Byrd Whigham
American baseball player and football coach (1933–2017)
Biographical details | |
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Born | (1933-06-12)June 12, 1933 |
Died | October 22, 2017(2017-10-22) (aged 84) |
Playing career | |
Basketball | |
1953–1955 | Auburn |
Baseball | |
1954–1955 | Auburn |
1956 | Graceville Oilers |
Position(s) | Guard (basketball) Pitcher (baseball) |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1957–1964 | Wildwood HS (FL) |
1965–1966 | Melbourne HS (FL) |
1967–1968 | Auburn (assistant) |
1969–1970 | Georgia (freshmen) |
1971–1973 | Georgia (assistant) |
1974–1975 | Troy State |
Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
1957–1965 | Wildwood HS (FL) |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 12–8 (college) 90–12–2 (high school) |
Robert Byrd Whigham (June 13, 1933 – October 22, 2017) was an American minor league baseball player and college football coach.[1] He served as the head football coach at Troy State University—now known as Troy University—from 1974 to 1975.[2]
Head coaching record
College
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Troy State Trojans (Gulf South Conference) (1974–1975) | |||||||||
1974 | Troy State | 6–4 | 4–4 | T–5th | |||||
1975 | Troy State | 6–4 | 5–3 | T–3rd | |||||
Troy State: | 12–8 | 9–7 | |||||||
Total: | 12–8 |
References
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference (Minors)
- Byrd Whigham at Find a Grave
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Troy Trojans head football coaches
- Virgil McKinley (1909)
- Dan Herren (1910)
- George Penton (1911–1912)
- No team (1913–1920)
- J. W. Campbell (1921–1923)
- Ross V. Ford (1924)
- Otis Bynum (1925–1926)
- Gladwin Gaumer (1927–1928)
- No team (1929)
- No coach (1930)
- Albert Elmore (1931–1936)
- Albert Choate (1937–1942)
- No team (1943–1945)
- Albert Choate (1946)
- Fred McCollum (1947–1950)
- Jim Grantham (1951–1954)
- William Clipson (1955–1965)
- Billy Atkins (1966–1971)
- Tom Jones (1972–1973)
- Byrd Whigham (1974–1975)
- Charlie Bradshaw (1976–1982)
- Chan Gailey (1983–1984)
- Rick Rhoades (1985–1987)
- Robert Maddox (1988–1990)
- Larry Blakeney (1991–2014)
- Neal Brown (2015–2018)
- Chip Lindsey (2019–2021)
- Brandon Hall # (2021)
- Jon Sumrall (2022–2023)
- Greg Gasparato # (2023)
- Gerad Parker (2024– )
# denotes interim head coach