Frank Dobson (American football)

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Frank Dobson
Dobson at Maryland in 1936
Sport(s)	Football, basketball, baseball
Biographical details
Born	(1885-01-10)January 10, 1885 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Died	1959 Carlisle, Indiana
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football 1909 1910–1912 1913–1917 1918 1919–1933 1935 1936–1939 1940–1948 Basketball 1911–1913 1912–1917 1919–1933 Baseball 1911–1913 1915–1933	Georgia Clemson Richmond South Carolina Richmond Maryland (assistant) Maryland Apprentice Clemson Richmond Richmond Clemson Richmond
Head coaching record
Overall	137–142–24 (football) 166–113 (basketball) 197–124–2 (baseball)
Statistics College Football Data Warehouse
Accomplishments and honors
Championships 1× Southern Conference (1937)

Frank Mills Dobson (January 10, 1885 – 1959) was an American football, basketball, and baseball coach. He served as the head football coach at the University of Georgia (1909, with James Coulter), Clemson University (1910–1912), the University of Richmond (1913–1917, 1919–1933), the University of South Carolina (1918), the University of Maryland (1936–1939), and The Apprentice School (1940–1948), compiling a career record of 137–142–24. Dobson was also the head basketball coach at Clemson (1911–1913) and Richmond (1912–1917, 1919–1933) and the head baseball coach at Clemson (1911–1913) and Richmond (1915–1933).

Coaching career

Georgia Tech and Georgia

A native of Roanoke, Virginia, Dobson was an assistant under legendary Georgia Tech head coach John Heisman.

In 1909, Dobson moved to Georgia Tech's arch-rival, Georgia. There, the new head coach, James Coulter, had no prior coaching experience. Dobson was hired as a co-coach and added new trick plays in an attempt to energize the offense. Still the team finished with a record of 2–4–2.^[1]

Clemson

Dobson moved on to Clemson University for the 1910 season, where he coached not only football, but also basketball and baseball.^[2] His overall record with the Clemson football team was 11–12–1.

Richmond and South Carolina

Dobson then moved to the University of Richmond, where he was athletic director and football, baseball, and basketball coach from 1913–1933, 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.

Maryland

In 1935, Dobson became an assistant at Maryland under head coach Jack Faber.^[3] The following season, he was promoted to head coach and served in that position through 1939. Dobson amassed an 18–21 record at Maryland.

Apprentice

Dobson finished his career as the 11th head college football coach for the The Apprentice School Builders located in Newport News, Virginia and he held that position for nine seasons, from 1940 until 1948. His coaching record at Apprentice was 25 wins, 26 losses, and 2 ties. As of the conclusion of the 2007 season, this ranks him fourth at Apprentice in total wins and ninth at Apprentice in winning percentage (.472).^[4] A highlight at Apprentice was a 7–6 upset of the University of Virginia in 1943.^[5]

Head coaching record

Football

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
Georgia Bulldogs (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1909)
1909	Georgia	2–4–2	1–4–2
Georgia:		2–4–2	1–4–2
Clemson Tigers (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1910–1912)
1910	Clemson	4–3–1
1911	Clemson	3–5
1912	Clemson	4–4
Clemson:		11–12–1
Richmond Spiders (Independent) (1913–1917)
1913	Richmond	5–3–1
1914	Richmond	5–4
1915	Richmond	4–4–1
1916	Richmond	5–4–2
1917	Richmond	4–2–1
South Carolina Gamecocks (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1918)
1918	South Carolina	2–1–1
South Carolina:		2–1–1
Richmond Spiders (Independent) (1919–1932)
1919	Richmond	5–2–2
1920	Richmond	6–2
1921	Richmond	4–3–1
1922	Richmond	6–2–1
1923	Richmond	3–5
1924	Richmond	2–6–1
1925	Richmond	3–6
1926	Richmond	2–7
1927	Richmond	4–4–1
1928	Richmond	3–4–2
1929	Richmond	3–5–1
1930	Richmond	2–4–2
1931	Richmond	4–5
Richmond Spiders (Virginia Conference) (1932–1933)
1932	Richmond	4–2–2
1933	Richmond	5–4
Richmond:		79–78–18
Maryland Terrapins (Southern Conference) (1936–1939)
1936	Maryland	6–5	4–2	5th
1937	Maryland	8–2	3–0	1st
1938	Maryland	2–7	1–2	12th
1939	Maryland	2–7	0–1	14th
Maryland:		18–21	8–5
Apprentice Builders () (1940–1948)
1940	Apprentice	2–5
1941	Apprentice	7–1
1942	Apprentice	3–3–2
1943	Apprentice	5–2
1944	Apprentice	no team
1945	Apprentice	no team
1946	Apprentice	2–5
1947	Apprentice	1–6
1948	Apprentice	5–4
Apprentice:		25–26–2
Total:		137–142–24
National championship Conference title Conference division title

