Johnny Floyd

Johnny Floyd
Floyd pictured in The Glomerata 1930, Auburn yearbook
Sport(s) Football, basketball
Playing career
Football
1915–1916
1919–1920

Basketball
1919–1920

Vanderbilt
Vanderbilt


Vanderbilt
Position(s) Halfback (football)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1917
?–1928
1929
1929
1930–1931
1935–1938

Basketball
1927–1929
1935–1939

Middle Tennessee
Vanderbilt (assistant)
Auburn (line)
Auburn
The Citadel
Middle Tennessee


Vanderbilt
Middle Tennessee
Head coaching record
Overall 39–21–4 (football)
22–53 (basketball)
Statistics
College Football Data Warehouse

Johnny "Red" Floyd was an American football and basketball player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Middle Tennessee State University (1917, 1935–1938), Auburn University (1929), and The Citadel in South Carolina (1930–1931), compiling a career college football record of 39–21–4. Floyd was also the head basketball coach at Vanderbilt University from 1927 to 1929 and at Middle Tennessee from 1935 to 1939, tallying a career college basketball mark of 22–53.

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Coaching career

In 1917, Floyd entered his first stint as a head coach at Middle Tennessee, and had a record of 7–0. In 1929, he coached at Auburn, and compiled an 0–4 record. This makes him the only coach in NCAA history to lose four straight games after winning his first seven. From 1930 to 1931, he coached at The Citadel, and compiled a 9–9–3 record. From 1935 to 1938, he entered his second stint as a head coach at Middle Tennessee State, where he compiled a 23–8–1 record, including a second undefeated season in 1935 at 8–0.

Floyd was the eighth head football coach for The Citadel Bulldogs located in Charleston, South Carolina and he held that position for two seasons, from 1930 until 1931. His career coaching record at The Citadel was 9 wins, 9 losses, and 3 ties. This ranks him 16th at The Citadel in total wins and ninth at The Citadel in winning percentage.[1]

Head coaching record

Football

Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs
Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders (Independent) (1917)
1917 Middle Tennessee 7–0
Auburn Tigers (Southern Conference) (1929)
1929 Auburn 0–4[n 1] 0–4[n 1] 23rd[n 1]
Auburn: 0–4 0–4
Citadel Bulldogs football (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1930–1931)
1930 Citadel 4–5–2
1931 Citadel 5–4–1
Citadel: 9–9–3
Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1935–1938)
1935 Middle Tennessee 8–0
1936 Middle Tennessee 7–1
1937 Middle Tennessee 6–1–1
1938 Middle Tennessee 2–6
Middle Tennessee: 30–8–1
Total: 39–21–4

Notes

  1. ^ a b c George Bohler coached the first five games of the season.

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