Tom Harp

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Tom Harp
Sport(s)	Football
Biographical details
Born	c. 1927
Playing career
1945 1949–1950	Miami (OH) Muskingum
Position(s)	Quarterback, fullback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1951–1953 1954–1955 1956–1960 1961–1965 1966–1970 1973–1977	Carrollton HS (OH) Massillon Washington HS (OH) Army (backfield) Cornell Duke Indiana State
Head coaching record
Overall	61–82–4 (college) 38–8–1 (high school)
Statistics College Football Data Warehouse

Thomas Harp (born c. 1927) is a former American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Cornell University (1961–1965), Duke University (1967–1970), and Indiana State University (1973–1977), compiling a career college football record of 61–82–4.

Playing career

Harp played football as a fullback at Miami University in 1945 and then as a quarterback at Muskingum University in 1949 and 1950, where he was a member of back-to-back Ohio Athletic Conference championship squads.

Coaching career

Harp began his coaching career in 1951 at Carrollton High School in Carrollton, Ohio, where he compiled a record of 20–6–1 over three seasons. He then moved on to Massillon Washington High School in Massillon, Ohio, tallying a mark of 18–2 over two seasons and winning the Ohio State title in 1954. From 1956 to 1960, Harp coached the backfield at the United States Military Academy under head coaches Earl Blaik and Dale Hall.^[1]

From 1961 to 1965, Harp coached at Cornell, where he compiled a 19–23–3 record. From 1966 to 1970, he coached at Duke, where he compiled a 22–28–1 record. From 1973 to 1977, he coached at Indiana State, where he compiled a 20–31 record.

Family

Harp is the stepfather of former Miami Dolphins head coach Cam Cameron.

Head coaching record

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
Cornell Big Red (Ivy League) (1961–1965)
1961	Cornell	3–6	2–5	6th
1962	Cornell	4–5	4–3	T–3rd
1963	Cornell	5–4	4–3	T–4th
1964	Cornell	3–5–1	3–4	T–5th
1965	Cornell	4–3–2	3–3–1	4th
Cornell:		19–23–3	16–18–1
Duke Blue Devils (Atlantic Coast Conference) (1966–1970)
1966	Duke	5–5	2–3	5th
1967	Duke	4–6	2–4	6th
1968	Duke	4–6	3–4	5th
1969	Duke	3–6–1	3–3–1	T–3rd
1970	Duke	6–5	5–2	T–2nd
Duke:		22–28–1	15–16–1
Indiana State Sycamores (Independent) (1973–1977)
1973	Indiana State	4–7
1974	Indiana State	5–5
1975	Indiana State	5–5
1976	Indiana State	3–7
1977	Indiana State	3–7
Indiana State:		20–31
Total:		61–82–4

References

↑ AP (January 17, 1966). "Blue Devils Select Tom Harp As Coach". Spartanburg Herald. Retrieved September 20, 2010.

External links

Tom Harp at the College Football Data Warehouse

Cornell Big Red head football coaches

No coach (1887–1893)
Marshall Newell (1894–1895)
Joseph Beacham (1896)
Pop Warner (1897–1898)
Percy Haughton (1899–1900)
Raymond Starbuck (1901–1902)
Bill Warner (1903)
Pop Warner (1904–1906)
Henry Schoellkopf (1907–1908)
George Walder (1909)
Daniel A. Reed (1910–1911)
Albert Sharpe (1912–1917)
No team (1918)
John Rush (1919)
Gil Dobie (1920–1935)
Carl Snavely (1936–1944)
Edward McKeever (1945–1946)
George K. James (1947–1960)
Tom Harp (1961–1965)
Jack Musick (1966–1974)
George Seifert (1975–1976)
Bob Blackman (1977–1982)
Maxie Baughan (1983–1988)
Jack Fouts (1989)
Jim Hofher (1990–1997)
Pete Mangurian (1998–2000)
Tim Pendergast (2001–2003)
Jim Knowles (2004–2009)
Kent Austin (2010–2012)
David Archer (2013– )

Duke Blue Devils head football coaches

John Franklin Crowell (1888–1889)
No coach (1890–1895)
No team (1896–1919)
Floyd J. Egan (1920)
James A. Baldwin (1921)
Herman G. Steiner (1922)
S. M. Alexander (1923)
Howard Jones (1924)
James P. Herron (1925)
James DeHart (1926–1930)
Wallace Wade (1931–1941)
Eddie Cameron (1942–1945)
Wallace Wade (1946–1950)
William D. Murray (1951–1965)
Tom Harp (1966–1970)
Mike McGee (1971–1978)
Shirley Wilson (1979–1982)
Steve Sloan (1983–1986)
Steve Spurrier (1987–1989)
Barry Wilson (1990–1993)
Fred Goldsmith (1994–1998)
Carl Franks (1999–2003)
Ted Roof (2003–2007)
David Cutcliffe (2008– )

Indiana State Sycamores head football coaches

Unknown (1896)
No team (1897)
Fred Dubridge (1898)
No team (1899–1900)
C. C. Whitlock (1901)
Unknown (1902)
No team (1903)
Unknown (1904–1906)
Frurip (1907)
No team (1908)
McCarthy (1909)
No team (1910–1919)
Ray Hanna (1920)
No team (1921–1922)
Arthur L. Strum (1923–1926)
Walter E. Marks (1927–1930)
Roy Goodlad (1930)
Arthur L. Strum (1931)
Walter E. Marks (1933–1941)
Arthur Strum (1942)
Albert Lewis & Jack Miller (1943)
Phil Brown (1944)
Bob LeCray (1945)
Walter E. Marks (1946–1948)
George Ashworth (1949–1950)
Mark Dean (1951–1954)
Paul Selge (1955)
Mark Dean (1956)
Bill Jones (1957–1965)
Jerry Huntsman (1966–1972)
Tom Harp (1973–1977)
Dick Jamieson (1978–1979)
Dennis Raetz (1980–1997)
Tim McGuire (1998–2004)
Lou West (2005–2007)
Trent Miles (2008–2012)
Mike Sanford (2013– )

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Name	Harp, Tom
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