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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
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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
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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
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@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]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2015-12-13T11:15:00.000Z","author":"MisterCake","type":"comment","level":2,"id":"c-MisterCake-2015-12-13T11:15:00.000Z-PJLazy-2015-01-03T08:40:00.000Z","replies":[],"displayName":"Cake"}}-->
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]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2008-09-01T18:07:00.000Z","author":"Zhugs546","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-Zhugs546-2008-09-01T18:07:00.000Z-Jon_Tenuta","replies":[],"displayName":"_-Z-_"}}-->
