James Elam (American football)

James A. Elam was an American football coach. He served as the head football coach at Transylvania University in Lexington, Kentucky from 1927 to 1929 and Western Kentucky State Teachers College–—known as Western Kentucky University)—from 1930 to 1931.[1][2]

James Elam
Biographical details
Alma materSewanee
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1922Tennessee Military Institute
1927–1929Transylvania
1930–1931Western Kentucky State Teachers
Head coaching record
Overall30–21–4 (college)

Elam was a graduate of Sewanee: The University of the South.[3]

Head coaching record

College
Year Team Overall ConferenceStanding Bowl/playoffs
Transylvania Pioneers (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1927–1929)
1927 Transylvania 0–90–5
1928 Transylvania 8–33–1T–6th
1929 Transylvania 6–4–32–1–2T–11th
Transylvania: 14–16–35–7–2
Western Kentucky State Teachers Hilltoppers (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1930–1931)
1930 Western Kentucky State Teachers 8–1–16–16th
1931 Western Kentucky State Teachers 8–47–14th
Western Kentucky State Teachers: 16–5–113–2
Total:30–21–4

References
  1. Harrison, Lowell Hayes (1987). Western Kentucky University. University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 0813127343. Retrieved December 25, 2019.
  2. Wright Jr., John D. (January 13, 2015). Transylvania: Tutor to the West. University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 9780813149202. Retrieved December 25, 2019.
  3. "Bulletin of the University of the South" (PDF). Sewanee: The University of the South. Retrieved December 25, 2019.
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