Tusculum Pioneers football

College football team

Tusculum Pioneers football

First season| 1901; 123 years ago[a]
Athletic director| Josh Ealy
Head coach| Billy Taylor
1st season, 0–0 (–)
Stadium| Pioneer Field
(capacity: 3,500)
Field surface| FieldTurf
Location| Tusculum, Tennessee
NCAA division| Division II
Conference| South Atlantic
Past conferences| Independent (1901–1926, 1941–1948)
Smoky Mountain (1927–1940, 1949–1950)
Mid-South (1991–1995)
All-time record| 232-334-30 (.414)
Playoff appearances| 1
Playoff record| 1–1
Conference titles| 3
Colors| Orange and black[1]

Mascot| Pioneers
Website| tusculumpioneers.com

The Tusculum Pioneers football team represents Tusculum University in college football at the NCAA Division II level. The Pioneers are members of the South Atlantic Conference (SAC), fielding its team in the SAC since 1998. The Pioneers play their home games at Pioneer Field in Tusculum, Tennessee.

Their head coach was Jerry Odom from 2016 to 2023.[2]

## Conference affiliations

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* Independent (1901–1926)
* Smoky Mountain Conference (1927–1940)
* Independent (1941–1948)
* Smoky Mountain Conference (1949–1950)
* Mid-South Conference (1991–1995)
* South Atlantic Conference (1998–present)

## List of head coaches

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### Key

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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

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List of head football coaches showing season(s) coached, overall records and conference records  No.  | Name  | Season(s)  | GC  | OW  | OL  | OT  | O%  | CW  | CL  | CT  | C%

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1  | Unknown  | 1901–1902, 1904–1906, 1909, 1913–1914, 1917–1918  | 29  | 13  | 12  | 4  | 0.392 | –  | –  | –  | –
2  | Stephen Andrew Lynch | 1903  | 2  | 1  | 1  | 0  | 0.500 | –  | –  | –  | –
3  | Fitzhugh W. Gregg | 1908  | 4  | 0  | 3  | 1  | 0.125 | –  | –  | –  | –
4  | J. Bruce Anderson | 1915–1916  | 10  | 5  | 4  | 1  | 0.550 | –  | –  | –  | –
5  | Sam Doak | 1919–1921, 1928–1936  | 88  | 31  | 41  | 16  | 0.443 | 12  | 23  | 7  | 0.369
6  | Hal Blair | 1922  | 8  | 4  | 4  | 0  | 0.500 | –  | –  | –  | –
7  | George Downing | 1923  | 6  | 1  | 5  | 0  | 0.167 | –  | –  | –  | –
8  | Tom McCann | 1924  | 8  | 4  | 4  | 0  | 0.500 | –  | –  | –  | –
9  | Sam Graham | 1925  | 7  | 2  | 5  | 0  | 0.286 | –  | –  | –  | –
10  | Carlton Palmer | 1926–1927  | 16  | 6  | 8  | 2  | 0.438 | –  | –  | –  | –
11  | Ty Disney | 1937  | 8  | 0  | 5  | 3  | 0.188 | 0  | 5  | 2  | 0.143
12  | Johnny Faulds | 1938–1939  | 17  | 0  | 15  | 2  | 0.059 | 0  | 10  | 0  | .000
13  | Laird Holt | 1940–1941  | 17  | 4  | 13  | 0  | 0.235 | 0  | 4  | 0  | .000
14  | Marion Edens | 1946  | 8  | 1  | 7  | 0  | 0.125 | –  | –  | –  | –
15  | Tom Armstrong | 1947–1950  | 33  | 6  | 26  | 1  | .197}  | 0  | 7  | 1  | 0.063
16  | Tom Bryant | 1991–1994  | 40  | 16  | 24  | 0  | 0.400 | 7  | 14  | 0  | 0.333
17  | Dewayne Wells | 1995–1997  | 30  | 6  | 24  | 0  | 0.200 | 3  | 5  | 0  | 0.375
18  | Frankie DeBusk[6] | 1998–2015  | 196  | 96  | 100  | 0  | 0.490 | 50  | 70  | 0  | 0.417
19  | Jerry Odom[7] | 2016–2023  | 69  | 36  | 33  | 0  | 0.522 | 25  | 23  | 0  | 0.521

## Year-by-year results

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National champions | Conference champions | Bowl game berth | Playoff berth

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Season  | Year  | Head coach  | Association  | Division  | Conference  | Record  | Postseason  | Final ranking

