Tillman Sease
Biographical details
Born(1916-09-06)September 6, 1916
DiedSeptember 2, 1988(1988-09-02) (aged 71)
Cheverly, Maryland, U.S.
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1948–1955Christiansburg Institute
1956–1958Bluefield State (assistant)
1959–1961Bluefield State
1962–1968Howard
1970–1972Howard
Basketball
1948–1956Christiansburg Institute
1956–1958Bluefield State (assistant)
Baseball
1949–1955Christiansburg Institute
1967Howard
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1959–1961Bluefield State
Head coaching record
Overall53–58–1 (college football)
5–9 (college baseball)

Tillman R. Sease Sr. (September 6, 1916 – September 2, 1988)[1] was an American football and baseball coach. He served as the head football coach at Bluefield State College in Bluefield, West Virginia from 1959 to 1961 and Howard University in Washington, D.C. from 1962 to 1968 and from 1970 to 1972, compiling a career college football coaching record of 53–58–1.[2][3] He was also Howard's head baseball coach.[3]

A native of York, Pennsylvania, Sease graduated from Bluefield State in 1948 and later earned a master's degree in education from Columbia University. From 1948 to 1956, he was the athletic director at Christiansburg Institute in Christiansburg, Virginia, where he also coached football, basketball, and baseball. Sease returned to Bluefield State in 1956, where he worked as an assistant football and basketball coach under Sam B. Taylor for three years. He was appointed athletic director at Bluefield State in 1959.[4]

Head coaching record

College football

Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs
Bluefield State Big Blues (Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1959)
1959 Bluefield State 3–6 1–4 16th
Bluefield State Big Blues () (1969–1961)
1960 Bluefield State 3–5
1961 Bluefield State 3–3–1
Bluefield State: 9–14–1
Howard Bison (Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1962–1968)
1962 Howard 1–8 0–6 18th
1963 Howard 4–5 1–4 15th
1964 Howard 8–2 4–1 3rd
1965 Howard 5–3 2–3 10th
1966 Howard 4–4 2–3 12th
1967 Howard 2–6 2–3 12th
1968 Howard 3–5 2–3 9th
Howard Bison (Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1970)
1970 Howard 7–2 3–2 4th
Howard Bison (Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference) (1971–1972)
1971 Howard 4–5 1–5 T–6th
1972 Howard 6–4 2–4 T–5th
Howard: 44–44 19–34
Total: 53–58–1

References

  1. ^ "Tilliman R Sease". Retrieved August 1, 2020.
  2. ^ Logan, Rayford W. (1969). Howard University: the First Hundred Years, 1867-1967. NYU Press. ISBN 9780814702635. Retrieved January 7, 2020.
  3. ^ a b "Tillman Sease, Former Howard Coach, Dies". Washington Post. September 5, 1988. Retrieved January 6, 2020.
  4. ^ "Native Yorker Gets Top Sports Post At Bluefield". The York Dispatch. York, Pennsylvania. June 3, 1959. p. 22. Retrieved January 8, 2020 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
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