Harris Coleman

Harris Coleman
Sport(s) Football
Biographical details
Born May 31, 1893
Stanford, Kentucky
Died March 16, 1972 (aged 78)
Louisville, Kentucky
Playing career
1913–1916 Virginia
Position(s) Guard
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1919 Virginia
Head coaching record
Overall 2–5–2

Statistics

Harris Woolfolk Coleman (May 31, 1893 – March 16, 1972) was an American football player, coach, and lawyer. He served as the head football coach at the University of Virginia for one season in 1919, compiling a record of 2–5–2. Coleman was born in 1893 in Stanford, Kentucky.[1] Coleman later practiced law in Louisville as a partner in the firm Coleman & White. He served as county attorney for Jefferson County, Kentucky from 1927 to 1934. He was also active in the Louisville-Jefferson County Republican organization.[2] He died in 1972.[3]

Head coaching record

Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs
Virginia Cavaliers (South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1919)
1919 Virginia 2–5–2 1–1
Virginia: 2–5–2 1–1
Total: 2–5–2

References

  1. Who's who in the South and Southwest 7. Marquis Who's Who. 1961. ISSN 0083-9809. Retrieved 2015-04-05.
  2. University of Virginia. Alumni Association; Crenshaw, L.D. (1921). Directory of the living alumni of the University of Virginia 440. University of Virginia Press. Retrieved 2015-04-05.
  3. University of Virginia. Alumni Association (1972). University of Virginia Alumni News (v. 61-62). Alumni Association of the University of Virginia. ISSN 0195-8798. Retrieved 2015-04-05.

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