (c. 1913 – ?) was an American football coach. He served as the head football coach at the University of Arkansas in 1943, compiling a 2–7 record.

Tomlin was born in Washington, D.C., and raised in Muskogee, Oklahoma, where he graduated from high school. He also attended Muskogee Junior College there. Tomlin then matriculated at Oregon State College—now known as Oregon State University. He graduated from Northeastern State Teachers College—now known as Northeastern State University—in Tahlequah, Oklahoma with a Bachelor of Arts degree. From 1934 to 1936, Tomlin coached and taught history at Westville High School in Westville, Oklahoma. In 1936, he was hired as physical education director, history teacher, and coach at Maud High School in Maud, Oklahoma.^[1]

Tomlin was hired as freshman coach at Arkansas in the fall of 1942. he succeeded George Cole as head football coach in 1943 when Cole left to serve in the United States Navy.^[2]