Earle Edwards

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Earle Edwards
Edwards pictured in The Agromeck 1955, NC State yearbook
Sport(s)	Football
Biographical details
Born	(1908-11-10)November 10, 1908
Died	February 25, 1997(1997-02-25) (aged 88)
Playing career
1928–1930	Penn State
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1941–1948 1949–1953 1954–1970	Penn State (assistant) Michigan State (ends) NC State
Head coaching record
Overall	77–88–8
Bowls	1–1
Statistics College Football Data Warehouse
Accomplishments and honors
Championships 5 ACC (1957, 1963–1965, 1968)
Awards 4x ACC Coach of the Year (1957, 1963, 1965, 1967)

Earle Edwards (November 10, 1908 – February 25, 1997) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at North Carolina State University from 1954 to 1970, compiling a record of 77–88–8. Edwards is the longest tenured coach in NC State Wolfpack football history and holds the program records for games coached, wins, and losses. His teams won five Atlantic Coast Conference titles and made two Liberty Bowl appearances. Four times he was named the ACC Coach of the Year.

Head coaching record

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs	Coaches^#	AP^°
NC State Wolfpack (Atlantic Coast Conference) (1954–1970)
1954	NC State	2–8	0–4	T–8th
1955	NC State	4–5–1	0–2–1	T–7th
1956	NC State	3–7	2–4	6th
1957	NC State	7–1–2	5–0–1	1st		20	15
1958	NC State	2–7–1	2–5	7th
1959	NC State	1–9	0–6	T–7th
1960	NC State	6–3–1	4–1–1	2nd
1961	NC State	4–6	3–4	T–5th
1962	NC State	3–6–1	3–4	T–4th
1963	NC State	8–3	6–1	T–1st	L Liberty
1964	NC State	5–5	5–2	1st
1965	NC State	6–4	4–3	T–1st
1966	NC State	5–5	5–2	2nd
1967	NC State	9–2	5–1	2nd	W Liberty	17
1968	NC State	6–4	6–1	1st
1969	NC State	3–6–1	3–2–1	2nd
1970	NC State	3–7–1	2–3–1	5th
NC State:		77–88–8	55–45–5
Total:		77–88–8
National championship Conference title Conference division title
^†Indicates BCS bowl, Bowl Alliance or Bowl Coalition game. ^#Rankings from final Coaches' Poll. ^°Rankings from final AP Poll.

References

External links

Earle Edwards at the College Football Data Warehouse

NC State Wolfpack head football coaches

Perrin Busbee (1892)
Bart Gatling (1893–1895)
Perrin Busbee (1896–1897)
W. C. Riddick (1898–1899)
John McGee (1900–1901)
Art Devlin (1902–1903)
Willis Kienholz (1904)
George S. Whitney (1905)
Willie Heston (1906)
Mickey Whitehurst (1907–1908)
Edward L. Greene (1909–1913)
Jack Hegarty (1914–1915)
Brit Patterson (1916)
Harry Hartsell (1917)
Tal Stafford (1918)
Bill Fetzer (1919–1920)
Harry Hartsell (1921–1923)
Buck Shaw (1924)
Gus Tebell (1925–1929)
John Van Liew (1930)
John "Clipper" Smith (1931–1933)
Heartley Anderson (1934–1936)
Williams Newton (1937–1943)
Beattie Feathers (1944–1951)
Horace Hendrickson (1952–1953)
Earle Edwards (1954–1970)
Al Michaels (1971)
Lou Holtz (1972–1975)
Bo Rein (1976–1979)
Monte Kiffin (1980–1982)
Tom Reed (1983–1985)
Dick Sheridan (1986–1992)
Mike O'Cain (1993–1999)
Chuck Amato (2000–2006)
Tom O'Brien (2007–2012)
Dana Bible # (2012)
Dave Doeren (2013– )

Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.

v t e 1952 Michigan State Spartans football—consensus national champions

Paul Dekker Frank Kush Head coach: Clarence Munn Assistant coaches: Duffy Daugherty Dan Devine Earle Edwards Dewey King Steve Sebo

Persondata
Name	Edwards, Earle
Alternative names
Short description	American football player and coach
Date of birth	November 10, 1908
Place of birth
Date of death	February 25, 1997
Place of death

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