List of Sewanee Tigers head football coaches

The Sewanee Tigers college football team represents Sewanee: The University of the South (Sewanee) in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III. The school is a founding member of the Southern Athletic Association (SAA), a conference chartered in 2011 by seven former members of the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (SCAC) and one other invited member that played its first season in 2012. Sewanee had been a charter member of the SCAC as well. The program has had 30 head coaches since it began play during the 1891 season.[1] Since March 2017, Travis Rundle has served as Sewanee's head coach.[2]

The team has played more than 970 games over 116 seasons.[1] In that time, Seven coaches won conference championships: John Gere Jayne, Billy Suter, and Harris G. Cope won a combined three as a member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA); and Shirley Majors, Horace Moore, Bill Samko and John Windham won a combined ten as a member of the CAC/SCAC.[1] Majors is the leader in seasons coached and games won, with 172 victories during his 21 years with the program.[1] James John Quill and Arthur G. Erwin have the highest winning percentage of those who have coached more than one game, with .889.[3] Robert Black has the lowest winning percentage of those who have coached more than one game, with .105.[3] Of the 30 different head coaches who have led the Tigers, and Harvey Harman[4] has been inducted as head coaches into the College Football Hall of Fame in South Bend, Indiana.

## Key[edit]

Key to symbols in coaches list  General  | Overall  | Conference  | Postseason[A 1]

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No.  | Order of coaches[A 2] | GC  | Games coached  | CW  | Conference wins  | PW  | Postseason wins
DC  | Division championships  | OW  | Overall wins  | CL  | Conference losses  | PL  | Postseason losses
CC  | Conference championships  | OL  | Overall losses  | CT  | Conference ties  | PT  | Postseason ties
NC  | National championships  | OT  | Overall ties[A 3] | C%  | Conference winning percentage  |  |
†  | Elected to the College Football Hall of Fame | O%  | Overall winning percentage[A 4] |  |  |  |

## Coaches[edit]

List of head football coaches showing season(s) coached, overall records, conference records, championships and selected awards[A 5] No.  | Name  | Term
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1  | F. G. Sweat | 1891–1893  | 16 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0.563 | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | 0 | —
2  | Herbert C. Foss | 1894  | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0.375 | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | 0 | —
3  | R. M. Reynolds | 1895  | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0.500 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0.167 | 0 | 0 | —
4  | Eddie Blair | 1896  | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0.500 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0.250 | 0 | 0 | —
5  | John Gere Jayne | 1897–1898  | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0.611 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0.500 | 1 | 0 | —
6  | Billy Suter | 1899–1901  | 28 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 0.839 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0.875 | 1 | 0 | —
7  | L. W. Boynton | 1902  | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0.778 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0.667 | 0 | 0 | —
8  | George S. Whitney | 1903–1904  | 16 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0.875 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0.818 | 0 | 0 | —
9  | Willard Hyatt | 1905  | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0.643 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0.625 | 0 | 0 | —
10  | James John Quill | 1906  | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0.889 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0.833 | 0 | 0 | —
11  | Arthur G. Erwin | 1907  | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0.889 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0.857 | 0 | 0 | —
12  | Harry Van Surdam | 1908  | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0.688 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0.625 | 0 | 0 | —
13  | Harris G. Cope | 1909–1916  | 68 | 43 | 18 | 7 | 0.684 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 0.579 | 1 | 0 | —
14  | Charles Best | 1917–1918  | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0.615 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0.556 | 0 | 0 | —
15  | Earl Abell | 1919–1920  | 17 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 0.441 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0.167 | 0 | 0 | —
16  | John Nicholson Nicholson | 1921–1922  | 16 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 0.594 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0.450 | 0 | 0 | —
17  | M. S. Bennett | 1923–1928  | 52 | 21 | 29 | 2 | 0.423 | 6 | 21 | 0 | 0.222 | 0 | 0 | —
18  | W. H. Kirkpatrick | 1928–1929  | 11 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0.273 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0.071 | 0 | 0 | —
19  | Harvey Harman† | 1930  | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0.350 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0.200 | 0 | 0 | —
20  | Harry E. Clark | 1931–1939  | 80 | 21 | 56 | 3 | 0.281 | 3 | 45 | 0 | 0.063 | 0 | 0 | —
21  | Jenks Gillem | 1940–1941  | 15 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0.333 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | —
22  | William C. White | 1946–1953  | 64 | 38 | 23 | 3 | 0.617 | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | 0 | —
23  | Ernie Williamson | 1954–1956  | 25 | 2 | 22 | 1 | 0.100 | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | 0 | —
24  | Shirley Majors | 1957–1977  | 172 | 93 | 74 | 5 | 0.555 | 36 | 24 | 0 | 0.600 | 4 | 0 | —
25  | Horace Moore | 1978–1986  | 80 | 38 | 42 | 0 | 0.475 | 23 | 17 | 0 | 0.575 | 3 | 0 | —
26  | Bill Samko | 1987–1993  | 63 | 35 | 27 | 1 | 0.563 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 0.500 | 2 | 0 | —
27  | Al Logan | 1994–1995  | 18 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 0.222 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0.250 | 0 | 0 | —
28  | John Windham | 1996–2006  | 106 | 45 | 61 | —  | 0.425 | 24 | 39 | —  | 0.381 | 1 | 0 | —
29  | Robert Black | 2007–2010  | 38 | 4 | 34 | —  | 0.105 | 1 | 26 | —  | 0.037 | 0 | 0 | —
30  | Tommy Laurendine | 2011–2016  | 60 | 15 | 45 | —  | 0.250 | 5 | 27 | —  | 0.156 | 0 | 0 | —
31  | Travis Rundle | 2017–present  | 51 | 9 | 42 | —  | 0.176 | 5 | 33 | —  | 0.132 | 0 | 0 | —

