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
19151916
19191920

Basketball
19191920

Vanderbilt
Vanderbilt


Vanderbilt
Position(s) Halfback (football)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1917
?1928
1929
1929
19301931
19351938

Basketball
19271929
19351939
c. 1941

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


Vanderbilt
Middle Tennessee
Rice[2]
Head coaching record
Overall 39214 (football)
2253 (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, 19351938), Auburn University (1929), and The Citadel in South Carolina (19301931), compiling a career college football record of 39214. 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 2253.

Coaching career

In 1917, Floyd entered his first stint as a head coach at Middle Tennessee, and had a record of 70. In 1929, he coached at Auburn, and compiled an 04 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 993 record. From 1935 to 1938, he entered his second stint as a head coach at Middle Tennessee State, where he compiled a 2381 record, including a second undefeated season in 1935 at 80.

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 Bowl/playoffs
Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders (Independent) (1917)
1917 Middle Tennessee 70
Auburn Tigers (Southern Conference) (1929)
1929 Auburn 04[n 1] 04[n 1] 23rd[n 1]
Auburn: 04 04
The Citadel Bulldogs football (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1930–1931)
1930 The Citadel 452
1931 The Citadel 541
The Citadel: 993
Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1935–1938)
1935 Middle Tennessee 80
1936 Middle Tennessee 71
1937 Middle Tennessee 611
1938 Middle Tennessee 26
Middle Tennessee: 3081
Total: 39214

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 George Bohler coached the first five games of the season.

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