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Early Coaches
[edit]The information for several years regarding early Georgia Tech coaches is inaccurate. I think the reason is that the info is pulled from online databases (such as the College Football Warehouse), which takes its facts from the Georgia Tech's media guide. However, the media guide has been found to be inaccurate in many cases regarding early coaches and is contradicted by contemporary newspaper articles in the Atlanta Journal Constitution as well as alumni letters. I frankly trust the newspaper much more than the media guide that was written 90-100 years later. A brief summary:
| Year | Current | Correct | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1892 | Ernest West | Ernest West | No discrepancy found | Griffin (1934) |
| 1893 | Spain & Wood | Leonard Wood | Spain only raised money for team | Mealor (1933) |
| 1894 | Spain & Wood | No coach | No record Wood on team; Spain resigned as prof before season to become an actor |
Griffin (1934); AJC September 19, 1894 |
| 1895 | No team | No team | No discrepancy found | -- |
| 1896 | No coach | J. B. Wood | Professor at Tech | AJC September 26, 1896 |
| 1897 | No coach | J. B. Wood | Professor at Georgia Tech | AJC October 11, 1897; Griffin (1934); Ferris (1971) |
| 1898 | Rufus Nalley | No coach | No record of Nalley until 1899 | -- |
| 1899 | H. T. Collier | Rufus "Cow" Nalley | Collier is Tulane coach in 1899 | Griffin (1934), AJC September 18, 1899 |
| 1900 | No coach | Harris Collier | Sometimes "Mr. Collier" or "H. T. Collier" | AJC September 19, 1900 |
| 1901 | Cyrus Strickler | John McKee | No record Strickler ever involved with program | AJC November 25, 1901 |
| 1902 | John McKee | George Andree | AJC has picture and long bio | AJC September 27 and October 7, 1902 |
| 1903 | No coach | Oliver Huie | Former Tech player | AJC October 4, 1903 |
PJLazy (talk) 08:40, 3 January 2015 (UTC)
- @PJLazy: Thank you very much for this PJ. I try to research old southern football and was dumbfounded by the discrepancy between the media guide and the wiki. Andree and Collier are some big names for them to miss. Cake (talk) 11:15, 13 December 2015 (UTC)
Jon Tenuta
[edit]If Mac McWhorter is included in the template, even though he only coached for one game, then shouldn't Jon Tenuta also be included in the navbox? Tenuta was the interim coach for last year's bowl game in Boise, which is precisely what McWhorter did for the Seattle Bowl. _-Z-_ (talk) 18:07, 1 September 2008 (UTC)
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