Samuel Huston Thompson

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Samuel Huston Thompson
Huston, 1923
Biographical details
Born	(1875-11-01)November 1, 1875 Lewisburg, Pennsylvania
Died	February 17, 1966(1966-02-17) (aged 90) Washington D. C.
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1897 1898–1899 1900–1901	Oberlin Lehigh Texas
Head coaching record
Overall	24–18–3
Statistics College Football Data Warehouse

Samuel Huston "Shy" Thompson, Jr.^[1]^[2] (November 1, 1875 – February 17, 1966)^[3]^[4] was a lawyer and an American football coach. The Princeton University graduate served as head coach of the University of Texas at Austin in 1900 and 1901, as the first head coach in school history to return for a second season. He holds a 14–2–1 record at Texas. He later served as assistant U.S. attorney general under President Woodrow Wilson from 1913 to 1918 and on the Federal Trade Commission from 1919 to 1927.

Coaching career

Thompson was the seventh head football coach for the Lehigh Mountain Hawks in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania and he held that position for two seasons, from 1898 until 1899. His overall coaching record at Lehigh was 5 wins, 15 losses, and 1 tie. As of completion of the 2007 season, this ranks him 17th at Lehigh in terms of total wins and 25th at Lehigh in terms of winning percentage.^[5] Highlights of his two seasons included back-to-back victories over rival Rutgers.^[6]

References

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↑ The University of Texas record: Volume 2
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↑ Presidential Mantle Falls on General Donald Armstrong
↑ Lehigh Coaching Records
↑ Lehigh University Sports 2009 Football Media Guide

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Oberlin Yeomen head football coaches

B. M. Hogen (1891)
John Heisman (1892)
E. B. Camp (1893)
John Heisman (1894)
W. M. Richards (1895)
C. K. Fauver (1896)
Samuel Huston Thompson (1897)
E. I. Stearns (1898–1899)
Edgar Fauver & Edward Fauver (1900–1902)
Edward Fauver (1903–1904)
R. M. Jones (1905)
H. R. Snyder (1906–1910)
Glen Gray (1911–1912)
T. Nelson Metcalf (1913)
A. J. Pyle (1914)
Frank Cary (1915)
Paul DesJardien (1916)
J. Speelman (1917–1918)
T. Nelson Metcalf (1919–1921)
U. H. Stallings & Lawrence McPhee (1922–1923)
P. N. MacEachron (1924–1929)
Lysle K. Butler (1930–1957)
J. William Grice (1958–1972)
Cass Jackson (1973–1975)
Richard Riendeau (1976–1977)
Don Hunsinger (1978–1989)
Larry Story (1990–1991)
Tony Pierce (1992–1993)
Pete Peterson (1994–1998)
Jeff Ramsey (1999– )

Lehigh Engineers / Mountain Hawks head football coaches

No coach (1884–1891)
John A. Hartwell (1892)
Harmon S. Graves (1893)
William Heffelfinger (1894)
Laurie Bliss (1895)
L. N. Morris (1896)
Samuel M. Hammond (1897)
Samuel Huston Thompson (1898–1899)
Walter R. Okeson (1900)
J. W. H. Pollard (1901)
Samuel B. Newton (1902–1905)
Byron W. Dickson (1906–1909)
Howard R. Reiter (1910–1911)
Tom Keady (1912–1920)
Frank Glick (1921)
James A. Baldwin (1922–1924)
Percy L. Wendell (1925–1927)
A. Austin Tate (1928–1933)
Glen Harmeson (1934–1941)
George Hoban (1942)
Leo Prendergast (1943–1945)
William Leckonby (1946–1961)
Mike Cooley (1962–1964)
Frederick Dunlap (1965–1975)
John Whitehead (1976–1985)
Hank Small (1986–1993)
Kevin Higgins (1994–2000)
Pete Lembo (2001–2005)
Andy Coen (2006– )

Texas Longhorns head football coaches

No coach (1893)
Reginald DeMerritt Wentworth (1894)
Frank Crawford (1895)
Harry Orman Robinson (1896)
Walter F. Kelly (1897)
David Farragut Edwards (1898)
Maurice Gordon Clarke (1899)
Samuel Huston Thompson (1900–1901)
J. B. Hart (1902)
Ralph Hutchinson (1903–1905)
H. R. Schenker (1906)
W. E. Metzenthin (1907–1908)
Dexter W. Draper (1909)
Billy Wasmund (1910–1911)
Dave Allerdice (1912–1915)
Eugene Van Gent (1916)
William Juneau (1917–1919)
Berry Whitaker (1920–1922)
E. J. Stewart (1923–1926)
Clyde Littlefield (1927–1933)
Jack Chevigny (1934–1936)
Dana X. Bible (1937–1946)
Blair Cherry (1947–1950)
Ed Price (1951–1956)
Darrell Royal (1957–1976)
Fred Akers (1977–1986)
David McWilliams (1987–1991)
John Mackovic (1992–1997)
Mack Brown (1998–2013)
Charlie Strong (2014– )

Persondata
Name	Thompson, Samuel Huston
Alternative names	Thompson, Samuel Huston, Jr.; Thompson, Shy; Thompson, S. H.; Thompson H.
Short description	Lewisburg, Pennsylvania
Date of birth	November 1, 1875
Place of birth	Washington D. C.
Date of death	February 17, 1966
Place of death	Washington D. C.

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