Charles L. Upton
American physician and football coach
Biographical details | |
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Born | (1870-09-10)September 10, 1870 Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts, U.S. |
Died | May 25, 1936(1936-05-25) (aged 65) Greenfield, Massachusetts, U.S. |
Alma mater | University of Pennsylvania |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1895 | Vanderbilt |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 5–3–1 |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
1 SIAA (1895) | |
Charles Louis Upton (September 10, 1870 – May 25, 1936) was an American physician and college football coach. He was the fourth head football coach at Vanderbilt University, serving for one season, in 1895, and compiling a record of 5–3–1. Upton was born on September 10, 1870, in Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts. He graduated from Amherst College and received a medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania. Upton practiced medicine in Massachusetts. He died at his home in Greenfield, Massachusetts, on May 25, 1936.[1][2][3]
Head coaching record
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Vanderbilt Commodores (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1895) | |||||||||
1895 | Vanderbilt | 5–3–1 | 3–0 | 1st[n 1] | |||||
Vanderbilt: | 5–3–1 | 3–0 | |||||||
Total: | 5–3–1 | ||||||||
National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth |
Notes
- ^ No conference members claimed a championship. Some publications dubbed North Carolina the SIAA champions for racking up a 3–0–1 road trip against SIAA opponents. Fuzzy Woodruff said Vanderbilt was the undisputed southeastern champion, but Virginia held preeminence in the entire South.
References
- ^ "Full text of "Outing"". 1885. Retrieved August 12, 2012.
- ^ The Comet - Vanderbilt University - Google Books. 1896. Retrieved August 12, 2012 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Obituary—Dr. Charles L. Upton". The Burlington Free Press. Burlington, Vermont. May 27, 1936. p. 9. Retrieved September 15, 2018 – via Newspapers.com .
External links
- Charles L. Upton at Find a Grave
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Vanderbilt Commodores head football coaches
- Elliott Jones (1890–1892)
- W. J. Keller (1893)
- Henry Worth Thornton (1894)
- Charles L. Upton (1895)
- R. G. Acton (1896–1898)
- James L. Crane (1899–1900)
- Walter H. Watkins (1901–1902)
- James R. Henry (1903)
- Dan McGugin (1904–1917)
- Ray Morrison (1918)
- Dan McGugin (1919–1934)
- Ray Morrison (1935–1939)
- Red Sanders (1940–1942)
- Ernest Alley (1943)
- Doby Bartling (1944–1945)
- Red Sanders (1946–1948)
- Bill Edwards (1949–1952)
- Art Guepe (1953–1962)
- John Green (1963–1966)
- Bill Pace (1967–1972)
- Steve Sloan (1973–1974)
- Fred Pancoast (1975–1978)
- George MacIntyre (1979–1985)
- Watson Brown (1986–1990)
- Gerry DiNardo (1991–1994)
- Rod Dowhower (1995–1996)
- Woody Widenhofer (1997–2001)
- Bobby Johnson (2002–2009)
- Robbie Caldwell (2010)
- James Franklin (2011–2013)
- Derek Mason (2014–2020)
- Todd Fitch # (2020)
- Clark Lea (2021–present)
# denotes interim/acting head coach