Earl Gartman
Earl Lloyd Gartman (June 23, 1920 – March 8, 1995) was an American football, basketball, and baseball coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Howard College—now known as Samford University—in Homewood, Alabama from 1949 to 1953, at Austin Peay State University from 1958 to 1959, and at Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas from 1967 to 1969, compiling a career college football record of 30–61–1. Gartman was also the head basketball coach at Howard from 1950 to 1955, tallying a mark of 71–73. He was the head baseball coach at Howard from 1952 to 1955 and at the University of Texas–Pan American from 1962 to 1963, amassing a career college baseball record of 60–49.
Biographical details | |
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Born | Gadsden, Alabama, U.S. | June 23, 1920
Died | March 8, 1995 74) Apopka, Florida, U.S. | (aged
Alma mater | Howard College (AL) |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1949–1953 | Howard (AL) |
1955–1957 | Austin Peay (backfield) |
1958–1959 | Austin Peay |
1963–1965 | Los Fresnos HS (TX) |
1966 | Trinity (TX) (backfield) |
1967–1969 | Trinity (TX) |
Basketball | |
1950–1955 | Howard (AL) |
Baseball | |
1952–1955 | Howard (AL) |
1962–1963 | Texas–Pan American |
Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
c. 1954 | Howard (AL) |
1963–1966 | Los Fresnos HS (TX) |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 30–61–1 (college football) 71–73 (college basketball) 60–49 (college baseball) |
Education
Gartman graduated from Howard College and earned a master's degree at George Peabody College, now known as Peabody College, a part of Vanderbilt University.[1]
Head coaching record
College football
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Howard Bulldogs (Dixie Conference) (1949–1953) | |||||||||
1949 | Howard | 4–5 | 2–0 | 2nd | |||||
1950 | Howard | 2–8 | |||||||
1951 | Howard | 2–3–1 | |||||||
1952 | Howard | 5–4 | |||||||
1953 | Howard | 1–8 | |||||||
Howard: | 14–28–1 | ||||||||
Austin Peay Governors (Volunteer State Athletic Conference) (1958–1959) | |||||||||
1958 | Austin Peay | 3–7 | |||||||
1959 | Austin Peay | 1–9 | |||||||
Austin Peay: | 4–16 | ||||||||
Trinity Tigers (Southland Conference) (1967–1969) | |||||||||
1967 | Trinity | 3–7 | 1–3 | 4th | |||||
1968 | Trinity | 5–4 | 2–2 | 3rd | |||||
1969 | Trinity | 4–6 | 2–2 | T–2nd | |||||
Trinity: | 12–17 | 5–7 | |||||||
Total: | 30–61–1 |
Baseball
Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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Howard Bulldogs () (1952–1955) | |||||||||
1952 | Howard | 11–9 | |||||||
1953 | Howard | 9–6 | |||||||
1954 | Howard | 9–12 | |||||||
1955 | Howard | 11–6 | |||||||
Howard: | 40–33 | ||||||||
Pan American Broncs (Independent) (1962–1963) | |||||||||
1962 | Pan American | 7–9 | |||||||
1963 | Pan American | 13–7 | |||||||
Pan American: | 20–16 | ||||||||
Total: | 60–49 |
References
- "Gartman To Coach Trinity As Wilson Waites Resigns". San Antonio Express. April 13, 1967. p. 1-E. Retrieved April 9, 2016 – via Newspapers.com .