References

↑ Official UGA History: Former Head Coaches, GeorgiaDogs.com, retrieved 15 January 2009.
↑ Former Head Coaches, Georgia Dogs website
↑ The Terrapin, p. 144, University of Maryland, 1936.
↑ Apprentice Builders coaching records
↑ College Football Data Warehouse University of Virginia 1943 Football results

External links

Frank Dobson at the College Football Data Warehouse
Frank Dobson at College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com

Georgia Bulldogs head football coaches

Charles Herty (1891)
No team (1892)
Ernest Brown (1893)
Robert Winston (1894)
Pop Warner (1895–1896)
Charles McCarthy (1897–1898)
Gordon Saussy (1899)
E. E. Jones (1900)
William A. Reynolds (1901–1902)
Marvin D. Dickinson (1903)
Charles A. Barnard (1904)
Marvin D. Dickinson (1905)
W. S. Whitney (1906–1907)
Branch Bocock (1908)
James Coulter & Frank Dobson (1909)
W. A. Cunningham (1910–1916)
No team (1917–1918)
W. A. Cunningham (1919)
Herman Stegeman (1920–1922)
George Cecil Woodruff (1923–1927)
Harry Mehre (1928–1937)
Joel Hunt (1938)
Wally Butts (1939–1960)
Johnny Griffith (1961–1963)
Vince Dooley (1964–1988)
Ray Goff (1989–1995)
Jim Donnan (1996–2000)
Mark Richt (2001– )

Clemson Tigers head football coaches

Walter Riggs (1896)
William M. Williams (1897)
John Penton (1898)
Walter Riggs (1899)
John Heisman (1900–1903)
Shack Shealy (1904)
Eddie Cochems (1905)
Bob Williams (1906)
Frank Shaughnessy (1907)
J. N. Stone (1908)
Bob Williams (1909)
Frank Dobson (1910–1912)
Bob Williams (1913–1915)
Wayne Hart (1916)
Edward Donahue (1917–1920)
E. J. Stewart (1921–1922)
Bud Saunders (1923–1926)
Josh Cody (1927–1930)
Jess Neely (1931–1939)
Frank Howard (1940–1969)
Hootie Ingram (1970–1972)
Red Parker (1973–1976)
Charley Pell (1977–1978)
Danny Ford (1979–1989)
Ken Hatfield (1990–1993)
Tommy West (1993–1998)
Tommy Bowden (1999–2008)
Dabo Swinney (2008– )

Clemson Tigers head baseball coaches

R. T. V. Bowman (1896)
No team (1897)
R. T. V. Bowman (1898)
Unknown (1899–1900)
John Heisman (1901–1903)
John McMakin (1904–1906)
Frank Shaughnessy (1907)
Robert Lynch (1908)
Jesse Reynolds (1909)
Joe Holland (1910)
Frank Dobson (1911–1913)
Thomas Robertson (1914)
Vet Sitton (1915–1916)
Country Morris (1917)
Edward Donahue (1918–1919)
Country Morris (1920)
Larry Conover (1921)
L. V. H. Durfee (1922–1924)
Thomas May (1925)
Cul Richards (1926)
Tink Gillam (1927)
Joe Guyon (1928–1931)
Jess Neely (1932–1938)
Randy Hinson (1939–1940)
Tom Rogers (1941–1942)
Frank Howard (1943)
No team (1944)
Walter Cox (1945)
Randy Hinson (1946–1947)
Walter Cox (1948–1951)
Bob Smith (1952–1957)
Bill Wilhelm (1958–1993)
Jack Leggett (1994– )

