Curley Byrd
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Harry Clifton "Curley" Byrd was an American multi-sport athlete, football coach, and university president from 1935 to 1954 at the University of Maryland. He compiled a 119-82-15 record as head football coach. The main athletic facility on campus, Byrd Stadium, is named in his honor.
He was from Crisfield, Maryland.
Byrd owns the dubious honor of having pushed a then 32 year-old Paul "Bear" Bryant out as head football coach after a single season in 1945. Bryant had coached the Terrapins to a successful 6-2-1 record (including a victory over rival University of Virginia) before the power struggle for control of the program forced Bryant to accept an offer from the University of Kentucky.
| Preceded by: Charley Donnelly |
University of Maryland Head Football Coaches 1911–1934 |
Succeeded by: Jack Faber |
| Preceded by: Raymond Pearson |
President of the University of Maryland, College Park 1935–1954 |
Succeeded by: Thomas B. Symons |
| Maryland Terrapins Head Football Coaches |
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| Skinner • Harding • Bannon • Lewis • Kenly • Cooke • Peters • Dunbar • Markey • Nielsen • Melick • Lang • Larkin • Alston • Donnelly • Byrd • Faber • Dobson • Shaughnessy • Spears • Bryant • Tatum • Mont • Nugent • Saban • Ward • Lester • Claiborne • Ross • Krivak • Duffner • Vanderlinden • Friedgen |
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