Harris Coleman

American football player, coach, and lawyer (1893–1972)

Harris Coleman
Biographical details
Born	(1893-05-31)May 31, 1893 Stanford, Kentucky, U.S.
Died	March 16, 1972(1972-03-16) (aged 78) Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.
Playing career
1913–1916	Virginia

Position(s)	Guard
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1919	Virginia

Head coaching record
Overall	2–5–2

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
Virginia Orange and Blue (South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1919)
1919	Virginia	2–5–2	1–1–1	T–7th
Virginia:		2–5–2	1–1–1
Total:		2–5–2

References

^ "Who's who in the South and Southwest". Who's Who in the South and Southwest. 7. Marquis Who's Who. 1961. ISSN 0083-9809. Retrieved April 5, 2015.
^ University of Virginia. Alumni Association; Crenshaw, L.D. (1921). Directory of the living alumni of the University of Virginia. Vol. 440. University of Virginia Press. Retrieved April 5, 2015.
^ University of Virginia. Alumni Association (1972). "University of Virginia Alumni News". The University of Virginia Magazine (v. 61–62). Alumni Association of the University of Virginia. ISSN 0195-8798. Retrieved April 5, 2015.