Cecil A. Cushman
Biographical details | |
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Born | (1890-12-15)December 15, 1890 Greenville, Texas, U.S. |
Died | November 3, 1959(1959-11-03) (aged 68) Redlands, California, U.S. |
Alma mater | Pittsburg State (1914) |
Playing career | |
Football | |
1912 | Texas A&M |
Position(s) | Center |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1920 | East Texas State |
1921–1922 | Simpson (IA) |
1923–1924 | Redlands |
1933–1952 | Redlands |
Basketball | |
1920–1921 | East Texas State |
1921–1923 | Simpson (IA) |
1923–1926 | Redlands |
Baseball | |
1921–1922 | Simpson (IA) |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 90–99–15 (football) 39–46 (basketball) 5–11 (baseball) |
Bowls | 0–1 |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
Football 6 SCIAC (1933, 1940, 1945–1947, 1950) | |
Cecil Alonzo Cushman (December 15, 1890 – November 3, 1959) was an American football, basketball and baseball coach. He served as the head football coach at East Texas State Normal School—now known as Texas A&M University–Commerce—in 1920, Simpson College in Indianola, Iowa from 1921 to 1922, and the University of Redlands in Redlands, California from 1923 to 1925 and against from 1933 to 1952, compiling career college football coaching record of 90–99–15.[1] [2] Cushman was the head basketball coach at East Texas State in 1920–21, Simpson from 1921 to 1923, and Redlands from 1923 to 1926, amassing a career college basketball mark of 39–46. He was recognized as the inventor of the "kicking toe," a special shoe designed to aid "straight-toe" style placekickers in football.[3] Cushman played attended Texas A&M University and was a member of the 1912 Texas A&M Aggies football team.[4]
Head coaching record
Football
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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East Texas State Lions (Independent) (1920) | |||||||||
1920 | East Texas State | 2–5–1 | |||||||
East Texas State: | 2–5–1 | ||||||||
Simpson Red and Gold (Independent) (1921–1922) | |||||||||
1921 | Simpson | 2–5 | |||||||
1922 | Simpson | 4–3–1 | |||||||
Simpson: | 6–8–1 | ||||||||
Redlands Bulldogs (Southern California Conference) (1923–1924) | |||||||||
1923 | Redlands | 4–5–1 | 2–3 | T–4th | |||||
1924 | Redlands | 1–5–2 | 1–3–1 | 4th | |||||
Redlands Bulldogs (Southern California Conference / Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (1933–1952) | |||||||||
1933 | Redlands | 7–1–1 | 6–0–1 | 1st | |||||
1934 | Redlands | 3–4–1 | 2–3 | 4th | |||||
1935 | Redlands | 8–1–1 | 3–1–1 | 2nd | |||||
1936 | Redlands | 2–6 | 2–3 | 4th | |||||
1937 | Redlands | 3–3–2 | 2–1–2 | 3rd | |||||
1938 | Redlands | 3–5 | 2–3 | 4th | |||||
1939 | Redlands | 3–7 | 2–2 | T–3rd | |||||
1940 | Redlands | 4–4–1 | 3–0–1 | 1st | |||||
1941 | Redlands | 3–3–1 | 2–1–1 | 3rd | |||||
1942 | Redlands | 4–4 | 0–3 | 4th | |||||
1943 | Redlands | 3–5 | NA | NA | |||||
1944 | Redlands | 2–5 | 1–1 | ||||||
1945 | Redlands | 5–0 | 4–0 | 1st | |||||
1946 | Redlands | 4–2–2 | 2–0–2 | 1st | |||||
1947 | Redlands | 6–3 | 4–0 | 1st | L Pineapple | ||||
1948 | Redlands | 3–5 | 1–3 | 4th | |||||
1949 | Redlands | 4–3–1 | 2–2 | 3rd | |||||
1950 | Redlands | 5–3 | 3–1 | T–1st | |||||
1951 | Redlands | 3–5 | 2–2 | T–2nd | |||||
1952 | Redlands | 2–7 | 1–3 | 4th | |||||
Redlands: | 82–86–13 | 47–35–9 | |||||||
Total: | 90–99–15 | ||||||||
National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth |
References
- ^ Catalogue. Simpson College. 1917. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
- ^ "basketball". Texas A&M–Commerce Lions. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
- ^ "Non-Skid Toe for Football Shoes Gives Perfect Kicks". Popular Science. December 1938. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
- ^ "Long Horn". Texas A&M University. Retrieved January 4, 2019.
External links
- Cecil A. Cushman at Find a Grave
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- Marion Mayo (1914)
- B. H. Miller (1915)
- Johnnie Garitty (1916–1917)
- No team (1918)
- Ernest M. Tipton (1919)
- Cecil A. Cushman (1920)
- Russell Jernigan (1921–1923)
- Joe Murphy (1924–1928)
- Will Hill Acker (1929–1930)
- John W. Rollins (1931–1934)
- Bob Berry (1935–1941)
- Dennis Vinzant (1942)
- No team (1943–1945)
- Bob Berry (1946–1950)
- Milburn Smith (1951–1953)
- Jules V. Sikes (1954–1963)
- Ernest Hawkins (1964–1985)
- Eddie Vowell (1986–1998)
- Eddie Brister (1999–2003)
- Scott Conley (2004–2008)
- Guy Morriss (2009–2012)
- Colby Carthel (2013–2018)
- David Bailiff (2019)
- No team (2020)
- David Bailiff (2021–2022)
- Clint Dolezel (2023– )
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