M. S. Bennett

M. S. Bennett

Biographical details
Born	(1881-04-10)April 10, 1881 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died	December 26, 1964(1964-12-26) (aged 83) Bristol Township, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Playing career
Football
1900–1903	Penn
Basketball
1900–1904	Penn
Position(s)	End (football)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1914–1921	Haverford
1923–1928	Sewanee
Basketball
1919–1921	Haverford
1924–1926	Sewanee
Baseball
1917–1921	Haverford
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1923–1930	Sewanee
Head coaching record
Overall	39–54–10 (football) 2–29 (baseball)

Michael Smith Bennett (April 10, 1881 – December 26, 1964) was an American football, basketball, and baseball, player, coach, college athletics administrator, dentist, and politician. He played college football for the Penn Quakers, and was the director of athletics and head football coach at Sewanee:The University of the South.^[1][2] Bennett served on the Philadelphia City Council from 1916 to 1917 and was elected in 1917 as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. He did not seek reelection in 1918.^[3]

Bennett was born on April 10, 1881. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a Doctor of Dental Surgery degree in 1905.^[4] He died on December 26, 1964.^[5]

Head coaching record

Football

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
Haverford (Independent) (1914–1921)
1914	Haverford	3–3–1
1915	Haverford	5–3
1916	Haverford	5–0–3
1917	Haverford	1–5–2
1918	No team—World War I
1919	Haverford	2–4–1
1920	Haverford	1–5–1
1921	Haverford	1–5–1
Haverford:		18–25–9
Sewanee Tigers (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1923)
1923	Sewanee	5–4–1	3–2	9th
Sewanee Tigers (Southern Conference / Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1924)
1924	Sewanee	6–4	3–2 / 2–1	T–6th / T–6th
Sewanee Tigers (Southern Conference) (1925–1928)
1923	Sewanee	4–4–1	1–4	T–16th
1926	Sewanee	2–6	0–5	22nd
1927	Sewanee	2–6	1–4	20th
1928	Sewanee	2–7	0–5	21st
Sewanee:		21–29–1	9–23
Total:		39–54–10

References

1. "Harry Harman May Coach Sewanee Football Eleven". Reading Times. January 23, 1930. p. 20. Retrieved February 18, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
2. "Gridiron Taking Place Bull Ring". Madera Tribune. February 20, 1929.
3. "Michael Smith Bennett". Pennsylvania House of Representatives. Retrieved June 5, 2020.
4. Maxwell, W. J., ed. (1922). General Alumni Catalogue of the University of Pennsylvania, 1922. University of Pennsylvania. General Alumni Society. p. 713.
5. "Dr. M. S. Bennett, 83; Retired Dentist, Coach". Philadelphia Daily News. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. December 29, 1964. p. 48. Retrieved June 5, 2020 – via Newspapers.com .