Frank Dobson (football)
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Frank Mills Dobson (born January 10, 1885, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) was a football coach (with James Coulter) at the University of Georgia in 1909 and subsequently head coach at Clemson University, the University of Richmond, the University of South Carolina, the University of Maryland, and The Apprentice School.
A native of Roanoke, Virginia, Dobson was an assistant under legendary Georgia Tech head coach John Heisman. New Georgia coach James Coulter hired him in 1909, and Dobson soon overshadowed his supposed superior. Dobson added new trick plays that gained the team notoriety, but the team finished the season with a disappointing record of 1-4-2. He moved on to Clemson University for the 1910 season, where he coached not only football (1910-12), but also basketball and baseball.[1] His overall record with the Clemson football team was 11-12-1.
Dobson then moved to the University of Richmond, where he was athletic director and football, baseball, and basketball coach from 1913-33, with one exception: in the abbreviated postwar season of 1918, rather than coaching the Richmond football team, he took over the South Carolina Gamecocks and led them to a record of 2-1-1. Dobson's overall football record at Richmond was 79-78-18, his baseball record was 153-112, and his basketball record was 153-106. Dobson was posthumously elected to the University of Richmond Athletic Hall of Fame in 1978.
From 1936-39, Dobson was the coach of the Maryland Terrapins football team, amassing an 12-16 record.
Dobson finished his career as coach of The Apprentice School from 1940-48, with an overall record of 25-26-2, including a 7-6 upset of the University of Virginia in 1943.
[edit] References
- Official UGA History: Former Head Coaches
- Official UGA History: Football through the Years
- University of South Carolina Head Coaching Records
- University of Richmond Athletic Hall of Fame profile
- Atlantic Coast Football Conference page on The Apprentice School
| Clemson Tigers Head Football Coaches |
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| Riggs • W.M. Williams • Penton • Heisman • Shealy • Cochems • Williams • Shaughnessy • Stone • Dobson • Hart • Donahue • Stewart • Saunders • Cody • Neely • Howard • Ingram • Parker • Pell • Ford • Hatfield • West • Bowden |
| Georgia Bulldogs Head Football Coaches |
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| Herty • Brown • Winston • Warner • McCarthy • Saussy • Jones • Reynolds • Dickinson • Barnard • Whitney • Bocock • Coulter • Dobson • Cunningham • Stegeman • Woodruff • Mehre • Hunt • Butts • Griffith • Dooley • Goff • Donnan • Richt |
| South Carolina Gamecocks Head Football Coaches |
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| W. A. Whaley • W.P. Murphy • W. Wertenbaker • I. O. Hunt • B. W. Dickson • C. R. Williams • Benet • McKay • Neff • N. B. Edgerton • Warren • Foster • Dobson • Metzger • Bocock • Lightsey • Laval • McCallister • Enright • J. P. Moran • Newton • McMillan • Giese • Bass • Dietzel • Carlen • Bell • Morrison • Woods • Scott • Holtz • Spurrier |
| 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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