- Charles Best (American football)
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Charles M. Best 
Best pictured in The Cap & Gown 1918, Sewanee yearbook Sport(s) Football, basketball Coaching career (HC unless noted) Football
1900–1901
1902
1917–1918
Basketball
1901–1902
Drake
Purdue
Sewanee
PurdueHead coaching record Overall 24–13–3 (football)
10–3 (basketball)Statistics College Football Data Warehouse Charles M. Best was an American football and basketball coach. He served as the head football coach at Drake University (1900–1901), Purdue University (1902), and Sewanee: The University of the South (1917–1918), compiling a career college football record of 24–13–3. Best was also the head basketball coach at Purdue for one season in 1901–1902, tallying a mark of 10–3.
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Coaching career
Drake
Best was the fifth head college football coach for the Drake University Dragons located in Des Moines, Iowa and he held that position for two seasons, from 1900 until 1901. His overall coaching record at Drake was 10 wins, 7 losses, and 0 ties. This ranks him 11th at Drake in terms of total wins and fourth at Drake in terms of winning percentage.[1]
Purdue
Best coached for the 1902 season at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana. Best had his most successful season at Purdue, posting a rtecord of 7 wins, 2 losses, and 1 tie.[2]
Head coaching record
Football
Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs Drake Bulldogs (Independent) (1900–1901) 1900 Drake 6–3 1901 Drake 4–4 Drake: 10–7 Purdue Boilermakers (Big Ten Conference) (1902) 1902 Purdue 7–2–1 2–2 5th Purdue: 7–2–1 2–2 Sewanee Tigers (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1917–1918) 1917 Sewanee 4–2–2 3–2–2 1918 Sewanee 3–2 0–1 Sewanee: 7–4–1 3–3–2 Total: 24–13–3 References
External links
- Charles Best at the College Football Data Warehouse
- Charles Best at College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com
Drake Bulldogs head football coaches No coach (1893) • W. W. Wharton (1894) • Hermon Williams (1895) • Fred Rogers (1896) • A. B. Potter (1897–1899) • Charles Best (1900–1901) • G. O. Dietz (1902) • W. J. Monilaw (1903–1904) • Willie Heston (1905) • Charles Pell (1906–1907) • John L. Griffith (1908–1915) • Ralph Glaze (1916–1917) • M. B. Banks (1918–1920) • Ossie Solem (1921–1931) • Evan O. Williams (1932) • Vee Green (1933–1946) • Albert Kawal (1947–1948) • Warren Gaer (1949–1958) • Tom O'Connell (1959) • Bus Mertes (1960–1964) • Jack Wallace (1965–1976) • Chuck Shelton (1977–1985) • Exhibition only (1986) • Nick Quartaro (1987–1988) • Rob Ash (1989–2006) • Steve Loney (2007) • Chris Creighton (2008– )
Purdue Boilermakers head football coaches Albert Berg (1887) • No team (1888) • George Andrew Reisner (1889) • Clinton L. Hare (1890) • Knowlton Ames (1891–1892) • D. M. Balliet (1893–1895) • S. M. Hammond (1896) • William H. Church (1897) • Alpha Jamison (1898–1900) • D. M. Balliet (1901) • Charles Best (1902) • Oliver Cutts (1903–1904) • Albert E. Herrnstein (1905) • Myron E. Witham (1906) • Leigh C. Turner (1907) • Frederick A. Speik (1908–1909) • Bill Horr (1910–1912) • Andy Smith (1913–1915) • Cleo A. O'Donnell (1916–1917) • A. G. Scanlon (1918–1920) • William Henry Dietz (1921) • James Phelan (1922–1929) • Noble Kizer (1930–1936) • Allen Elward (1937–1941) • Elmer Burnham (1942–1943) • Cecil Isbell (1944–1946) • Stu Holcomb (1947–1955) • Jack Mollenkopf (1956–1969) • Bob DeMoss (1970–1972) • Alex Agase (1973–1976) • Jim Young (1977–1981) • Leon Burtnett (1982–1986) • Fred Akers (1987–1990) • Jim Colletto (1991–1996) • Joe Tiller (1997–2008) • Danny Hope (2009– )
Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball head coaches F. Homer Curtis (1896–1897) • No team (1897–1899) • Alpha Jamison (1899–1901) • Charles Best (1901–1902) • C. I. Freeman (1902–1903) • No coach (1903–1904) • James Nufer (1904–1905) • C. B. Jamison (1905–1908) • E. J. Stewart (1908–1909) • Ralph Jones (1909–1912) • R. E. Vaughn (1912–1916) • Ward Lambert (1916–1917) • J. J. Maloney (1917–1918) • Ward Lambert (1918–1946) • Mel Taube (1946–1950) • Ray Eddy (1950–1965) • George King (1965–1972) • Fred Schaus (1972–1978) • Lee Rose (1978–1980) • Gene Keady (1980–2005) • Matt Painter (2005– )
Sewanee Tigers head football coaches F. G. Sweat (1891–1893) • H. C. Foss (1894) • R. M. Reynolds (1895) • J. E. Blair (1896) • J. G. Jayne (1897–1898) • Billy Suter (1899–1901) • L. W. Boynton (1902) • George S. Whitney (1903–1904) • H. C. Hyatt (1905) • J. J. Quill (1906) • A. G. Erwin (1907) • Harry Van Surdam (1908) • Harris G. Cope (1909–1916) • Charles Best (1917–1918) • Earl Abell (1919–1920) • John P. Nicholson (1921–1922) • M. S. Bennett (1923–1928) • W. H. Kirkpatrick (1929) • Harvey Harman (1930) • Harry E. Clark (1931–1939) • Jenks Gillem (1940–1941) • No team (1942–1945) • William C. White (1946–1953) • Ernie Williamson (1954–1956) • Shirley Majors (1957–1977) • Horace Moore (1978–1986) • Bill Samko (1987–1993) • Al Logan (1994–1995) • John Windham (1996–2006) • Robert Black (2007–2010) • Tommy Laurendine (2011– )
Categories:- Drake Bulldogs football coaches
- Purdue Boilermakers football coaches
- Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball coaches
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