James Elam (American football)

American football coach

James ElamBiographical details

Alma mater| Sewanee
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1922| Tennessee Military Institute
1927–1929| Transylvania
1930–1931| Western Kentucky State Teachers
Head coaching record
Overall| 30–21–4 (college)

James A. Elam was an American football coach. He served as the head football coach at Transylvania University in Lexington, Kentucky from 1927 to 1929 and Western Kentucky State Teachers College–—known as Western Kentucky University)—from 1930 to 1931.[1][2]

Elam was a graduate of Sewanee: The University of the South.[3]

## Head coaching record

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### College

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Year  | Team  | Overall  | Conference | Standing  | Bowl/playoffs

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Transylvania Pioneers (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1927–1929)
1927 | Transylvania  | 0–9 | 0–5 |  |
1928 | Transylvania  | 8–3 | 3–1 | T–6th |
1929 | Transylvania  | 6–4–3 | 2–1–2 | T–11th |
Transylvania: | 14–16–3 | 5–7–2 |
Western Kentucky State Teachers Hilltoppers (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1930–1931)
1930 | Western Kentucky State Teachers | 8–1–1 | 6–1 | 6th |
1931 | Western Kentucky State Teachers | 8–4 | 7–1 | 4th |
Western Kentucky State Teachers: | 16–5–1 | 13–2 |
Total: | 30–21–4 |

## References

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1. ^ Harrison, Lowell Hayes (1987). Western Kentucky University. University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 0813127343. Retrieved December 25, 2019.
2. ^ Wright Jr., John D. (January 13, 2015). Transylvania: Tutor to the West. University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 9780813149202. Retrieved December 25, 2019.
3. ^ "Bulletin of the University of the South" (PDF). Sewanee: The University of the South. Retrieved December 25, 2019.

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Transylvania Pioneers head football coaches

* William E. Selin (1901–1902)
* Roscoe R. Sheffield (1903)
* Curtis Redden (1905)
* Robert M. Coleman (1906)
* Hogan Yancey (1907–1908)
* John Nathan Levine (1909–1911)
* Wilbur M. Cunningham (1912)
* Willis T. Stewart (1913–1917)
* Jim Park (1919–1921)
* Roy Henry Boyer (1922–1923)
* Willis T. Stewart (1924–1926)
* James Elam (1927–1929)
* George E. Pyle (1930)
* Bart V. Halbert (1931)
* Jack Winn (1932)
* James C. Shannon (1933–1934)
* Claude Simons Jr. (1935–1937)
* Tate C. Page (1938–1941)

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Western Kentucky Hilltoppers head football coaches

* M. A. Leiper & Roy C. Manchester (1913)
* J. L. Arthur (1914–1916)
* No team (1917–1919)
* Lloyd T. Smith (1920–1921)
* Edgar Diddle (1922–1928)
* Carl Anderson (1929)
* James Elam (1930–1931)
* Ernest R. Miller (1932)
* Jesse Thomas (1933)
* Carl Anderson (1934–1937)
* Gander Terry (1938–1941)
* Arnold Winkenhofer (1942)
* No team (1943–1945)
* Jesse Thomas (1946–1947)
* Jack Clayton (1948–1956)
* Nick Denes (1957–1967)
* Jimmy Feix (1968–1983)
* Dave Roberts (1984–1988)
* Jack Harbaugh (1989–2002)
* David Elson (2003–2009)
* Willie Taggart (2010–2012)
* Lance Guidry # (2012)
* Bobby Petrino (2013)
* Jeff Brohm (2014–2016)
* Nick Holt # (2016)
* Mike Sanford Jr. (2017–2018)
* Tyson Helton (2019– )

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