Haney Catchings

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Name = Haney Catchings

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Sport = College football
College = Prairie View A&M University
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OverallRecord = 16-39-1 (0.294)
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Coach = Trigger
CoachYears = 1986-1989
1994-1995
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Tuskegee
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Haney Catchings was a college football coach in the United States. His career record was 16 wins, 39 losses, and 1 tie. His infamous career included a poor record, suspension of a collegiate football program, a gulty plea to expense report fraud, and accusations of preventing his athletes from pursuing academic studies.

Coaching History

Prairie View A&M

Catchings was the 16th head coach for the Prairie View A&M University Panthers located in Prairie View, Texas and he held that position for four seasons, from 1986 until 1989. His coaching record at Prairie View was 8 wins, 25 losses, and 1 ties. As of the conclusion of the 2007 season, this ranks him eighth at Prairie View in total wins and 14th at Prairie View in winning percentage (0.250). [ [http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_iaa/southwestern/prairie_view_a&m/coaching_records.php Prairie View A&M University coaching records] ] [cite web|url=http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=cfoot2/teams/direct582.htm|title=Prairie View Agricultural & Mechanical University Directory|publisher="The Sports Network"]

Longest Losing Streak

Coach Catchings last two losses of the 1989 season are a part in the worst losing streak in NCAA history of 88 games between 1989 and 1998. [ [http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/multimedia/photo_gallery/0702/gallery.losingstreaks/content.4.html Sports Illustrated] Memorable Losing Streaks, Praire View A&M]

Academic Accusations

Catchings suffered accusations of taking players away from academics. According to multiple players, Catchings "withheld textbooks and financial aid until players proved themselves on the field, and even abolished a study hall for players so they would have no distractions from football." Some athletes did not get their books until mid-term. [ [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=950DE5DD1E30F931A25751C0A96F948260&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss New York Times] "Coach Under Fire" February 12, 1989] Players boycotted the program to resolve the situation. [ [http://books.google.com/books?id=pumVyiz86sEC&pg=PA18&lpg=PA18&dq=%22haney+catchings%22&source=web&ots=6C9ZPzj-5P&sig=tlFHlFzspkOnUs4s10MoIWUY4nc&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=3&ct=result#PPA18,M1 The Hundred Yard Lie: The Corruption of College Football and What We Can Do to Stop It] By Rick Telander, Published by University of Illinois Press, 1996, ISBN 0252065239]

Program Suspension

Serious damage occurred to the program in 1989 coach Catchings was indicted in an expense-report fraud scam. The school shut down the football program for the 1990 season, reinstating it in 1992 without scholarship players. [ [http://articles.latimes.com/1998/oct/02/sports/sp-28602 Los Angeles Times] , "Losers No More" Chris Dufresne, October 2, 1998] He later plead guilty to felony and misdemeanor charges around the events. [ [http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19910112&slug=1260185 Seattle Times] "Ex-Prairie View Coach Pleads Guilty To Charges", January 12, 1991]

Tuskegee Institute

Catchings later became the head coach at Tuskegee University in Tuskegee, Alabama. He was the 14th head coach for the Golden Tigers and he held that position for two seasons, from 1994 until 1995. His coaching record at Tuskegee was 8 wins, 14 losses, and 0 ties. As of the conclusion of the 2007 season, this ranks him 11th at Tuskegee in total wins and 13th at Tuskegee in winning percentage (0.364). [ [http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ii/siac/tuskegee/coaching_records.php Tuskegee University#Sports coaching records] ]

References

External links

* [http://www.pvamu.edu/pages/104.asp Prairie View A&M University athletics website]
* [http://www.tuskegee.edu/Global/category.asp?C=34623&nav=menu200_10 Tuskegee Institute athletics website]