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Overall  | Conference
Win  | Loss  | Tie  | Finish  | Win  | Loss  | Tie
Tusculum Pioneers
1901 | 1901 | Unknown  | —  | —  | Independent  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | —  | —
1902 | 1902 | 0  | 1  | 0  |  |  |  |  | —  | —
1903 | 1903 | Stephen Andrew Lynch | 1  | 1  | 0  |  |  |  |  | —  | —
1904 | 1904 | Unknown  | 2  | 1  | 0  |  |  |  |  | —  | —
1905 | 1905 | 1  | 0  | 0  |  |  |  |  | —  | —
1906 | 1906 | IAAUS | 2  | 2  | 1  |  |  |  |  | —  | —
No team in 1907
1908 | 1908 | Fitzhugh W. Gregg | IAAUS | —  | Independent  | 0  | 3  | 1  |  |  |  |  | —  | —
1909 | 1909 | Unknown  | 0  | 3  | 1  |  |  |  |  | —  | —
No team from 1910 to 1912
1913 | 1913 | Unknown  | NCAA | —  | Independent  | 1  | 2  | 0  |  |  |  |  | —  | —
1914 | 1914 | 2  | 1  | 1  |  |  |  |  | —  | —
1915 | 1915 | J. Bruce Anderson | 3  | 1  | 1  |  |  |  |  | —  | —
1916 | 1916 | 2  | 3  | 0  |  |  |  |  | —  | —
1917 | 1917 | Unknown  | 2  | 2  | 1  |  |  |  |  | —  | —
1918 | 1918 | 3  | 0  | 0  |  |  |  |  | —  | —
1919 | 1919 | Sam Doak | 2  | 3  | 1  |  |  |  |  | —  | —
1920 | 1920 | 1  | 5  | 0  |  |  |  |  | —  | —
1921 | 1921 | 0  | 3  | 4  |  |  |  |  | —  | —
1922 | 1922 | Hal Blair | 4  | 4  | 0  |  |  |  |  | —  | —
1923 | 1923 | George Downing | 1  | 5  | 0  |  |  |  |  | —  | —
1924 | 1924 | Tom McCann | 4  | 4  | 0  |  |  |  |  | —  | —
1925 | 1925 | Sam Graham | 2  | 5  | 0  |  |  |  |  | —  | —
1926 | 1926 | Carlton Palmer | 6  | 3  | 0  |  |  |  |  | —  | —
1927 | 1927 | SMC | 0  | 5  | 2  |  |  |  |  | —  | —
1928 | 1928 | Sam Doak | 4  | 2  | 2  | 3rd  | 2  | 2  | 1  | —  | —
1929 | 1929 | 2  | 3  | 3  |  |  |  |  | —  | —
1930 | 1930 | 2  | 5  | 1  | 6th  | 1  | 3  | 1  | —  | —
1931 | 1931 | 6  | 1  | 1  | 3rd  | 2  | 1  | 1  | —  | —
1932 | 1932 | 5  | 2  | 0  | 3rd  | 3  | 2  | 0  | —  | —
1933 | 1933 | 2  | 3  | 2  | 4th  | 1  | 2  | 2  | —  | —
1934 | 1934 | 5  | 2  | 1  | 2nd  | 3  | 2  | 1  | —  | —
1935 | 1935 | 2  | 5  | 1  | 8th  | 0  | 5  | 1  | —  | —
1936 | 1936 | 0  | 7  | 0  | T–8th  | 0  | 6  | 0  | —  | —
1937 | 1937 | Ty Disney | 0  | 5  | 3  | 8th  | 0  | 5  | 2  | —  | —
1938 | 1938 | Johnny Faulds | 0  | 8  | 1  | 8th  | 0  | 5  | 0  | —  | —
1939 | 1939 | 0  | 7  | 1  | 6th  | 0  | 5  | 0  | —  | —
1940 | 1940 | Laird Holt | 1  | 7  | 0  | 6th  | 0  | 4  | 0  | —  | —
1941 | 1941 |  | 3  | 6  | 0  |  |  |  |  | —  | —
No team from 1942 to 1945
1946 | 1946 | Marion Edens | NCAA | —  |  | 1  | 7  | 0  |  |  |  |  | —  | —
1947 | 1947 | Tom Armstrong |  | 0  | 8  | 0  |  |  |  |  | —  | —
1948 | 1948 |  | 2  | 7  | 0  |  |  |  |  | —  | —
1949 | 1949 | SMC | 2  | 5  | 1  | 5th  | 0  | 3  | 1  | —  | —
1950 | 1950 | 2  | 6  | 0  | 5th  | 0  | 4  | 0  | —  | —
No team from 1951 to 1990
1991 | 1991 | Tom Bryant | NAIA | Division II  | MSC | 0  | 10  | 0  | 7th  | 0  | 6  | 0  | —  | —
1992 | 1992 | 4  | 6  | 0  | 4th  | 2  | 3  | 0  | —  | —
1993 | 1993 | 5  | 5  | 0  | T–3rd  | 2  | 3  | 0  | —  | —
1994 | 1994 | 7  | 3  | 0  | T–2nd  | 3  | 2  | 0  | —  | —
1995 | 1995 | Dewayne Wells | 3  | 6  | 0  | 6th  | 3  | 5  | 0  | —  | —
1996 | 1996 | —  | —  | —  | 1  | 9  | 0  |  |  |  |  | —  | —
1997 | 1997 | 2  | 9  | 0  |  |  |  |  | —  | —
1998 | 1998 | Frankie DeBusk | NCAA | Division II | SAC | 5  | 6  | 0  | —  | 0  | 0  | 0  | —  | —
1999 | 1999 | 2  | 9  | 0  | 9th  | 0  | 8  | 0  | —  | —
2000 | 2000 | 7  | 4  | 0  | 4th  | 4  | 3  | 0  | —  | —
2001 | 2001 | 8  | 2  | 0  | 2nd  | 5  | 3  | 0  | —  | 18
2002 | 2002 | 7  | 4  | 0  | 5th  | 3  | 4  | 0  | —  | —
2003 | 2003 | 9  | 2  | 0  | T–1st  | 6  | 1  | 0  | Conference co-champions  | —
2004 | 2004 | 6  | 4  | 0  | T–2nd  | 4  | 3  | 0  | —  | —
2005 | 2005 | 3  | 7  | 0  | 8th  | 1  | 6  | 0  | —  | —
2006 | 2006 | 6  | 5  | 0  | T–5th  | 3  | 4  | 0  | —  | —
2007 | 2007 | 6  | 5  | 0  | T–3rd  | 4  | 2  | 0  | —  | —
2008 | 2008 | 9  | 4  | 0  | T–1st  | 5  | 2  | 0  | L NCAA Division II Second Round | 16
2009 | 2009 | 3  | 7  | 0  | T–6th  | 2  | 5  | 0  | —  | —
2010 | 2010 | 6  | 5  | 0  | 7th  | 2  | 5  | 0  | —  | —
2011 | 2011 | 3  | 8  | 0  | T–6th  | 2  | 5  | 0  | —  | —
2012 | 2012 | 2  | 9  | 0  | T–7th  | 1  | 6  | 0  | —  | —
2013 | 2013 | 4  | 7  | 0  | T–6th  | 2  | 5  | 0  | —  | —
2014 | 2014 | 6  | 5  | 0  | 3rd  | 4  | 3  | 0  | —  | —
2015 | 2015 | 4  | 7  | 0  | 7th  | 2  | 5  | 0  | —  | —
2016 | 2016 | Jerry Odom | 4  | 7  | 0  | T–4th  | 3  | 4  | 0  | —  | —
2017 | 2017 | 5  | 5  | 0  | T–4th  | 3  | 4  | 0  | —  | —
2018 | 2018 | 5  | 5  | 0  | T–3rd  | 4  | 3  | 0  | —  | —
2019 | 2019 | 5  | 6  | 0  | T–4th  | 4  | 4  | 0  | —  | —
2020–21 | 2020–21 | 4  | 1  | 0  | 1st (Mountain) | 2  | 0  | 0  | Conference champion  | —
2021 | 2021 | 5  | 6  | 0  | 7th  | 3  | 5  | 0  | —  | —
2022 | 2022 | 8  | 3  | 0  | 2nd (Mountain) | 6  | 3  | 0  | —  | —
2023 | 2023 |  |  |  | (Mountain) |  |  |  | —  | —