## Notes[edit]

1. ^ Although the first Rose Bowl Game was played in 1902, it has been continuously played since the 1916 game, and is recognized as the oldest bowl game by the NCAA. "—" indicates any season prior to 1916 when postseason games were not played.[5]
2. ^ A running total of the number of head coaches, with coaches who served separate tenures being counted only once. Interim head coaches are represented with "Int" and are not counted in the running total. "--" indicates the team played but either without a coach or no coach is on record. "X" indicates an interim year without play.
3. ^ Overtime rules in college football were introduced in 1996, making ties impossible in the period since.[6]
4. ^ When computing the win–loss percentage, a tie counts as half a win and half a loss.[7]
5. ^ Statistics correct as of the end of the 2022 college football season.
6. ^ Sewanee did not field teams from the 1942 through 1945 seasons due to World War II.[1]

## References[edit]

General

* Sewanee Coaching Records. College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved 2011-08-18.
* 2008 Sewanee Tigers Football Media Guide (PDF). Sewanee, Tennessee: Sewanee Sports Information. 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-09-27. Retrieved 2011-08-18.

Specific

1. ^ a b c d e 2008 Sewanee Tigers Football Media Guide, pp. 32–37
2. ^ Organ, Mike (2017-03-10). "Travis Rundle hired as Sewanee football coach". The Tennessean. Retrieved 2020-01-17.
3. ^ a b "Sewanee Coaching Records". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on July 27, 2014. Retrieved August 31, 2014.
4. ^ "Harvey Harman". College Football Hall of Fame. Football Foundation. Retrieved 2011-08-17.
5. ^ National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) (2011). Bowl/All-Star Game Records (PDF). Indianapolis, Indiana: NCAA. pp. 5–10. Archived from the original on August 22, 2011. Retrieved August 21, 2011.
6. ^ Whiteside, Kelly (August 25, 2006). "Overtime system still excites coaches". USA Today. McLean, Virginia. Archived from the original on November 24, 2009. Retrieved September 25, 2009.
7. ^ Finder, Chuck (September 6, 1987). "Big plays help Paterno to 200th". The New York Times. New York City. Archived from the original on October 22, 2009. Retrieved October 22, 2009.

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* F. G. Sweat (1891–1893)
* Herbert C. Foss (1894)
* William Ayres Reynolds (1895)
* Eddie Blair (1896)
* John Gere Jayne (1897–1898)
* Billy Suter (1899–1901)
* L. W. Boynton (1902)
* George S. Whitney (1903–1904)
* Willard Hyatt (1905)
* James John Quill (1906)
* Arthur G. Erwin (1907)
* Harry Van Surdam (1908)
* Harris G. Cope (1909–1916)
* Charles Best (1917–1918)
* Earl Abell (1919–1920)
* John Nicholson (1921–1922)
* M. S. Bennett (1923–1928)
* W. H. Kirkpatrick (1929)
* Harvey Harman (1930)
* Harry E. Clark (1931–1939)
* Jenks Gillem (1940–1941)
* No team (1942–1945)
* William C. White (1946–1953)
* Ernie Williamson (1954–1956)
* Shirley Majors (1957–1977)
* Horace Moore (1978–1986)
* Bill Samko (1987–1993)
* Al Logan (1994–1995)
* John Windham (1996–2006)
* Robert Black (2007–2010)
* Tommy Laurendine (2011–2016)
* Travis Rundle (2017–2022)
* Andy McCollum (2023– )

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