Vincent Michael Tobin is an American football coach and former college player who was the head coach of the Arizona Cardinals of the National Football League (NFL). During his four decades of coaching, he served as defensive coordinator for college, NFL, and Canadian Football League (CFL) teams.
Mel Tjeerdsma is a retired American football coach and athletic director at Northwest Missouri State University in Maryville, Missouri. He served as the head coach at Austin College in Sherman, Texas from 1984 to 1993 and at Northwest Missouri State University from 1994 until his retirement after the 2010 season. In his 27 years as a head coach, Tjeerdsma compiled a career college football record of 242–82–4. He led the Northwest Missouri State Bearcats to three NCAA Division II Football Championship titles and four additional NCAA Division II titles games.
Clarence Wiley "Doc" Spears was an American football player, coach, and doctor. He was an All-American guard at Dartmouth College (1914–1915) and served as the head football coach at Dartmouth (1917–1920), West Virginia University (1921–1924), the University of Minnesota (1925–1929), the University of Oregon (1930–1931), the University of Wisconsin–Madison (1932–1935), the University of Toledo (1936–1942), and University of Maryland, College Park (1943–1944), compiling a career college football record of 148–83–14. Spears was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a player in 1955.
Zora G. Clevenger was an American football, basketball, and baseball player, coach, and pioneering athletic director. He served as the head football coach at Nebraska Wesleyan University (1908–1910), the University of Tennessee (1911–1915), and Kansas State University (1916–1919), compiling a record of 47–32–7. Clevenger was also the head basketball coach at Indiana University (1904–1906), Nebraska Wesleyan (1907–1911), Tennessee (1911–1916), and Kansas State (1916–1919), and was baseball coach at Indiana (1905–1906), Nebraska Wesleyan (1908–1911), Tennessee (1911–1916), and Kansas State (1919–1921). Clevenger served as the athletic director at Kansas State (1916–1920), the University of Missouri (1921–1923), and Indiana (1923–1946). He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a player in 1968.
Dean Bartlett Cromwell, nicknamed "Maker of Champions", was an American athletic coach in multiple sports, principally at the University of Southern California (USC). He was the head coach of the USC track team from 1909 to 1948, excepting 1914 and 1915, and guided the team to 12 NCAA team national championships and 34 individual NCAA titles. He was the head coach for the U.S. track team at the 1948 Olympic Games in London, and assistant head coach for the U.S. track team at the 1936 Berlin Olympics.
James Branch Bocock was an American football, basketball, and baseball coach. He served as the head football coach at the University of Georgia (1908), Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute (VPI)—now known as Virginia Tech, the University of North Carolina (1911), Louisiana State University (1920–1921), the University of South Carolina (1925–1926), and The College of William & Mary, compiling a career college football record of 98–55–9. Bocock was also the head basketball coach at VPI, LSU (1920–1921), and South Carolina (1924–1927), tallying a career college basketball mark of 109–33, and the head baseball coach at VPI, LSU (1922–1923), and South Carolina (1925–1927), amassing a career college baseball record of 70–54–2.
The 1915 Florida Gators football team represented the University of Florida during the 1915 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season. The season was C. J. McCoy's second as the head coach of the Florida Gators football team. McCoy's 1915 Florida Gators completed their tenth varsity football season with an overall record of 4–3 and their sixth year in the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA) with a conference record of 3–3.
Frederick Stanley Sefton was an American football, basketball, and baseball and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at the University of Akron for nine seasons, from 1915 to 1923, compiling a record of 33–34–4. Sefton also coached the men's basketball team at Akron for a total of 11 seasons, nine from 1916 to 1924 and two more from 1925 to 1927, tallying a total mark of 103–42. He played college football at Colgate University.
George "Speed" Palfreyman Jr. was an American football and basketball coach. He was the second head football coach at Fifth District Normal School—now known as Northwest Missouri State University—in Maryville, Missouri, serving for two seasons, from 1916 to 1917, and compiling a record of 2–11. He was also the school's head basketball coach from 1915 to 1918, tallying a mark of 19–10. Palfreyman played college basketball at the University of Missouri from 1912 to 1915 and was captain of the team in 1914–15. He died at the age of 43, on November 7, 1936, at the home of his parents in Topeka, Kansas.
Carl Stewart was a materials supervisor working in Houston, Texas, United States. He was signed by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers as an undrafted free agent in 2008. He played college football at Auburn. Stewart is also the cleanup hitter for the three-time defending GUS Leagues kickball champions in Houston.
