William Everett Derryberry
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Mount Pleasant, Tennessee, U.S.
Cookeville, Tennessee, U.S.
University of Oxford (BA, 1932, MA, 1940)
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | October 11, 1906 Mount Pleasant, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Died | October 26, 1991 (aged 85) Cookeville, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Alma mater | University of Tennessee (BA, 1928) University of Oxford (BA, 1932, MA, 1940) |
| Playing career | |
| 1925 | Tennessee |
| 1927 | Tennessee |
| Position | Halfback |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1934–1936 | Tennessee JC |
William Everett Derryberry (October 11, 1906 – October 26, 1991) was an American college football player and coach and university president. He graduated from the University of Tennessee and studied at Oxford University a Rhodes Scholar. He served as president of Tennessee Tech University from 1940 to 1974.
Derryberry was a football player at the University of Tennessee, lettering in 1925 and 1927. He was the first person in that school's history to earn a perfect 4.0 grade point average.[1] He was a member of the Sigma Chi Fraternity (Beta Sigma chapter) at the University of Tennessee and was recognized by the fraternity as a Significant Sig in 1977.[2] He served as the head football coach at the University of Tennessee Junior College at Martin (now known as UT Martin) from 1934 to 1936.[3]
Before and after his coaching career, he earned two degrees from Oxford University in Oxford, England while studying as a Rhodes Scholar.[4]
