Flake Laird

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Flake Laird
Laird pictured as a senior in Quips and Cranks 1926, Davidson yearbook
Sport(s)	Basketball, baseball
Biographical details
Born	(1902-12-16)December 16, 1902 Decatur, Georgia
Died	April 10, 1992(1992-04-10) (aged 89) Blacksburg, Virginia
Playing career
Football 1922–1925 Basketball 1922–1926 Baseball 1923–1926	Davidson Davidson Davidson
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Basketball 1926–1928 1931–1937 1947–1955 Baseball 1927–1928 1932–1939 1940–1944 1948–1973	Catawba Davidson Virginia Tech Catawba Davidson Virginia Tech Virginia Tech
Head coaching record
Overall	134–221 (basketball) 409–392–5 (baseball)
Accomplishments and honors
Awards ABCA Hall of Fame (1971)

Green Flake "Red" Laird^[1] (December 16, 1902 – April 10, 1992) was an American college basketball and baseball coach.^[2]^[3] He is best known for being Virginia Tech's head baseball coach for 30 seasons and compiling the second most wins in program history through the 2013 season (343).^[4] He was inducted into the American Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Fame in 1971.^[5]^[6] Virginia Tech's home baseball venue, English Field, has its home team's dugout after him.^[7] Laird also coached the men's basketball and baseball teams at Virginia Tech, Catawba College, and Davidson College as well as the freshman football team at Davidson.^[8]^[9]^[10] Laird attended Davidson between 1922–23 and 1925–26. While there he earned 12 varsity letters – four each in football, basketball and baseball.

Head coaching record

Basketball

Season	Team	Overall	Conference
Catawba Indians (Little Six Conference) (1926–1928)
1926–27	Catawba	6–15	1–9
1927–28	Catawba	8–12	4–8
Catawba:		14–27	5–17
Davidson Wildcats (Independent) (1931–1936)
1931–32	Davidson	3–12
1932–33	Davidson	4–14
1933–34	Davidson	6–13
1934–35	Davidson	13–10
1935–36	Davidson	4–15
Davidson Wildcats (Southern Conference) (1936–1937)
1936–37	Davidson	13–10	5–8
Davidson:		43–74	5–8
Virginia Tech Hokies (Independent) (1947–1955)
1947–48	Virginia Tech	14–9
1948–49	Virginia Tech	10–13
1949–50	Virginia Tech	16–9
1950–51	Virginia Tech	19–10
1951–52	Virginia Tech	4–16
1952–53	Virginia Tech	4–19
1953–54	Virginia Tech	3–24
1954–55	Virginia Tech	7–20
Virginia Tech:		77–120
Total:		134–221

Baseball

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Catawba Indians (Independent) (1927–1928)
1927	Catawba	10–13–1
1928	Catawba	5–9
Catawba:		15–22–1
Davidson Wildcats (Independent) (1932–1939)
1932	Davidson	6–11
1933	Davidson	15–6
1934	Davidson	3–13
1935	Davidson	5–11
1936	Davidson	2–18
1937	Davidson	6–17
1938	Davidson	8–8
1939	Davidson	6–11
Davidson:		51–95
Virginia Tech Hokies (Independent) (1940–1943)
1940	Virginia Tech	7–5
1941	Virginia Tech	6–10
1942	Virginia Tech	10–5–1
1943	Virginia Tech	4–8
Virginia Tech Hokies (Southern Conference) (1948–1965)
1948	Virginia Tech	14–8–1	6–4	5th
1949	Virginia Tech	10–11	5–7	10th
1950	Virginia Tech	13–9	8–2	1st (North)	SoCon Tournament^{[lower-alpha 1]}
1951	Virginia Tech	8–11
1952	Virginia Tech	4–9	3–6	7th
1953	Virginia Tech	6–7	4–5	4th
1954	Virginia Tech	14–8	10–4	1st	NCAA District III Playoffs
1955	Virginia Tech	13–8	8–4	3rd
1956	Virginia Tech	9–12	7–7	6th
1957	Virginia Tech	9–12	8–7	4th
1958	Virginia Tech	9–11–1	6–7	6th
1959	Virginia Tech	12–7	9–5	4th
1960	Virginia Tech	10–9	7–6	5th
1961	Virginia Tech	9–15	7–6	4th
1962	Virginia Tech	11–6	7–5	4th
1963	Virginia Tech	14–7	10–1	2nd
1964	Virginia Tech	12–10	9–6	4th
1965	Virginia Tech	10–13	5–11	7th
Virginia Tech Hokies (Independent) (1966–1973)
1966	Virginia Tech	10–6
1967	Virginia Tech	14–10
1968	Virginia Tech	17–9–1
1969	Virginia Tech	27–7			NCAA District III Playoffs
1970	Virginia Tech	15–11
1971	Virginia Tech	16–10
1972	Virginia Tech	15–11
1973	Virginia Tech	15–10
Virginia Tech:		343–275–4
Total:		409–392–5
National champion Conference regular season champion Conference tournament champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion Conference division champion

↑ The top two teams in each division were invited to the SoCon Tournament. The North Division was composed of 7 teams, while the South had 9.

