Charlie Tate
Tate from The 1963 Blue Print
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| Sport(s) | Football |
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| Biographical details | |
| Born |
February 20, 1919 Tracy City, Tennessee |
| Died | June 10, 1996 (aged 77) Morganton, Georgia |
| Playing career | |
| 1939–1941 | Florida |
| Position(s) | Fullback |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1951–1955 | Miami HS (FL) |
| 1956 | Florida (freshmen) |
| 1957–1963 | Georgia Tech (backfield) |
| 1964–1970 | Miami (FL) |
| 1971 | New Orleans Saints (offensive backs) |
| 1974 | Jacksonville Sharks |
| 1975 | Jacksonville Express |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1969–1970 | Miami |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 34–27–3 (college) 2–6 (WFL) |
| Bowls | 1–1 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Awards | |
| Florida Sports Hall of Fame | |
Charles William Tate (February 20, 1919 – June 10, 1996) was an American football player and coach. Tate served as the head coach of the University of Miami for six seasons during the 1960s and two games during the 1970 season.
He was born in the small town of Tracy City, Tennessee, and later attended Julia E. Landon High School in Jacksonville, Florida.
Tate attended the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where he was a starting fullback for coach Josh Cody and coach Tom Lieb's Florida Gators football teams from 1939 to 1941. Memorably, he scored the Gators' only touchdown in their 7–7 tie of the Auburn Tigers in the first varsity game ever played in the Tigers' new Auburn Stadium. Tate graduated from the University of Florida with a bachelor's degree in education in 1942.
Tate was the head football coach of the Miami Hurricanes football team of the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida, from 1964 to 1970. In six seasons and part of a seventh, he compiled an overall win-loss record of 34–27–3. His best season with the Hurricanes came in 1966, when his team went 8–2–1 and won the Liberty Bowl against Virginia Tech. Tate's departure from Miami was surrounded by controversy and attracted national media attention when he abruptly resigned as the Hurricanes' athletic director and head football coach after the second game of the 1970 football season.
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