Clemson Tigers men's basketball head coaches

Frank Dobson (1911–1913)
John O. Erwin (1913–1915)
A. H. Ward (1915–1916)
Edward Donahue (1916–1919)
Country Morris (1919–1920)
Larry Conover (1919–1920)
E. J. Stewart (1921–1923)
Bud Saunders (1923–1925)
A. A. Gilliam (1925–1926)
Josh Cody (1926–1931)
Joe Davis (1931–1940)
Rock Norman (1940–1946)
Banks McFadden (1946–1956)
Press Maravich (1956–1962)
Bobby Roberts (1962–1970)
Tates Locke (1970–1975)
Bill Foster (1975–1984)
Cliff Ellis (1984–1994)
Rick Barnes (1994–1998)
Larry Shyatt (1998–2003)
Oliver Purnell (2003–2010)
Brad Brownell (2010– )

v t e Richmond Spiders men's basketball head coaches

Frank Dobson (1912–1917) Dave Satterfield (1917–1918) Robert C. Marshall (1918–1919) Frank Dobson (1919–1933) Malcolm Pitt (1933–1952) H. Lester Hooker (1952–1963) Lewis Mills (1963–1974) Carl Slone (1974–1978) Lou Goetz (1978–1981) Dick Tarrant (1981–1993) Bill Dooley (1993–1997) John Beilein (1997–2002) Jerry Wainwright (2002–2005) Chris Mooney (2005– )

Richmond Colts / Spiders head football coaches

M. C. Taylor (1881)
C. M. Hazen (1882)
No team (1883–1884)
C. M. Hazen (1885–1886)
H. R. Hundley (1887)
C. M. Hazen (1888)
Frank Johnson (1889)
C. T. Taylor (1890)
Dana Rucker (1891)
Penwick Shelton (1892)
Dana Rucker (1893–1895)
No team (1896)
Bill Wertenbaker (1897)
O. L. Owen (1898)
Julian Hill (1899)
Edward Kenna (1900)
Garnett Nelson (1901)
Graham Hobson (1902)
Fred Vail (1903)
Harry Wall (1904)
E. A. Dunlop (1905–1909)
E. V. Long (1910)
Sam Honaker (1911)
E. A. Dunlop (1912)
Frank Dobson (1913–1917)
Robert C. Marshall (1918)
Frank Dobson (1919–1933)
Glenn Thistlethwaite (1934–1941)
John Fenion (1942)
Malcolm Pitt (1943–1944)
George Hope (1945)
John Fenlon (1946–1947)
Karl Esleeck (1948–1950)
Ed Merrick (1951–1965)
Frank Jones (1966–1973)
Jim Tait (1974–1979)
Dal Shealy (1980–1988)
Jim Marshall (1989–1994)
Jim Reid (1995–2003)
Dave Clawson (2004–2007)
Mike London (2008–2009)
Latrell Scott (2010)
Wayne Lineburg # (2011)
Danny Rocco (2012– )

Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.

v t e Richmond Spiders head baseball coaches

Frank Dobson (1915–1933) Dave Miller (1934) Malcolm Pitt (1935–1971) Chuck Boone (1972–1976) Tommy Gilman (1977–1984) Ron Atkins (1985–2007) Mark McQueen (2008–2013) Tracy Woodson (2014– )

South Carolina Gamecocks athletic directors

W. A. Whaley (1896)
Frederick M. Murphy (1897)
Bill Wertenbaker (1898)
Irving O. Hunt (1899–1900)
Byron W. Dickson (1901)
Bob Williams (1902–1903)
Christie Benet (1904–1905)
Douglas McKay (1907)
Christie Benet (1908–1909)
John Neff (1910–1911)
Norman B. Edgerton (1912–1915)
Dixon Foster (1917)
Frank Dobson (1918)
Dixon Foster (1919)
Sol Metzger (1920–1924)
Branch Bocock (1925–1926)
Harry Lightsey (1927)
Billy Laval (1928–1934)
Don McCallister (1935–1937)
Rex Enright (1938–1955)
Warren Giese (1956–1960)
Marvin Bass (1961–1965)
Paul Dietzel (1966–1974)
Bo Hagan (1975–1976)
Jim Carlen (1976–1981)
Bob Marcum (1982–1988)
Dick Bestwick (1988)
King Dixon (1988–1992)
Mike McGee (1993–2005)
Eric Hyman (2005–2012)
Ray Tanner (2012– )

