Harry Lightsey
American football player, coach, politician, and judge (1901–1986)
Biographical details | |
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Born | (1901-02-03)February 3, 1901 Brunson, South Carolina, U.S. |
Died | February 24, 1986(1986-02-24) (aged 85) Columbia, South Carolina, U.S. |
Playing career | |
1919–1922 | South Carolina |
Position(s) | Guard |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1923–1926 | Columbia HS (SC) |
1927 | South Carolina |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 4–5 (college) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
3 South Carolina State HS | |
Harry McKinley Lightsey Sr. (February 3, 1901 – February 24, 1986) was an American college football player and coach, politician, and judge. He served as the head football coach at the University of South Carolina in Columbia, South Carolina in 1927, compiling a record of 4–5.[1]
Head coaching record
College
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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South Carolina Gamecocks (Southern Conference) (1927) | |||||||||
1927 | South Carolina | 4–5 | 2–4 | T–16th | |||||
South Carolina: | 4–5 | 2–4 | |||||||
Total: | 4–5 |
References
- ^ Who's Who in American Sports. National Biographical Society. 1928. Retrieved March 22, 2018.
External links
- Sports Reference profile
- Harry Lightsey at Find a Grave
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South Carolina Gamecocks head football coaches
- No coach (1892)
- No team (1893)
- No coach (1894–1895)
- Richard S. Whaley (1896)
- Frederick M. Murphy (1897)
- Bill Wertenbaker (1898)
- Irving O. Hunt (1899–1900)
- Byron W. Dickson (1901)
- Bob Williams (1902–1903)
- Christie Benet (1904–1905)
- No team (1906)
- Douglas McKay (1907)
- Christie Benet (1908–1909)
- John Neff (1910–1911)
- Norman B. Edgerton (1912–1915)
- W. Rice Warren (1916)
- Dixon Foster (1917)
- Frank Dobson (1918)
- Dixon Foster (1919)
- Sol Metzger (1920–1924)
- Branch Bocock (1925–1926)
- Harry Lightsey (1927)
- Billy Laval (1928–1934)
- Don McCallister (1935–1937)
- Rex Enright (1938–1942)
- James Moran Sr. (1943)
- Williams Newton (1944)
- John D. McMillan (1945)
- Rex Enright (1946–1955)
- Warren Giese (1956–1960)
- Marvin Bass (1961–1965)
- Paul Dietzel (1966–1974)
- Jim Carlen (1975–1981)
- Richard Bell (1982)
- Joe Morrison (1983–1988)
- Sparky Woods (1989–1993)
- Brad Scott (1994–1998)
- Lou Holtz (1999–2004)
- Steve Spurrier (2005–2015)
- Shawn Elliott # (2015)
- Will Muschamp (2016–2020)
- Mike Bobo # (2020)
- Shane Beamer (2021– )
# denotes interim head coach