Template talk:Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football coach navbox

Latest comment: 8 years ago by MisterCake in topic Early Coaches

Early Coaches

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The information for several years regarding early Georgia Tech coaches is inaccurate. I think the reason is that the info is pulled from online databases (such as the College Football Warehouse), which takes its facts from the Georgia Tech's media guide. However, the media guide has been found to be inaccurate in many cases regarding early coaches and is contradicted by contemporary newspaper articles in the Atlanta Journal Constitution as well as alumni letters. I frankly trust the newspaper much more than the media guide that was written 90-100 years later. A brief summary:

Year Current Correct Notes Source
1892 Ernest West Ernest West No discrepancy found Griffin (1934)
1893 Spain & Wood Leonard Wood Spain only raised money for team Mealor (1933)
1894 Spain & Wood No coach No record Wood on team;
Spain resigned as prof before season to become an actor
Griffin (1934); AJC September 19, 1894
1895 No team No team No discrepancy found --
1896 No coach J. B. Wood Professor at Tech AJC September 26, 1896
1897 No coach J. B. Wood Professor at Georgia Tech AJC October 11, 1897; Griffin (1934); Ferris (1971)
1898 Rufus Nalley No coach No record of Nalley until 1899 --
1899 H. T. Collier Rufus "Cow" Nalley Collier is Tulane coach in 1899 Griffin (1934), AJC September 18, 1899
1900 No coach Harris Collier Sometimes "Mr. Collier" or "H. T. Collier" AJC September 19, 1900
1901 Cyrus Strickler John McKee No record Strickler ever involved with program AJC November 25, 1901
1902 John McKee George Andree AJC has picture and long bio AJC September 27 and October 7, 1902
1903 No coach Oliver Huie Former Tech player AJC October 4, 1903

PJLazy (talk) 08:40, 3 January 2015 (UTC)Reply

@PJLazy: Thank you very much for this PJ. I try to research old southern football and was dumbfounded by the discrepancy between the media guide and the wiki. Andree and Collier are some big names for them to miss. Cake (talk) 11:15, 13 December 2015 (UTC)Reply

Jon Tenuta

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If Mac McWhorter is included in the template, even though he only coached for one game, then shouldn't Jon Tenuta also be included in the navbox? Tenuta was the interim coach for last year's bowl game in Boise, which is precisely what McWhorter did for the Seattle Bowl. _-Z-_ (talk) 18:07, 1 September 2008 (UTC)Reply