South Carolina Gamecocks head football coaches

No coach (1882)
No team (1893)
No coach (1894–1895)
W. H. Whaley (1896)
Frederick M. Murphy (1897)
Bill Wertenbaker (1898)
Irving O. Hunt (1899–1900)
Byron W. Dickson (1901)
Bob Williams (1902–1903)
Christie Benet (1904–1905)
No team (1906)
Douglas McKay (1907)
Christie Benet (1908–1909)
John Neff (1910–1911)
Norman B. Edgerton (1912–1915)
W. Rice Warren (1916)
Dixon Foster (1917)
Frank Dobson (1918)
Dixon Foster (1919)
Sol Metzger (1920–1924)
Branch Bocock (1925–1926)
Harry Lightsey (1927)
Billy Laval (1928–1934)
Don McCallister (1935–1937)
Rex Enright (1938–1942)
James P. Moran (1943)
Williams Newton (1944)
John D. McMillan (1945)
Rex Enright (1946–1955)
Warren Giese (1956–1960)
Marvin Bass (1961–1965)
Paul Dietzel (1966–1974)
Jim Carlen (1975–1981)
Richard Bell (1982)
Joe Morrison (1983–1988)
Sparky Woods (1989–1993)
Brad Scott (1994–1998)
Lou Holtz (1999–2004)
Steve Spurrier (2005– )

Maryland Terrapins head football coaches

William W. Skinner (1892)
Samuel Harding (1893)
J. G. Bannon (1894)
No team (1895)
Grenville Lewis (1896)
John Lillibridge (1897)
Frank Kenly (1898)
S. S. Cooke (1899)
F. H. Peters (1900)
Emmons Dunbar (1901)
D. John Markey (1902–1904)
Fred K. Nielsen (1905–1906)
Charles W. Melick (1907)
William Lang (1908)
William Lang & Edward Larkin (1909)
Royal Alston (1910)
Charley Donnelly (1911)
Curley Byrd (1911–1934)
Jack Faber (1935)
Frank Dobson (1936–1939)
Jack Faber (1940–1941)
Clark Shaughnessy (1942)
Clarence Spears (1943–1944)
Bear Bryant (1945)
Clark Shaughnessy (1946)
Jim Tatum (1947–1955)
Tommy Mont (1956–1958)
Tom Nugent (1959–1965)
Lou Saban (1966)
Bob Ward (1967–1968)
Roy Lester (1969–1971)
Jerry Claiborne (1972–1981)
Bobby Ross (1982–1986)
Joe Krivak (1987–1991)
Mark Duffner (1992–1996)
Ron Vanderlinden (1997–2000)
Ralph Friedgen (2001–2010)
Randy Edsall (2011– )

The Apprentice Builders head football coaches

Jim Preas (1919–1921)
A. B. Stoney (1922–1923)
Edward J. Robeson, Jr. (1924–1925)
R. L. Patterson (1926)
E. M. Handy (1927–1928)
F. R. White (1929–1931)
J. B. McArthur (1932)
F. R. White (1933)
W. F. Metts (1934–1937)
W. H. Collier (1938–1939)
Frank Dobson (1940–1948)
Vernon Haynes (1949–1950)
John A. Burns (1951–1952)
Frank Masters (1953)
Frank Marshall (1954–1956)
Gordon Lamkin (1957–1959)
G. R. Heflin (1960–1961)
John A. Burns (1962)
Bob Tata (1963)
H. K. Brown, Jr. (1964)
Romie Hamilton (1965)
J. E. Bradshaw (1966)
W. S. Renn, Jr. (1967–1968)
Winston Siegfried (1969–1970)
J.H. Wilson (1971–1974)
T. G. Yearwood (1975–1976)
Norm Snead (1977–1984)
Phil Janaro (1985–1987)
Norm Snead (1988–1989)
Paul Hoffman (1990–1997)
Aubrey Kelly (1998–2001)
Phil Janaro (2002–2007)
Michael Vite (2008–2011)
Paul Hoffman (2012– )

Persondata
Name	Dobson, Frank
Alternative names	Dobson, Frank Mills
Short description	American football, basketball, and baseball coach
Date of birth	January 10, 1885
Place of birth	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Date of death	1959
Place of death	Carlisle, Indiana

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