Display 1203: Athletics Staff Genealogy

Athletic Directors:

     W.E. Griffin -- 1942 - 1943
     Theodore "Ted" Wright -- 1947 - 1963
     Albert Frazier -- 1963 - 1981
     Russell Ellington -- 1982 - 1985
     John H. Myles -- 1985 - 1989
     Charles J. Elmore -- 1989 - 1990
     William R. "Bill" Davis -- 1990 - 1992
     Charles Elmore (Interim) -- 1993 - 1994
     Joe Crosby -- 1994 - 1996
     Kenneth Taylor -- 1996
     Frank Ellis -- 1996 -- 1997
     Hornsby Howell (Interim) 7/97 - 6/98
     Jerome Fitch -- 1998 - 2000
     Charles Elmore (Interim)-- 2000-2001
     Hank Ford -- 2002 - 2004
     Irvin Clark (Interim) -- 2/04 - 8/04
     Robert "Tony" O'Neal -- 2004 ---->
 

"Coaching is nothing more than eliminating mistakes before you get fired."   --Lou Holtz

Head Football Coach:

     W.P. Tucker -- 19915 - 1921
     Mr. Waters -- 1926 - 1927
     Richard Richardson -- 1929 - 2934
     Arthur Dwight -- 1935 - 1939
     W. McKinley King -- 1940 - 1943
     John Myles -- 1946 - 1947
     Theodore Wright -- 1947 - 1949
     John Martin -- 1950 - 1952
     Albert Frazier -- 1953 - 1954
     Ross Pearly -- 1954 - 1956
     Richard Washington -- 1957 - 1963
     Leo Richardson -- 1964 - 1968
     John Myles -- 1969 - 1976
     Frank Ellis, Jr. -- 1977 - 1985
     William R. "Bill" Davis -- 1986 - 1992
     Joseph C. Crosby -- 1993 - 1994
    Wendell Avery -- 1995 - 1996
     Daryl McNeill -- 1997 - 1998
     Steve Wilks -- 1999
     William R. "Bill" Davis -- 2000 - 2001
     Ken Pettiford -- 2002 - 2003
     Richard Basil -- 2004 - 2006
 

"Sure, luck means a lot in football. Not having a good quarterback is bad luck."  
 
--Don Schula.

 

"I've never had major knee surgery on any other part of my body,"

--Winston Bennett, University of Kentucky basketball forward.

 
 

"If we don't succeed, we run the risk of failure." 
 
--Bill Clinton, President