Gene Berry
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Biographical details | |
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Born | Cooke County, Texas, U.S. | December 7, 1891
Died | November 28, 1968 Huntsville, Texas, U.S. | (aged 76)
Playing career | |
Football | |
1912–1913 | Texas |
Position(s) | End |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1914–1919 | Sam Houston Normal |
Basketball | |
1917–1919 | Sam Houston Normal |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 14–15–1 (football) 14–0 (basketball) |
Eugene Riley Berry (December 7, 1891 – November 28, 1968) was an American football player and collegiate athletics coach. He is credited with founding the athletic department at Sam Houston State University–then known as Sam Houston Normal Institute–in 1914.[1] He served as the school's head football coach (1914–1917, 1919) and head men's basketball coach (1917–1919).[2]
Berry played college football at the University of Texas at Austin, earning letters in 1912 and 1913.[3]
Head coaching record
Football
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Sam Houston Normal (Independent) (1914–1919) | |||||||||
1914 | Sam Houston Normal | 3–2 | |||||||
1915 | Sam Houston Normal | 5–1–1 | |||||||
1916 | Sam Houston Normal | 5–2 | |||||||
1917 | Sam Houston Normal | 1–3 | |||||||
1918 | No team—World War I | ||||||||
1919 | Sam Houston Normal | 0–7 | |||||||
Sam Houston Normal: | 14–15–1 | ||||||||
Total: | 14–15–1 |
References
- ^ "Eugene R. Berry". Texas Longhorns. Retrieved April 24, 2019.
- ^ "Men's Basketball Records" (PDF). Sam Houston State Bearkats men's basketball. Retrieved April 24, 2019.
- ^ "2013 Football Roster". Texas Longhorns football. Retrieved April 24, 2019.
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