Clyde H. Wilson

Clyde H. Wilson
Biographical details
Born(1889-12-28)December 28, 1889
Bellbrook, Ohio, U.S.
DiedNovember 2, 1959(1959-11-02) (aged 69)
Knoxville, Tennessee, U.S.
Playing career
Football
1908–1909Miami (OH)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1910–1911Eastern Kentucky
1912–1915West Tennessee State Normal
Basketball
1909–1912Eastern Kentucky
Baseball
1915–1919West Tennessee State Normal
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1910–1912Eastern Kentucky
Head coaching record
Overall11–19–2 (football)
10–11 (basketball)
19–12–1 (baseball)

Clyde Hubert Wilson (December 28, 1889 – November 2, 1959) was an American football, basketball, and baseball coach. He served as the head football coach at Eastern Kentucky University from 1910 to 1911 and at West Tennessee State Normal School—now known as the University of Memphis—from 1912 to 1915, compiling a career college football coaching record of 11–19–2.

Wilson was born on December 28, 1889, in Bellbrook, Ohio. He earned a Bachelor of Science in Education degree from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, in 1910 and a Master of Science in education from the University of Tennessee in 1917. Wilson was appointed the head of the industrial arts department at the University of Tennessee in 1925. [1] He died on November 2, 1959, at a doctor's office in Knoxville, Tennessee.[2]

Head coaching record

Football

Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs
Eastern Kentucky Colonels (Independent) (1910–1911)
1910 Eastern Kentucky 1–4
1911 Eastern Kentucky 1–3–1
Eastern Kentucky: 2–7–1
West Tennessee State Normal (Independent) (1912–1915)
1912 West Tennessee State Normal 1–2–1
1913 West Tennessee State Normal 1–2
1914 West Tennessee State Normal 3–5
1915 West Tennessee State Normal 4–3
West Tennessee State Normal: 9–12–1
Total: 11–19–2

References

  1. ^ Who's Who in American Sport. National Biographical Society. 1928. p. 919. Retrieved March 22, 2018 – via Internet Archive.
  2. ^ "Clyde H. Wilson". Johnson City Press. Johnson City, Tennessee. November 3, 1959. p. 2. Retrieved September 23, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.