Branch Bocock

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Branch Bocock

Branch Bocock UNC.jpg
Bocock pictured in Yackety Yack 1912, North Carolina yearbook

Biographical details
Born
(1884-03-10)March 10, 1884
Shenandoah, Virginia
DiedMay 25, 1946(1946-05-25) (aged 62)
Blackstone, Virginia
Playing career
Football
1903–1906Georgetown

Position(s)Quarterback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1908Georgia
1909–1910VPI
1911North Carolina
1912–1915VPI
1920–1921LSU
1925–1926South Carolina
1928–1930William & Mary
1936–1938William & Mary
Basketball
1909–1911VPI
1913–1915VPI
1920–1921LSU
1924–1927South Carolina
Baseball
1910–1911VPI
1914VPI
1922–1923LSU
1925–1927South Carolina

Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1909VPI
1925–1926South Carolina

Head coaching record
Overall98–55–9 (football)
109–33 (basketball)
70–54–2 (baseball)

James Branch Bocock (March 10, 1884 – May 25, 1946) was an American football, basketball, and baseball coach.[1] He served as the head football coach at the University of Georgia (1908), Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute (VPI)—now known as Virginia Tech (1909–1910, 1912–1915), the University of North Carolina (1911), Louisiana State University (1920–1921),[2] the University of South Carolina (1925–1926), and The College of William & Mary (1928–1930, 1936–1938), compiling a career college football record of 98–55–9. Bocock was also the head basketball coach at VPI (1909–1911, 1913–1915), LSU (1920–1921),[3] and South Carolina (1924–1927), tallying a career college basketball mark of 109–33, and the head baseball coach at VPI (1910–1911, 1914), LSU (1922–1923),[4] and South Carolina (1925–1927), amassing a career college baseball record of 70–54–2.




Contents





  • 1 Early years


  • 2 Coaching career


  • 3 Later life


  • 4 Head coaching record

    • 4.1 Football



  • 5 See also


  • 6 References

    • 6.1 Additional sources





Early years


Bocock was a quarterback for the Georgetown Hoyas.[5]



Coaching career


Although official records give Bocock credit only for coaching the Georgia Bulldogs football team in 1908, he also coached the last three games of Georgia's 1907 season. In 1907, Georgia head football coach Bull Whitney was caught in a controversy over the revelation that there were at least four paid professionals on the Georgia and Georgia Tech teams during the game played that year. As a result, Georgia removed all known ringers from its team and Whitney was forced to resign, handing the coaching duties over to Bocock for the last three games. Georgia was 2–1 in those three games.


At VPI, Bocock was the team's first true professional coach and the first head football coach to receive a full-time salary.[6]



Later life


Bocock died at the age of 62 on May 25, 1946 at his home in Blackstone, Virginia.[7]



Head coaching record



Football















































































































































Year
Team
Overall
ConferenceStanding
Bowl/playoffs

Georgia Bulldogs (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1908)

1908

Georgia
5–2–13–2–16th

Georgia:
5–2–13–2–1

VPI (Independent) (1909–1910)

1909

VPI
6–1

1910

VPI
6–2

North Carolina Tar Heels (Independent) (1911)

1911

North Carolina
6–1–1

North Carolina:
6–1–1

VPI (South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1912–1915)

1912

VPI
5–4

1913

VPI
7–1–1

1914

VPI
6–2–1

1915

VPI
4–4

VPI:
34–14–2

LSU Tigers (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1920–1921)

1920

LSU
5–3–11–3

1921

LSU
6–1–12–1–1

LSU:
11–4–23–4–1

South Carolina Gamecocks (Southern Conference) (1925–1926)

1925

South Carolina
7–32–2T–10th

1926

South Carolina
6–44–2T–4th

South Carolina:
13–76–4

William & Mary Indians (Independent) (1928–1930)

1928

William & Mary
6–3–2

1929

William & Mary
8–2

1930

William & Mary
7–2–1

William & Mary Indians (Southern Conference) (1936–1938)

1936

William & Mary
1–80–516th

1937

William & Mary
4–51–3T–13th

1938

William & Mary
3–70–415th

William & Mary:
29–27–31–12
Total:98–55–9


See also


  • List of college football head coaches with non-consecutive tenure


References




  1. ^ https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-266-11844-55135-96?cc=1861144&wc=MMRW-Y9Z:38187655


  2. ^ "LSU Year-by-Year Records" (PDF). lsusports.net. p. 107. Retrieved 2018-07-29..mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output .citation qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-maintdisplay:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em


  3. ^ "LSU Fighting Tigers Coaches". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2018-07-29.


  4. ^ "Louisiana State University". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 2018-07-29.


  5. ^ "Georgetown's Captain". The Pittsburgh Press. February 13, 1906.


  6. ^ "The first 117 seasons of football at Virginia Tech". hopkiesports.com. Retrieved November 6, 2011.


  7. ^ "Branch Bocock, Vet Grid Coach, Dies". Miami Daily News. Associated Press. May 25, 1946. Retrieved November 6, 2011.




Additional sources


  • Reed, Thomas Walter (1949). Athens, Georgia: University of Georgia Press. History of the University of Georgia; Chapter XVII: Athletics at the University from the Beginning Through 1947 imprint pages 3493




















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