- Charles E. Coates
-
Charles E. Coates Sport(s) Football Biographical details Born August 13, 1866 Place of birth Baltimore, Maryland Died December 27, 1939 (aged 73) Place of death Baton Rouge, Louisiana Playing career 1880s Johns Hopkins Coaching career (HC unless noted) 1893 LSU Head coaching record Overall 0–1 Statistics College Football Data Warehouse Charles Edward Coates, Jr. (August 13, 1866 – December 27, 1939) was an American academic, chemist, and player and coach of American football. He was the third faculty member with a PhD in Louisiana State University's history. Coates was known worldwide for his work in sugar chemistry research and he served as the dean of the Audubon Sugar School. Coates was also the first head coach of the LSU Tigers football team. He lost the only game he ever coached in 1893 to Tulane, 34–0.
Coates was born in Baltimore, Maryland in 1866. His father, Charles E. Coates, Sr., practiced medicine in Baltimore after moving from Coatesville, Pennsylvania, which had been settled by and named for his ancestors. Coates played football at Johns Hopkins University and when he came to LSU in 1893, he volunteered to organize and coach the school's first football squad. He married Ollie Maurin of Donaldsonville, Louisiana in 1901. The couple had four children: Charles Hunter (1903–1972), Victor Maurin (b. 1905), Jesse (b. 1908), and Caroline Pennock (b. 1917). Coates died in 1939.[1]
The Charles E. Coates Memorial Fund at LSU is named after him, as is Coates Hall, a building on LSU's campus.
Head coaching record
Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs LSU Tigers (Independent) (1893) 1893 LSU 0–1 LSU: 0–1 Total: 0–1 References
- ^ Coates, Jr., Charles Hunter. "A BIOGRAPHY OF CHARLES HUNTER COATES: SOLDIER, SCHOLAR, ATHLETE". University of Maryland. pp. ii, 1, 7. http://www.bsos.umd.edu/Socy/CRMO/coates_combined_w_cover.pdf. Retrieved December 3, 2010.
External links
LSU Tigers head football coaches Charles E. Coates (1893) • Albert Simmons (1894–1895) • Allen Jeardeau (1896–1897) • Edmond Chavanne (1898) • John P. Gregg (1899) • Edmond Chavanne (1900) • W. S. Boreland (1901–1903) • Dan A. Killian (1904–1906) • Edgar Wingard (1907–1908) • Joe Pritchard (1909) • John W. Mayhew (1909–1910) • James Dwyer (1911–1913) • E. T. McDonald (1914–1916) • Irving Pray (1916) • Dana X. Bible (1916) • Wayne Sutton (1917) • No team (1918) • Irving Pray (1919) • Branch Bocock (1920–1921) • Irving Pray (1922) • Mike Donahue (1923–1927) • Russ Cohen (1928–1931) • Biff Jones (1932–1934) • Bernie Moore (1935–1947) • Gaynell Tinsley (1948–1954) • Paul Dietzel (1955–1961) • Charles McClendon (1962–1979) • Jerry Stovall (1980–1983) • Bill Arnsparger (1984–1986) • Mike Archer (1987–1990) • Curley Hallman (1991–1994) • Gerry DiNardo (1995–1999) • Hal Hunter # (1999) • Nick Saban (2000–2004) • Les Miles (2005– )
Pound sign (#) denotes interim coach.Categories:- 1866 births
- 1939 deaths
- American chemists
- Louisiana State University faculty
- Johns Hopkins Blue Jays football players
- LSU Tigers football coaches
- People from Baltimore, Maryland
- Players of American football from Maryland
- College football coaches first appointed in the 1890s stubs
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.
