Johnny Floyd

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Johnny Floyd
Floyd pictured in Midlander 1939, Middle Tennessee yearbook
Sport(s)	Football, basketball
Biographical details
Died	July 20, 1965 (aged 72)^[1] Shelbyville, Tennessee, U.S.
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 c. 1941	Middle Tennessee Vanderbilt (assistant) Auburn (line) Auburn The Citadel Middle Tennessee Vanderbilt Middle Tennessee Rice^[2]
Head coaching record
Overall	39–21–4 (football) 22–53 (basketball)
Statistics College Football Data Warehouse

John Cullom "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.

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.^[3]

Head coaching record

Football

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
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
The Citadel Bulldogs football (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1930–1931)
1930	The Citadel	4–5–2
1931	The Citadel	5–4–1
The 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

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 George Bohler coached the first five games of the season.

References

External links

Johnny Floyd at the College Football Data Warehouse

Middle Tennessee State Blue Raiders head football coaches

L. T. "Mutt" Weber (1911–1912)
Alfred B. Miles (1913–1916)
Johnny Floyd (1917)
Unknown (1918)
Alfred B. Miles (1919–1923)
Guy Stephenson (1924–1925)
Frank A. Faulkinberry (1926–1932)
E. M. Waller (1933–1934)
Johnny Floyd (1935–1938)
Ernest Alley (1939)
E. W. Midgett (1940–1942)
No team (1943–1945)
E. W. Midgett (1946)
Charles M. Murphy (1947–1968)
Donald E. Fuoss (1969)
Bill Peck (1970–1974)
Ben Hurt (1975–1978)
James F. Donnelly (1979–1998)
Andy McCollum (1999–2005)
Rick Stockstill (2006– )

Vanderbilt Commodores men's basketball head coaches

W. D. Weatherford (1900–1902)
Grinnell Jones (1902–1903)
Ed J. Hamilton (1903–1904)
J. N. Stone (1906–1907)
W. L. Throop (1907–1908)
Ed J. Hamilton (1808–1909)
R. B. McGehee (1909–1910)
Zeke Martin (1910–1912)
Oscar G. Nelson (1912–1913)
Guy T. Denton (1913–1917)
Ralph Palmer (1917–1918)
Ray Morrison (1918–1919)
Guy T. Denton (1919–1921)
Wallace Wade (1921–1923)
Josh Cody (1923–1927)
Johnny Floyd (1927–1929)
Garland Morrow (1929–1931)
Josh Cody (1931–1936)
Jim Buford (1936–1941)
Norm Cooper (1941–1943)
Smokey Harper (1943–1944)
Gus Morrow (1944–1946)
Norm Cooper (1946–1947)
Bob Polk (1947–1958)
Roy Skinner (1958–1959)
Bob Polk (1959–1961)
Roy Skinner (1961–1976)
Wayne Dobbs (1976–1979)
Richard Schmidt (1979–1981)
C. M. Newton (1981–1989)
Eddie Fogler (1989–1993)
Jan van Breda Kolff (1993–1999)
Kevin Stallings (1999– )

Auburn Tigers head football coaches

George Petrie (1891–1892)
D. M. Balliet (1892)
George Roy Harvey (1893)
Forrest M. Hall (1894)
John Heisman (1895–1899)
Walter H. Watkins (1900–1901)
Robert S. Kent (1902)
M. S. Harvey (1902)
William Penn Bates (1903)
Mike Donahue (1904–1906)
Willis Kienholz (1907)
Mike Donahue (1908–1922)
Boozer Pitts (1923–1924)
Dave Morey (1925–1927)
Boozer Pitts (1927)
George Bohler (1928–1929)
Johnny Floyd (1929)
Chet A. Wynne (1930–1933)
Jack Meagher (1934–1942)
No team (1943)
Carl M. Voyles (1944–1947)
Earl Brown (1948–1950)
Ralph Jordan (1951–1975)
Doug Barfield (1976–1980)
Pat Dye (1981–1992)
Terry Bowden (1993–1998)
Bill Oliver # (1998)
Tommy Tuberville (1999–2008)
Gene Chizik (2009–2012)
Gus Malzahn (2013– )

Pound sign (#) denotes interim coach.

Middle Tennessee State Blue Raiders men's basketball head coaches

Alfred B. Miles (1913–1915)
No team (1915–1922)
Alfred B. Miles (1922–1924)
Guy Stephenson (1924–1926)
Frank A. Faulkinberry (1926–1933)
E. M. Waller (1933–1935)
Johnny Floyd (1935–1939)
E. W. Midgett (1939–1942)
No team (1942–1945)
O. L. Freeman (1945–1946)
E. K. Patty (1946–1948)
Charles M. Murphy (1948–1949)
Charles Greer (1949–1956)
Ed Diddle, Jr. (1956–1962)
Bill Stokes (1962–1965)
Ken Trickey (1965–1969)
Jimmy Earle (1969–1979)
Stan Simpson (1979–1984)
Bruce Stewart (1984–1991)
David Farrar (1991–1996)
Randy Wiel (1996–2002)
Kermit Davis (2002– )

v t e The Citadel Bulldogs athletic directors

Carl Prause (1922–1929) Johnny Floyd (1930–1931) Tatum Gressette (1932–1939) Bo Rowland (1940–1945) David McAlister (1946–1952) John D. McMillan (1953–1954) John Sauer (1955–1956) Eddie Teague (1957–1985) Walt Nadzak (1985–2000) Les Robinson (2000–2008) Larry Leckonby (2008–present)

The Citadel Bulldogs head football coaches

Syd Smith (1905)
Ralph Foster (1906–1908)
Sam Costen (1909–1910)
L. S. LeTellier (1911–1912)
George C. Rogers (1913–1915)
Harvey O'Brien (1916–1918)
George C. Rogers (1919)
Harvey O'Brien (1920–1921)
Carl Prause (1922–1929)
Johnny Floyd (1930–1931)
Tatum Gressette (1932–1939)
Bo Rowland (1940–1942)
No team (1943–1945)
J. Quinn Decker (1946–1952)
John D. McMillan (1953–1954)
John Sauer (1955–1956)
Eddie Teague (1957–1965)
Red Parker (1966–1972)
Bobby Ross (1973–1977)
Art Baker (1978–1982)
Tom Moore (1983–1986)
Charlie Taaffe (1987–1995)
Don Powers (1996–2000)
Ellis Johnson (2001–2003)
John Zernhelt (2004)
Kevin Higgins (2005–2013)
Mike Houston (2014– )

Persondata
Name	Floyd, Johnny
Alternative names	Floyd, John; Floyd, Red
Short description	American football and basketball player and coach
Date of birth
Place of birth
Date of death	July 20, 1965
Place of death	Shelbyville, Tennessee, U.S.

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