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Tusculum Pioneers football
College football team
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.
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Tusculum Pioneers football | |
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First season | 1901 |
Athletic director | Josh Ealy |
Head coach | Billy Taylor 1st season, 0–0 (–) |
Stadium | Pioneer Field (capacity: 3,500) |
Field surface | FieldTurf |
Location | Tusculum, Tennessee |
NCAA division | Division II |
Conference | South Atlantic |
Past conferences | Independent (1901–1926, 1941–1948) Smoky Mountain (1927–1940, 1949–1950) Mid-South (1991–1995) |
All-time record | 232–334–30 (.414) |
Playoff appearances | 1 |
Playoff record | 1–1 |
Conference titles | 3 |
Colors | Orange and black[1] |
Mascot | Pioneers |
Website | tusculumpioneers.com |
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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)
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More information General, Overall ...
General | Overall | Conference | Postseason[A 1] | ||||
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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] |
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Coaches
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No. | Name | Season(s) | GC | OW | OL | OT | O% | CW | CL | CT | C% |
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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 | 69 | 36 | 33 | 0 | 0.522 | 25 | 23 | 0 | 0.521 |
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National champions | Conference champions | Bowl game berth | Playoff berth |
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Season | Year | Head coach | Association | Division | Conference | Record | Postseason | Final ranking | ||||||
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Win | Loss | Tie | Finish | Win | Loss | Tie | ||||||||
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1901 | 1901 | Unknown | — | — | Independent | — | — | |||||||
1902 | 1902 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
1903 | 1903 | Stephen Andrew Lynch | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | |||||||
1904 | 1904 | Unknown | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | |||||||
1905 | 1905 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
1906 | 1906 | IAAUS | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | — | |||||||
No team in 1907 | ||||||||||||||
1908 | 1908 | Fitzhugh W. Gregg | IAAUS | — | Independent | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | — | ||||
1909 | 1909 | Unknown | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | — | |||||||
No team from 1910 to 1912 | ||||||||||||||
1913 | 1913 | Unknown | NCAA | — | Independent | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | ||||
1914 | 1914 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | ||||||||
1915 | 1915 | J. Bruce Anderson | 3 | 1 | 1 | — | — | |||||||
1916 | 1916 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
1917 | 1917 | Unknown | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | — | |||||||
1918 | 1918 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
1919 | 1919 | Sam Doak | 2 | 3 | 1 | — | — | |||||||
1920 | 1920 | 1 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
1921 | 1921 | 0 | 3 | 4 | — | — | ||||||||
1922 | 1922 | Hal Blair | 4 | 4 | 0 | — | — | |||||||
1923 | 1923 | George Downing | 1 | 5 | 0 | — | — | |||||||
1924 | 1924 | Tom McCann | 4 | 4 | 0 | — | — | |||||||
1925 | 1925 | Sam Graham | 2 | 5 | 0 | — | — | |||||||
1926 | 1926 | Carlton Palmer | 6 | 3 | 0 | — | — | |||||||
1927 | 1927 | SMC | 0 | 5 | 2 | — | — | |||||||
1928 | 1928 | Sam Doak | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3rd | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | — | |||
1929 | 1929 | 2 | 3 | 3 | — | — | ||||||||
1930 | 1930 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 6th | 1 | 3 | 1 | — | — | ||||
1931 | 1931 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 3rd | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | ||||
1932 | 1932 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3rd | 3 | 2 | 0 | — | — | ||||
1933 | 1933 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4th | 1 | 2 | 2 | — | — | ||||
1934 | 1934 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 2 | 1 | — | — | ||||
1935 | 1935 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8th | 0 | 5 | 1 | — | — | ||||
1936 | 1936 | 0 | 7 | 0 | T–8th | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | — | ||||
1937 | 1937 | Ty Disney | 0 | 5 | 3 | 8th | 0 | 5 | 2 | — | — | |||
