Tom Nugent
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Thomas N. "Tom" Nugent (February 24, 1913 – January 19, 2006) was an NCAA Division I college football head coach, sportscaster, public relations man, and inventor of the I formation. He coached at the Florida State University, the University of Maryland, College Park, and the Virginia Military Institute.
He was the 20th head college football coach for the Virginia Military Institute Keydets located in Lexington, Virginia and he held that position for four seasons, from 1949 until 1952. His career coaching record at VMI was 19 wins, 18 losses, and 2 ties. This ranks him sixth at VMI in total wins and 14th at VMI in winning percentage.[1]
Head coaching record
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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| Virginia Military Institute (Independent) (1949–1952) | |||||||||
| 1949 | VMI | 3-5-1 | |||||||
| 1950 | VMI | 6-4-0 | |||||||
| 1951 | VMI | 7-3-0 | |||||||
| 1952 | VMI | 3-6-1 | |||||||
| Virginia Military Institute: | 19-18-2 | ||||||||
| Florida State (Independent) (1953–1958) | |||||||||
| 1953 | Florida State | 5-5-0 | |||||||
| 1954 | Florida State | 8-4-0 | L Sun | ||||||
| 1955 | Florida State | 5-5-0 | |||||||
| 1956 | Florida State | 5-4-1 | |||||||
| 1957 | Florida State | 4-6-0 | |||||||
| 1958 | Florida State | 7-4-0 | L Bluegrass | ||||||
| Florida State: | 34-28-1 | ||||||||
| Maryland (Atlantic Coast Conference) (1959–1965) | |||||||||
| 1959 | Maryland | 5-5-0 | |||||||
| 1960 | Maryland | 6-4-0 | |||||||
| 1961 | Maryland | 7-3-0 | |||||||
| 1962 | Maryland | 6-4-0 | |||||||
| 1963 | Maryland | 3-7-0 | |||||||
| 1964 | Maryland | 5-5-0 | |||||||
| 1965 | Maryland | 4-6-0 | |||||||
| Maryland: | 36-34-0 | ||||||||
| Total: | 89-80-3 | ||||||||
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References
External links
- Richmond Times-Dispatch obituary (Resource cannot be found as of 8/09))
- AP obituary (Resource cannot be found as of 8/09)
- Virginia Military Institute athletics website (Resource cannot be found as of 8/09)
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