The 1892 Tennessee Volunteers football team represented the University of Tennessee in the 1892 season. The Volunteers embarked on their second season as a full-time squad. This season saw the Vols win their first game versus Maryville College, in Maryville, Tennessee. As in 1891, this was a student coached squad, made up of ragtag players. This was the first meeting of UT and Vanderbilt in their in-state rivalry game.
The Northwest Missouri State Bearcats are the athletic teams for Northwest Missouri State University, located in Maryville, Missouri. The Bearcats play in the NCAA Division II. Northwest is a founding member of the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association in 1912 and has remained in the conference ever since. From its founding until 1937 it competed in the Amateur Athletic Union. From 1937 to 1957 it competed in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. In 1957 it joined NCAA Division II. Northwest has appeared in ten Division II football title games since 1998. The men's basketball team appeared in an AAU title game in 1930.
Adam Dorrel is an American football coach and former player. He is the current head coach of the Abilene Christian Wildcats football team in Abilene, Texas, a position he will begin in 2017. Prior to Abilene Christian Dorrel coached at Northwest Missouri State in Maryville, Missouri from 2011 to 2016. While at Northwest Missouri State he led the program to three undefeated seasons and the NCAA Division II Football Championship in 2013, 2015 and 2016.
Stanley Lewis "Robbie" Robinson was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach the University of Vermont in 1915, Mississippi A&M from 1917 through the 1919, Mercer University from 1923 to 1927, and Mississippi College from 1920 to 1923 and again from 1928 to 1953, compiling a career college football record of 153–107–18. During his three-season tenure at Mississippi A&M, Robinson compiled an overall record of sixteen wins and five losses (16–5). He also spent one season (1919) as the Mississippi A&M baseball coach. Robinson-Hale Stadium at Mississippi College is named in Robinson's honor.
Stephen Sutherland Fickert is an American football coach with a great deal of experience coaching at the high school, college, indoor professional, and international levels.
The 1932 State Teachers College, Johnson City Teachers football team was an American football team that represented East Tennessee State University (ETSU) in the 1932 NCAA football season. It was the thirteenth season of East Tennessee State football. They were led by first-year head coach Gene McMurray, who was a graduate of Maryville College and Columbia University. He was one of few coaches in the South to hold a doctorate. Prior to coaching for the school, he coached at Erwin and Rockwood High Schools, and also spent three years at Milligan College. For the first time since 1928, the Teachers did not have a losing record, and finished 3-3-1. The highlight of the season was a 26-0 victory over Western Carolina.
The 1933 State Teachers College, Johnson City Teachers football team was an American football team that represented East Tennessee State University (ETSU) in the 1933 NCAA football season. It was the fourteenth season of East Tennessee State football. They were led by second-year head coach Gene McMurray, who was a graduate of Maryville College and Columbia University. He was one of few coaches in the South to hold a doctorate. Prior to coaching for the school, he coached at Erwin and Rockwood High Schools, and also spent three years at Milligan College. The 1933 team had by far best record of any team in the program's history with a 6-1-2 final record against the "hardest schedule ever attempted by the school".
The 1934 State Teachers College, Johnson City Teachers football team was an American football team that represented East Tennessee State University (ETSU) in the 1934 NCAA football season. It was the fifteenth season of East Tennessee State football. They were led by third-year head coach Gene McMurray, who was a graduate of Maryville College and Columbia University. He was one of few coaches in the South to hold a doctorate. Prior to coaching for the school, he coached at Erwin and Rockwood High Schools, and also spent three years at Milligan College. The 1934 team had a total of forty players with thirteen returning lettermen. Despite a 3-3-2 record, they finished third in the conference. One of the most memorable moments was the Thanksgiving afternoon game with Milligan College before a record setting crowd at the new Roosevelt Stadium, even though the Bucs lost 0-14. Seniors Pryor Hunt and Lynn Massengill were considered "best players to ever play their positions at T.C." according to Berney Burelson.
The 1935 State Teachers College, Johnson City Buccaneers football team was an American football team that represented East Tennessee State University (ETSU) in the 1935 NCAA football season. It was the sixteenth season of East Tennessee State football. They were led by fourth-year head coach Gene McMurray, who was a graduate of Maryville College and Columbia University. He was one of few coaches in the South to hold a doctorate. Prior to coaching for the school, he coached at Erwin and Rockwood High Schools, and also spent three years at Milligan College. The 1935 team marks the first time the football team was called the Buccaneers, which Coach McMurray is credited with coming up with. The team had a successful season with a second-place finish in the Smoky Mountain Conference and a 5-3 record.
Dan Zaneski was an American football coach. He served as the head football coach at Plymouth State University in Plymouth, Massachusetts from 1978 to 1979 and Maryville College in Maryville, Tennessee in 1980, compiling a career college football coaching record of 11–18.