1. ^ The team was disbanded in 1950, then it was relaunched in 1991; 33 years ago (1991).

## Notes

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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.[3]
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.[4]
4. ^ When computing the win–loss percentage, a tie counts as half a win and half a loss.[5]

## References

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1. ^ "Brand Guuidelines". Retrieved August 17, 2023.
2. ^ "Jerry Odom Named Tusculum Football Coach". December 14, 2015. `{{cite journal}}`: Cite journal requires `|journal=` (help)
3. ^ National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) (2011). Bowl/All-Star Game Records (PDF). Indianapolis, Indiana: NCAA. pp. 5–10. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 5, 2011. Retrieved August 21, 2011.
4. ^ Whiteside, Kelly (August 25, 2006). "Overtime system still excites coaches". USA Today. McLean, Virginia. Archived from the original on September 6, 2010. Retrieved September 25, 2009.
5. ^ Finder, Chuck (September 6, 1987). "Big plays help Paterno to 200th". The New York Times. New York City. Archived from the original on September 28, 2013. Retrieved October 22, 2009.
6. ^ "Tusculum College Announces Frankie DeBusk No Longer Head Football Coach". Greeneville Publishing Company. December 1, 2015. Retrieved August 24, 2023.
7. ^ "Former JU assistant Jerry Odom hired as Tusculum College's football coach". The Florida Times-Union. Retrieved August 24, 2023.
8. ^ "Tusculum (TN) Records by Year". Archived from the original on August 3, 2009. Retrieved August 23, 2023.

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