Ralph S. Kent
American football coach and lawyer (1878–1949)
Kent pictured in The Class Book 1902, Cornell University | |
Biographical details | |
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Born | (1878-08-02)August 2, 1878[1] Genoa, Ohio, U.S.[2] |
Died | April 3, 1949(1949-04-03) (aged 70)[3] Stamford, Connecticut, U.S. |
Playing career | |
1901 | Cornell[4] |
Position(s) | Center |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1902 | Auburn |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 2–2–1 |
Ralph Sherlock Kent (August 2, 1878 – April 3, 1949) was an American college football coach. He served as the head football coach at Auburn University for the first five games of the 1902 season, compiling a record of 2–2–1. Kent returned to Cornell to finish up law school after coaching at Auburn. He later become a prominent lawyer in the Buffalo area.[5] He married Alice Kyle.
Kent died of heart disease in 1949 at the age of 70.[6]
Head coaching record
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Auburn Tigers (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1902) | |||||||||
1902 | Auburn | 2–2–1[n 1] | 2–2–1[n 1] | [n 1] | |||||
Auburn: | 2–2–1 | 2–2–1 | |||||||
Total: | 2–2–1 |
Notes
- ^ a b c M. S. Harvey coached the last two games of the season.
References
- ^ "A story historical of Cornell University : With biographies of distinguished Cornellians". 1916.
- ^ "Who's who in S.A.E. A biographical dictionary of notable living members of the fraternity". Evanston, Ill. [Evanston index co.] 1912.
- ^ http://fultonhistory.com/newspaper%2010/Yonkers%20NY%20Herald%20Statesman/Yonkers%20NY%20Herald%20Statesman%201949%20Grayscale/Yonkers%20NY%20Herald%20Statesman%201949%20Grayscale%20-%200019.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ http://dspace.library.cornell.edu/bitstream/1813/25872/1/005_11.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ http://fultonhistory.com/Newspaper%2012/Ithaca%20NY%20Daily%20%20News/Ithaca%20NY%20Daily%20News%201902%20Grayscale/Ithaca%20NY%20Daily%20News%201902%20Grayscale%20-%200043.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ "Ralph S. Kent, 70, Lawyer 44 Years; Senior Partner of White Plains Firm Dies--Was Once Head of Ward Baking Company". The New York Times. 4 April 1949.
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Auburn Tigers head football coaches
- George Petrie (1891–1892)
- D. M. Balliet (1892)
- George Roy Harvey (1893)
- Forrest M. Hall (1894)
- John Heisman (1895–1899)
- Walter H. Watkins (1900–1901)
- Ralph S. Kent (1902)
- M. S. Harvey (1902)
- William Penn Bates (1903)
- Mike Donahue (1904–1906)
- Willis Kienholz (1907)
- Mike Donahue (1908–1922)
- Boozer Pitts (1923–1924)
- Dave Morey (1925–1927)
- Boozer Pitts (1927)
- George Bohler (1928–1929)
- Johnny Floyd (1929)
- Chet A. Wynne (1930–1933)
- Jack Meagher (1934–1942)
- No team (1943)
- Carl M. Voyles (1944–1947)
- Earl Brown (1948–1950)
- Ralph Jordan (1951–1975)
- Doug Barfield (1976–1980)
- Pat Dye (1981–1992)
- Terry Bowden (1993–1998)
- Bill Oliver # (1998)
- Tommy Tuberville (1999–2008)
- Gene Chizik (2009–2012)
- Gus Malzahn (2013–2020)
- Kevin Steele # (2020)
- Bryan Harsin (2021–2022)
- Cadillac Williams # (2022)
- Hugh Freeze (2023– )
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