References

↑ http://archive.org/stream/quipscranks1926davi#page/n5/mode/2up
↑ https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VSP5-M2Z
↑ http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=73658715
↑ "Coaching Records" (PDF). 2011 Baseball Media Guide. Virginia Tech. 2011. Retrieved July 19, 2013.
↑ "ABCA Hall of Fame" (PDF). American Baseball Coaches Association. 2010. Retrieved July 19, 2013.
↑ Smith, Dave. "A Field of Dreams Come True". VT Magazine. Virginia Tech. Retrieved July 19, 2013.
↑ "English Field". HokieSports.com. Virginia Tech. 2013. Retrieved July 19, 2013.
↑ "Flake "Red" Laird, Davidson Coach for Ten Years, Leaves for Position with V.P.I.". The Davidsonian (Davidson, North Carolina: Davidson College). April 12, 1939. p. 1. Retrieved July 19, 2013.
↑ "Coaches". Quips and Cranks. Davidson College. 1933. Retrieved July 19, 2013.
↑ "Wildkittens to Meet Pups on Snyder Field". The Spartanburg Herald (Spartanburg, South Carolina). October 14, 1932. p. 12. Retrieved July 19, 2013.

External links

Head men's basketball coaching records for: Davidson/Virginia Tech and Catawba

Davidson Wildcats men's basketball head coaches

James W. Rhea (1907–1909)
No coach (1909–1912)
W. T. Cook (1912–1913)
No team (1913–1914)
No coach (1914–1915)
Bill Fetzer (1915–1918)
No coach (1918–1919)
Fred Hengeveld (1919–1922)
H. M. Grey (1922–1923)
William L. Younger (1923–1931)
Flake Laird (1931–1937)
Norman Shepard (1937–1949)
Boydson Baird (1949–1952)
Danny Miller (1952–1955)
Tom Scott (1955–1960)
Lefty Driesell (1960–1969)
Terry Holland (1969–1974)
Robert Brickels (1974–1976)
Dave Pritchett (1976–1978)
Eddie Biedenbach (1978–1981)
Bobby Hussey (1981–1989)
Bob McKillop (1989– )

Davidson Wildcats head baseball coaches

Club only (1870s–1901)
John A. Brewin (1902–1905)
W. T. Everett (1906–1907)
Tommy Stouch (1908)
W. T. Everett (1909)
H. E. Barr (1910)
Red Garman (1911)
William Guerrant (1912)
W. T. Cook (1913–1914)
Bill Fetzer (1915–1919)
Fred Hengeveld (1920–1922)
Buck Currie (1923)
William L. Younger (1924–1931)
Flake Laird (1932–1939)
Norman Shepard (1940–1944)
No team (1945)
Charlie Jamerson (1946–1950)
Packard (1951)
Dave Poole (1952)
Chuck Clements (1953–1956)
Tom Stevens (1957–1972)
Jack Burris (1973)
Tom Stevens (1974–1972)
Junior Wade (1975)
Palmer Muench (1976–1980)
Charlie Slagle (1981)
George Greer (1982–1987)
Jim Stoeckel (1988–1990)
Dick Cooke (1991– )

Virginia Tech Hokies head baseball coaches

Unknown (1892–1893)
No team (1894)
James M. McJames (1895)
Unknown (1896)
Lipep (1897)
Unknown (1898)
No team (1899)
A. B. Morrison, Jr. (1900–1901)
Unknown (1902)
Albert L. Orth (1903)
R. R. Brown (1904)
Knox (1905)
S. S. Eckerstone (1906–1907)
Sally Miles (1908)
R. M. Brown (1909)
Branch Bocock (1910–1911)
L. W. Riess (1912)
Sally Miles (1913)
Branch Bocock (1914)
R. B. Prince (1915)
Bill Breitenstein (1916–1917)
Charles Bernier (1918–1920)
William L. Younger (1921–1923)
George S. Kircher (1924–1932)
Herbert McEver (1933–1939)
Flake Laird (1940–1944)
George S. Proctor (1945–1947)
Flake Laird (1948–1973)
Bob Humphreys (1974–1978)
Chuck Hartman (1979–2006)
Pete Hughes (2007–2013)
Pat Mason (2014– )

Virginia Tech Hokies men's basketball head coaches

R. M. Brown (1908–1909)
Branch Bocock (1909–1911)
L. N. Keesling (1911–1912)
Houston Hughes (1912–1913)
Branch Bocock (1913–1916)
Harlan Sanborn (1916–1917)
Charles A. Bernier (1917–1920)
William L. Younger (1920–1923)
B. C. Cubbage (1923–1924)
M. Buford Blair (1924–1926)
Henry Redd (1926–1927)
Bud Moore (1927–1928)
I. E. Randall (1928–1929)
R. S. Warren (1929–1930)
C. D. Rhodes (1930–1931)
George S. Proctor (1931–1932)
William L. Younger (1932–1937)
Herbert McEver (1937–1944)
George S. Proctor (1944–1947)
Flake Laird (1947–1955)
Chuck Noe (1955–1962)
William Matthews (1962–1964)
Howie Shannon (1964–1971)
Don DeVoe (1971–1976)
Charles Moir (1976–1987)
Frankie Allen (1987–1991)
Bill Foster (1991–1997)
Bobby Hussey (1997–1999)
Ricky Stokes (1999–2003)
Seth Greenberg (2003–2012)
James Johnson (2012– )

Persondata
Name	Laird, Flake
Alternative names	Laird, Red; Laird, Green
Short description	American college basketball and baseball coach
Date of birth	December 16, 1902
Place of birth	Decatur, Georgia
Date of death	April 10, 1992
Place of death	Blacksburg, Virginia

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