Earl Gartman
Biographical details
Born	(1920-06-23)June 23, 1920 Gadsden, Alabama, U.S.
Died	March 8, 1995(1995-03-08) (aged 74) Apopka, Florida, U.S.
Alma mater	Howard College (AL)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1949–1953	Howard (AL)
1955–1957	Austin Peay (backfield)
1958–1959	Austin Peay
1963–1965	Los Fresnos HS (TX)
1966	Trinity (TX) (backfield)
1967–1969	Trinity (TX)
Basketball
1950–1955	Howard (AL)
Baseball
1952–1955	Howard (AL)
1962–1963	Texas–Pan American

Administrative career (AD unless noted)
c. 1954	Howard (AL)
1963–1966	Los Fresnos HS (TX)

Head coaching record
Overall	30–61–1 (college football) 71–73 (college basketball) 60–49 (college baseball)

Earl Lloyd Gartman (June 23, 1920 – March 8, 1995) was an American football, basketball, and baseball coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Howard College—now known as Samford University—in Homewood, Alabama from 1949 to 1953, at Austin Peay State University from 1958 to 1959, and at Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas from 1967 to 1969, compiling a career college football record of 30–61–1. Gartman was also the head basketball coach at Howard from 1950 to 1955, tallying a mark of 71–73. He was the head baseball coach at Howard from 1952 to 1955 and at the University of Texas–Pan American from 1962 to 1963, amassing a career college baseball record of 60–49.

Education

Gartman graduated from Howard College and earned a master's degree at George Peabody College, now known as Peabody College, a part of Vanderbilt University.^[1]

Head coaching record

College football


Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
Howard Bulldogs (Dixie Conference) (1949–1953)
1949	Howard	4–5	2–0	2nd
1950	Howard	2–8
1951	Howard	2–3–1
1952	Howard	5–4
1953	Howard	1–8
Howard:		14–28–1
Austin Peay Governors (Volunteer State Athletic Conference) (1958–1959)
1958	Austin Peay	3–7
1959	Austin Peay	1–9
Austin Peay:		4–16
Trinity Tigers (Southland Conference) (1967–1969)
1967	Trinity	3–7	1–3	4th
1968	Trinity	5–4	2–2	3rd
1969	Trinity	4–6	2–2	T–2nd
Trinity:		12–17	5–7
Total:		30–61–1

Baseball

Statistics overview
Season	Team	Overall
Howard Bulldogs () (1952–1955)
1952	Howard	11–9
1953	Howard	9–6
1954	Howard	9–12
1955	Howard	11–6
Howard:		40–33
Pan American Broncs (Independent) (1962–1963)
1962	Pan American	7–9
1963	Pan American	13–7
Pan American:		20–16
Total:		60–49

References

External links

Samford Bulldogs head football coaches

Houston Gwin (1902)
Walter T. O'Hara (1903)
Houston Gwin (1903)
No team (1904)
Davis F. Stakely (1905)
John Counselman (1906–1908)
Winton M. Blount (1908)
John B. Longwell (1909)
James C. Donnelly (1910)
John B. Longwell (1911)
B. L. Noojin (1912–1914)
Eugene Caton (1915)
John B. Longwell (1916–1917)
C. W. Streit (1917)
Maxwell James (1918)
Chester C. Dillon (1919)
Robert C. Marshall (1920–1921)
Harris G. Cope (1922–1923)
Jenks Gillem (1924–1926)
Chester C. Dillon (1927–1928)
Eddie McLane (1929–1933)
Clyde Propst (1934)
Billy Bancroft (1935–1939)
William C. White (1940–1941)
No team (1942)
Euil Snider (1943)
Bub Walker (1944–1945)
No team (1946–1947)
Ted McCrary (1948)
Earl Gartman (1949–1953)
William C. White (1954)
Howard Foote (1955–1956)
Virgil Ledbetter (1957–1958)
Bobby Bowden (1959–1962)
Bubba Scott (1963–1965)
John Lee Armstrong (1966–1968)
Wayne Grubb (1969–1973)
No team (1974–1983)
Kim Alsop (1984–1986)
Terry Bowden (1987–1992)
Chan Gailey (1993)
Pete Hurt (1994–2001)
Bill Gray (2001–2006)
Pat Sullivan (2007–2014)
Chris Hatcher (2015– )

Samford Bulldogs men's basketball head coaches

No coach (1901–1905)
No team (1905–1916)
John B. Longwell (1916–1917)
R. F. Mitchell (1917–1918)
Chester C. Dillon (1918–1920)
Robert C. Marshall (1920–1922)
No team (1922–1923)
George Yarbrough (1923–1924)
Toby Stubbs (1924–1925)
Chester C. Dillon (1925–1927)
Eddie McLane (1927–1931)
Wilbur Eaton (1931–1932)
Eddie McLane (1932–1934)
Billy Bancroft (1934–1938)
Jim Stuart (1938–1942)
Snitz Snider (1942–1943)
No team (1943–1946)
Donald Lance (1946–1947)
Herman Roberson (1947–1950)
Earl Gartman (1950–1955)
Virgil Ledbetter (1955–1959)
Walt Barnes (1959–1963)
Virgil Ledbetter (1963–1965)
John Edwards (1965–1968)
Van Washer (1968–1972)
Ron Harris (1972–1975)
Fred Crowell (1975–1979)
Cliff Wettig (1979–1981)
Mike Hanks (1981–1984)
Mel Hankinson (1984–1987)
Ed McLean (1987–1991)
John Brady (1991–1997)
Jimmy Tillette (1997–2012)
Bennie Seltzer (2012–2014)
Scott Padgett (2014–2020)
Bucky McMillan (2020– )

