Tusculum Pioneers football
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Athletic directorJosh Ealy
Head coachBilly Taylor
1st season, 1–9 (.100)
1st season, 1–9 (.100)
StadiumPioneer Field
(capacity: 3,500)
(capacity: 3,500)
| Tusculum Pioneers football | |
|---|---|
| First season | 1901; 125 years ago[a] |
| Athletic director | Josh Ealy |
| Head coach | Billy Taylor 1st season, 1–9 (.100) |
| Stadium | Pioneer Field (capacity: 3,500) |
| Location | Tusculum, Tennessee |
| NCAA division | Division II |
| Conference | South Atlantic |
| All-time record | 239–357–30 (.406) |
| Conference championships | |
| 3 | |
| Colors | Orange and black[1] |
| Mascot | Pioneers |
| Website | tusculumpioneers.com |
The Tusculum Pioneers football team represents Tusculum University in college football at the NCAA Division II level. The Pioneers are members of the South Atlantic Conference (SAC), fielding its team in the SAC since 1998. The Pioneers play their home games at Pioneer Field in Tusculum, Tennessee.
Their head coach was Jerry Odom from 2016 to 2023.[2]
- Independent (1901–1926)
- Smoky Mountain Conference (1927–1940)
- Independent (1941–1948)
- Smoky Mountain Conference (1949–1950)
- Mid-South Conference (1991–1995)
- South Atlantic Conference (1998–present)
List of head coaches
Key
| General | Overall | Conference | Postseason[A 1] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Order of coaches[A 2] | GC | Games coached | CW | Conference wins | PW | Postseason wins |
| DC | Division championships | OW | Overall wins | CL | Conference losses | PL | Postseason losses |
| CC | Conference championships | OL | Overall losses | CT | Conference ties | PT | Postseason ties |
| NC | National championships | OT | Overall ties[A 3] | C% | Conference winning percentage | ||
| † | Elected to the College Football Hall of Fame | O% | Overall winning percentage[A 4] | ||||
Coaches
| No. | Name | Season(s) | GC | OW | OL | OT | O% | CW | CL | CT | C% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unknown | 1901–1902, 1904–1906, 1909, 1913–1914, 1917–1918 | 29 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 0.392 | – | – | – | – |
| 2 | Stephen Andrew Lynch | 1903 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.500 | – | – | – | – |
| 3 | Fitzhugh W. Gregg | 1908 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0.125 | – | – | – | – |
| 4 | J. Bruce Anderson | 1915–1916 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0.550 | – | – | – | – |
| 5 | Sam Doak | 1919–1921, 1928–1936 | 88 | 31 | 41 | 16 | 0.443 | 12 | 23 | 7 | 0.369 |
| 6 | Hal Blair | 1922 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0.500 | – | – | – | – |
| 7 | George Downing | 1923 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0.167 | – | – | – | – |
| 8 | Tom McCann | 1924 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0.500 | – | – | – | – |
| 9 | Sam Graham | 1925 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0.286 | – | – | – | – |
| 10 | Carlton Palmer | 1926–1927 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 0.438 | – | – | – | – |
| 11 | Ty Disney | 1937 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0.188 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0.143 |
| 12 | Johnny Faulds | 1938–1939 | 17 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 0.059 | 0 | 10 | 0 | .000 |
| 13 | Laird Holt | 1940–1941 | 17 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 0.235 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .000 |
| 14 | Marion Edens | 1946 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0.125 | – | – | – | – |
| 15 | Tom Armstrong | 1947–1950 | 33 | 6 | 26 | 1 | .197} | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0.063 |
| 16 | Tom Bryant | 1991–1994 | 40 | 16 | 24 | 0 | 0.400 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 0.333 |
| 17 | Dewayne Wells | 1995–1997 | 30 | 6 | 24 | 0 | 0.200 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0.375 |
| 18 | Frankie DeBusk[6] | 1998–2015 | 196 | 96 | 100 | 0 | 0.490 | 50 | 70 | 0 | 0.417 |
| 19 | Jerry Odom[7] | 2016–2023 | 89 | 42 | 47 | 0 | 0.472 | 32 | 32 | 0 | 0.500 |
| 20 | Billy Taylor | 2024–present | 10 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0.100 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0.125 |