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Charles Firth (coach)

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Charles Firth
Playing career
Football
1896Chicago
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1897VPI
1913Hillsdale
Basketball
1911–1912Central (IA)
1913–1914Hillsdale
Head coaching record
Overall7–5–1 (football)
7–11 (basketball)

Charles S. Firth was an American football player and coach of football and basketball. He served as the head football coach at Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute (VPI)—now known as Virginia Tech—for one season in 1897 and at Hillsdale College for one season in 1913, compiling a career college football coaching record of 7–5–1. Firth was an alumnus of the University of Chicago.[1]

Head coaching record

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Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs
VPI (Independent) (1897)
1897 VPI 5–2
VPI: 5–2
Hillsdale Dales (Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1913)
1913 Hillsdale 2–3–1 2–1–1 T–2nd
Hillsdale: 2–3–1 2–1–1
Total: 7–5–1

References

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  1. ^ Walsh, C.; Whittle, G.; Intercollegiate Football, Inc. (Saint Paul, Minn.). (1934). Intercollegiate football: a complete pictorial and statistical review from 1869 to 1934. Published by Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc., for Intercollegiate Football, Inc. Retrieved April 5, 2015.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)