Tusculum Pioneers football
First season1901
Athletic directorJosh Ealy
Head coachBilly Taylor
1st season, 0–0 (–)
StadiumPioneer Field
(capacity: 3,500)
Field surfaceFieldTurf
LocationTusculum, Tennessee
NCAA divisionDivision II
ConferenceSouth Atlantic
Past conferencesIndependent (1901–1926, 1941–1948)
Smoky Mountain (1927–1940, 1949–1950)
Mid-South (1991–1995)
All-time record232–334–30 (.414)
Playoff appearances1
Playoff record1–1
Conference titles3
ColorsOrange and black[1]
   
MascotPioneers
Websitetusculumpioneers.com

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.

Their head coach was Jerry Odom from 2016 to 2023.[2]

Conference affiliations

List of head coaches

Key

Key to symbols in coaches list
General Overall Conference Postseason[A 1]
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]

Coaches

List of head football coaches showing season(s) coached, overall records and conference records
No. Name Season(s) GC OW OL OT O% CW CL CT C%
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

Year-by-year results

National champions Conference champions Bowl game berth Playoff berth

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Season Year Head coach Association Division Conference Record Postseason Final ranking
Overall Conference
Win Loss Tie Finish Win Loss Tie
Tusculum Pioneers
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) — —

Notes

  1. ^ Although the first Rose Bowl Game was played in 1902, it has been continuously played since the 1916 game, and is recognized as the oldest bowl game by the NCAA. "—" indicates any season prior to 1916 when postseason games were not played.[3]
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Overtime rules in college football were introduced in 1996, making ties impossible in the period since.[4]
  4. ^ When computing the win–loss percentage, a tie counts as half a win and half a loss.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Brand Guuidelines". Retrieved August 17, 2023.
  2. ^ "Jerry Odom Named Tusculum Football Coach". December 14, 2015. ((cite journal)): Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. ^ National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) (2011). Bowl/All-Star Game Records (PDF). Indianapolis, Indiana: NCAA. pp. 5–10. Archived from the original on August 22, 2011. Retrieved August 21, 2011.
  4. ^ Whiteside, Kelly (August 25, 2006). "Overtime system still excites coaches". USA Today. McLean, Virginia. Archived from the original on November 24, 2009. Retrieved September 25, 2009.
  5. ^ Finder, Chuck (September 6, 1987). "Big plays help Paterno to 200th". The New York Times. New York City. Archived from the original on October 22, 2009. Retrieved October 22, 2009.
  6. ^ "Tusculum College Announces Frankie DeBusk No Longer Head Football Coach". Greeneville Publishing Company. December 1, 2015. Retrieved August 24, 2023.
  7. ^ "Former JU assistant Jerry Odom hired as Tusculum College's football coach". The Florida Times-Union. Retrieved August 24, 2023.
  8. ^ "Tusculum (TN) Records by Year". Retrieved August 23, 2023.

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