Samford Bulldogs head baseball coaches

Unknown (1905–1907)
Davis F. Stakely (1908)
James C. Donnelly (1909)
Unknown (1910–1911)
B. L. Noojin (1913–1915)
Eugene Caton (1916)
Unknown (1917)
Richard Griffin (1918)
Unknown (1919)
Chester C. Dillon (1920)
Unknown (1921–1922)
Harris G. Cope (1923–1924)
Chester C. Dillon (1925)
Williams Newton (1926–1927)
Eddie McLane (1928–1929)
Williams Newton (1930–1931)
Eddie McLane (1932)
No team (1933)
Unknown (1934)
Roy E. Fayet (1935)
Billy Bancroft (1936–1939)
No team (1940–1948)
Herman Roberson (1949)
Unknown (1950–1951)
Earl Gartman (1952–1955)
Virgil Ledbetter (1956–1965)
J. T. Haywood & Tommy Hill (1966)
Unknown (1967)
Wayne Grubb (1968)
No team (1969–1983)
J. T. Haywood (1984–1987)
John Deitrick (1988)
Tommy Walker (1989–1997)
Tim Parenton (1998–2004)
Casey Dunn (2005–2021)
Tony David (2022– )

Samford Bulldogs athletic directors

B. L. Noojin (1912–1915)
Eugene Caton (1915–1916)
John B. Longwell (1916–1917)
Chester C. Dillon (1919–1920)
Robert C. Marshall (1920–1922)
Harris G. Cope (1922–1924)
Chester C. Dillon (1925–1929)
Eddie McLane (1929–1934)
Billy Bancroft (1934–1940)
William C. White (1940–1942)
Euil Snider (1942–1944)
Bub Walker (1944–1945)
Clarence E. McCarver (1946–1948)
Clayton Cornish (1949–1951)
Earl Gartman (c. 1954)
James E. Sharman (1955–1969)
Evan Zeiger (1969–1984)
Laverne A. Farmer # (1984–1985)
Paul Dietzel (1985–1987)
Stephen C. Allgood (1988–1999)
Bob Roller (1999–2011)
Martin Newton (2011– )

# denotes interim athletic director

Austin Peay Governors head football coaches

Scott Alden (1930–1932)
No team (1933–1935)
Fred T. Brown (1936–1941)
No team (1942–1945)
Dave Aaron (1946–1954)
Ken Cooper (1955–1957)
Earl Gartman (1958–1959)
Art Van Tone (1960–1962)
Bill Dupes (1963–1972)
Jack Bushofsky (1973–1976)
Boots Donnelly (1977–1978)
Watson Brown (1979–1980)
Emory Hale (1981–1987)
Paul Brewster (1988–1989)
John Palermo (1990)
Roy Gregory (1991–1996)
Bill Schmitz (1997–2002)
Carroll McCray (2003–2006)
Rick Christophel (2007–2012)
Kirby Cannon (2013–2015)
Will Healy (2016–2018)
Mark Hudspeth (2019)
Marquase Lovings # (2020)
Scotty Walden (2020–2023)
Jeff Faris (2024– )

# denotes interim head coach

UT Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros head baseball coaches

UT Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros head baseball coaches
Jim Brooks (1955) John Donnelly (1956–1958) Red Connor (1959–1960) Sam Williams (1961) Earl Gartman (1962–1963) Chuck Young (1964–1965) Larry Emsminger (1966–1968) Al Ogletree (1969–1997) Reggie Tredaway (1998–2002) Willie Gawlik (2003–2008) Manny Mantrana (2009–2017) Derek Matlock (2018– )

Trinity Tigers head football coaches

Unknown (1900–1901)
J. B. Choate (1902)
Unknown (1903–1905)
No team (1906)
Unknown (1907)
Jim Simmons (1908)
Edward A. Werner (1909–1910)
George H. Pritchard (1911)
Arthur H. Day (1912)
Luther Burleson (1913)
Edward A. Werner (1914)
Stanley A. Boles (1915)
Jeff Bivens (1916–1917)
Luther Burleson (1918)
Dale Morrison (1919)
James Howard Goodman (1920–1922)
A. J. Robinson (1923–1924)
Barry Holton (1925–1928)
Logan Stollenwerck (1929–1931)
Leland Wilkins (1932–1936)
Alvah Boggs (1937–1940)
Doug Cooke (1941)
No team (1942–1945)
Bob Coe (1946–1947)
Jack Sanders (1947–1948)
Bill James (1949–1951)
William A. McElreath (1952–1961)
W. C. McElhannon (1962–1965)
Wilson Waites (1966)
Earl Gartman (1967–1969)
Gene Offield (1970–1971)
Warren B. Woodson (1972–1973)
Gene Norris (1974–1989)
Steve Mohr (1990–2013)
Jerheme Urban (2014– )