Virgil Ledbetter
American football and baseball coach (1918–1967)
Biographical details | |
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Born | (1918-03-07)March 7, 1918 Dora, Alabama, U.S. |
Died | August 11, 1967(1967-08-11) (aged 49) |
Playing career | |
Football | |
1939–1942 | Howard (AL) |
1946 | Arkansas State |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1956 | Howard (AL) (assistant) |
1957–1958 | Howard (AL) |
1959–1962 | Howard (AL) (assistant) |
Basketball | |
1955–1959 | Howard (AL) |
1963–1965 | Howard (AL) |
Baseball | |
1956–1965 | Howard (AL) |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 6–10–1 (football) |
Virgil Chapel Ledbetter (March 7, 1918 – August 11, 1967) was an American football and baseball coach.[1] He served as the head football coach at Samford University (then known as Howard University) in Homewood, Alabama from 1957 to 1958, compiling a record of 6–10–1. Ledbetter was also the school's head baseball coach from 1956 to 1965.[2]
Head coaching record
Football
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Howard Bulldogs (Independent) (1957–1958) | |||||||||
1957 | Howard | 4–5 | |||||||
1958 | Howard | 1–5–1 | |||||||
Howard: | 6–10–1 | ||||||||
Total: | 6–10–1 |
References
External links
- Virgil Ledbetter at Find a Grave
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Samford Bulldogs head football coaches
- Houston Gwin (1902)
- Walter T. O'Hara (1903)
- Houston Gwin (1903)
- No team (1904)
- Davis F. Stakely (1905)
- John Counselman (1906–1908)
- Winton M. Blount (1908)
- John B. Longwell (1909)
- James C. Donnelly (1910)
- John B. Longwell (1911)
- B. L. Noojin (1912–1914)
- Eugene Caton (1915)
- John B. Longwell (1916–1917)
- C. W. Streit (1917)
- Maxwell James (1918)
- Chester C. Dillon (1919)
- Robert C. Marshall (1920–1921)
- Harris G. Cope (1922–1923)
- Jenks Gillem (1924–1926)
- Chester C. Dillon (1927–1928)
- Eddie McLane (1929–1933)
- Clyde Propst (1934)
- Billy Bancroft (1935–1939)
- William C. White (1940–1941)
- No team (1942)
- Euil Snider (1943)
- Bub Walker (1944–1945)
- No team (1946–1947)
- Ted McCrary (1948)
- Earl Gartman (1949–1953)
- William C. White (1954)
- Howard Foote (1955–1956)
- Virgil Ledbetter (1957–1958)
- Bobby Bowden (1959–1962)
- Bubba Scott (1963–1965)
- John Lee Armstrong (1966–1968)
- Wayne Grubb (1969–1973)
- No team (1974–1983)
- Kim Alsop (1984–1986)
- Terry Bowden (1987–1992)
- Chan Gailey (1993)
- Pete Hurt (1994–2001)
- Bill Gray (2001–2006)
- Pat Sullivan (2007–2014)
- Chris Hatcher (2015– )