Gene Berry
American football player and collegiate athletics coach
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1891-12-07)December 7, 1891 Cooke County, Texas, U.S. |
| Died | November 28, 1968(1968-11-28) (aged 76) Huntsville, Texas, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1912–1913 | Texas |
| Position(s) | End |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1914–1919 | Sam Houston Normal |
| Basketball | |
| 1917–1919 | Sam Houston Normal |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 14–15–1 (football) 14–0 (basketball) |
Eugene Riley Berry (December 7, 1891 – November 28, 1968) was an American football player and collegiate athletics coach. He is credited with founding the athletic department at Sam Houston State University–then known as Sam Houston Normal Institute–in 1914.[1] He served as the school's head football coach (1914–1917, 1919) and head men's basketball coach (1917–1919).[2]
Berry played college football at the University of Texas at Austin, earning letters in 1912 and 1913.[3]
Head coaching record
Football
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Houston Normal (Independent) (1914–1919) | |||||||||
| 1914 | Sam Houston Normal | 3–2 | |||||||
| 1915 | Sam Houston Normal | 5–1–1 | |||||||
| 1916 | Sam Houston Normal | 5–2 | |||||||
| 1917 | Sam Houston Normal | 1–3 | |||||||
| 1918 | No team—World War I | ||||||||
| 1919 | Sam Houston Normal | 0–7 | |||||||
| Sam Houston Normal: | 14–15–1 | ||||||||
| Total: | 14–15–1 | ||||||||
References
- ^ "Eugene R. Berry". Texas Longhorns. Retrieved April 24, 2019.
- ^ "Men's Basketball Records" (PDF). Sam Houston State Bearkats men's basketball. Retrieved April 24, 2019.
- ^ "2013 Football Roster". Texas Longhorns football. Retrieved April 24, 2019.
External links
- Gene Berry at Find a Grave
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Sam Houston Bearkats head football coaches
- Sheldon R. Warner (1912–1913)
- Gene Berry (1914–1917)
- No team (1918)
- Gene Berry (1919)
- Mutt Gee (1920–1922)
- J. W. Jones (1923–1935)
- Henry O. Crawford (1936–1937)
- Puny Wilson (1938–1942)
- No team (1943–1945)
- Puny Wilson (1946–1951)
- Paul Pierce (1952–1967)
- Tom Page (1968–1971)
- Allen Boren (1972–1973)
- Billy Tidwell (1974–1977)
- Melvin Brown (1978–1981)
- Ron Randleman (1982–2004)
- Todd Whitten (2005–2009)
- Willie Fritz (2010–2013)
- K. C. Keeler (2014– )