1938 | 1938 | Johnny Faulds | 0 | 8 | 1 | 8th | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — | |||
1939 | 1939 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 6th | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||
1940 | 1940 | Laird Holt | 1 | 7 | 0 | 6th | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — | |||
1941 | 1941 | 3 | 6 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
No team from 1942 to 1945 | ||||||||||||||
1946 | 1946 | Marion Edens | NCAA | — | 1 | 7 | 0 | — | — | |||||
1947 | 1947 | Tom Armstrong | 0 | 8 | 0 | — | — | |||||||
1948 | 1948 | 2 | 7 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
1949 | 1949 | SMC | 2 | 5 | 1 | 5th | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | — | |||
1950 | 1950 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 5th | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
No team from 1951 to 1990 | ||||||||||||||
1991 | 1991 | Tom Bryant | NAIA | Division II | MSC | 0 | 10 | 0 | 7th | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | — |
1992 | 1992 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 4th | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||
1993 | 1993 | 5 | 5 | 0 | T–3rd | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||
1994 | 1994 | 7 | 3 | 0 | T–2nd | 3 | 2 | 0 | — | — | ||||
1995 | 1995 | Dewayne Wells | 3 | 6 | 0 | 6th | 3 | 5 | 0 | — | — | |||
1996 | 1996 | — | — | — | 1 | 9 | 0 | — | — | |||||
1997 | 1997 | 2 | 9 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
1998 | 1998 | Frankie DeBusk | NCAA | Division II | SAC | 5 | 6 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
1999 | 1999 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 9th | 0 | 8 | 0 | — | — | ||||
2000 | 2000 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 4th | 4 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||
2001 | 2001 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2nd | 5 | 3 | 0 | — | 18 | ||||
2002 | 2002 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 5th | 3 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
2003 | 2003 | 9 | 2 | 0 | T–1st | 6 | 1 | 0 | Conference co-champions | — | ||||
2004 | 2004 | 6 | 4 | 0 | T–2nd | 4 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||
2005 | 2005 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 8th | 1 | 6 | 0 | — | — | ||||
2006 | 2006 | 6 | 5 | 0 | T–5th | 3 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
2007 | 2007 | 6 | 5 | 0 | T–3rd | 4 | 2 | 0 | — | — | ||||
2008 | 2008 | 9 | 4 | 0 | T–1st | 5 | 2 | 0 | L NCAA Division II Second Round | 16 | ||||
2009 | 2009 | 3 | 7 | 0 | T–6th | 2 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||
2010 | 2010 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 7th | 2 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||
2011 | 2011 | 3 | 8 | 0 | T–6th | 2 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||
2012 | 2012 | 2 | 9 | 0 | T–7th | 1 | 6 | 0 | — | — | ||||
2013 | 2013 | 4 | 7 | 0 | T–6th | 2 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||
2014 | 2014 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 3rd | 4 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||
2015 | 2015 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 7th | 2 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||
2016 | 2016 | Jerry Odom | 4 | 7 | 0 | T–4th | 3 | 4 | 0 | — | — | |||
2017 | 2017 | 5 | 5 | 0 | T–4th | 3 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
2018 | 2018 | 5 | 5 | 0 | T–3rd | 4 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||
2019 | 2019 | 5 | 6 | 0 | T–4th | 4 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
2020–21 | 2020–21 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1st (Mountain) | 2 | 0 | 0 | Conference champion | — | ||||
2021 | 2021 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 7th | 3 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||
2022 | 2022 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2nd (Mountain) | 6 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||
2023 | 2023 | (Mountain) | — | — |
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- A running total of the number of head coaches, with coaches who served separate tenures being counted only once. Interim head coaches are represented with "Int" and are not counted in the running total. "—" indicates the team played but either without a coach or no coach is on record. "X" indicates an interim year without play.
- "Brand Guuidelines". Retrieved August 17, 2023.
- "Jerry Odom Named Tusculum Football Coach". December 14, 2015.
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