Football coaches

Football Coaches

      Football flourished at Morris Harvey College from 1904 until the spring of 1957. Early teams played high school and club teams, some seasons playing only one recorded game. Some seasons saw the reign of more than one head coach.

      By the 1950's, MHC teams were strong, playing in four major bowl games during the first half of the decade. The program was not, however, financially viable, and the institution's subsidization of its athletic program was listed as a major weakness by the North Central Association, the body from which it was seeking accreditation.

      During the self-study portion of the accreditation process in the 1956-1957 academic year, the Athletic Committee came to the conclusion that Morris Harvey could no longer support this expensive sport. The decision to end the football program was severely criticized by students, alumnae, and community fans.

1904-1907 Walter Ropp
1908-1909 No Program
1910-1913 Kemp Shelton & Wesley Alderman
1914-1915 Coach Diener
1916 No Program Economic decision by Board of Trustees
1917 Herman Beckelheimer
1918 No program World War I
1919 William W. Lovell
1920 Elbert Martin "Brownie" Fulton
1921-1923 Herman Beckelheimer
1924-1925 H. J. Hindman
1926-1928 Elbert Martin "Brownie" Fulton
1929 Arthur E. Rezzonico
1930 Frank Arritt
1931 Gilbert L. "Gibby Welch
1932-1933 J. R. "Red" Weaver
1934-1935 Walter Hamilton "Muley" Walker
1936 Homer C. Martin
1937-1941 Thurman L. "Jule" Ward
1942 C. B. "Cebe" Ross & Walter Hamilton "Muley" Walker
1943-1945 No program World War II
1946 Alderson "Stretch" Propps & Carl Edward "Eddie" King
1947-1956 Carl Edward "Eddie" King
2003- 2004 Mike Springston
2005- present Tony DeMeo