![]() Best pictured in The Cap & Gown 1918, Sewanee yearbook | |
Biographical details | |
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Born | Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, U.S. | July 25, 1874
Died | July 4, 1962 Alameda County, California, U.S. | (aged 87)
Alma mater | Lafayette University (1899) |
Playing career | |
Football | |
1898 | Lafayette |
Position(s) | Quarterback |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1900–1901 | Drake |
1902 | Purdue |
1917–1918 | Sewanee |
Basketball | |
1901–1902 | Purdue |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 24–13–3 (football) 10–3 (basketball) |
Charles Monroe Best (July 25, 1874 – July 4, 1962)[1] was an American football and basketball coach. He served as the head football coach at Drake University (1900–1901), Purdue University (1902), and Sewanee: The University of the South (1917–1918), compiling a career college football record of 24–13–3. Best was also the head basketball coach at Purdue for one season in 1901–1902, tallying a mark of 10–3.
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Coaching career
Drake
Best was the fifth head football coach at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, serving for two seasons, from 1900 to 1901, and compiling a record of 10–7.[2]
Purdue
Best coached the 1902 season at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana. He had his most successful season at Purdue, posting a record of 7–2–1.[3]
Head coaching record
Football
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Drake Bulldogs (Independent) (1900–1901) | |||||||||
1900 | Drake | 6–3 | |||||||
1901 | Drake | 4–4 | |||||||
Drake: | 10–7 | ||||||||
Purdue Boilermakers (Western Conference) ({{{startyear}}}) | |||||||||
1902 | Purdue | 7–2–1 | 2–2 | 5th | |||||
Purdue: | 7–2–1 | 2–2 | |||||||
Sewanee Tigers (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1917–1918) | |||||||||
1917 | Sewanee | 4–2–2 | 3–2–2 | ||||||
1918 | Sewanee | 3–2 | 0–1 | ||||||
Sewanee: | 7–4–1 | 3–3–2 | |||||||
Total: | 24–13–3 |
References
- ^ "Read the eBook Biographical catalogue of Lafayette college, 1832-1912 by John Franklin Stonecipher online for free (Page 39 of 68)".
- ^ Drake Coaching Records Archived July 27, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "All-Time Coaching Records by Year". Archived from the original on 2007-02-19. Retrieved 2007-12-20.
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