Frank Dobson (American football)
Dobson at Maryland in 1936
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| Sport(s) | Football, basketball, baseball, track and field |
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| Biographical details | |
| Born |
January 10, 1885 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Died | 1959 Carlisle, Indiana |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1906 | Rose Polytechnic (assistant) |
| 1907 | Georgia Tech (assistant) |
| 1909 | Georgia |
| 1910–1912 | Clemson |
| 1913–1917 | Richmond |
| 1918 | South Carolina |
| 1919–1933 | Richmond |
| 1935 | Maryland (assistant) |
| 1936–1939 | Maryland |
| 1940–1948 | Apprentice |
| Basketball | |
| 1911–1913 | Clemson |
| 1912–1917 | Richmond |
| 1919–1933 | Richmond |
| Baseball | |
| 1911–1913 | Clemson |
| 1915–1933 | Richmond |
| Men's track and field | |
| 1914–1934 | Richmond |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1910–1912 | Clemson |
| 1913–1918 | Richmond |
| 1918 | South Carolina |
| 1919–1933 | Richmond |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 137–142–24 (football) 166–113 (basketball) 197–124–2 (baseball) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| Football 1 Virginia (1933) 1 SoCon (1937) |
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Frank Mills Dobson (January 10, 1885 – 1959) was an American football, basketball, and baseball coach. He served as the head football coach at the University of Georgia (1909, with James Coulter), Clemson University (1910–1912), the University of Richmond (1913–1917, 1919–1933), the University of South Carolina (1918), the University of Maryland (1936–1939), and The Apprentice School (1940–1948), compiling a career record of 137–142–24. Dobson was also the head basketball coach at Clemson (1911–1913) and Richmond (1912–1917, 1919–1933) and the head baseball coach at Clemson (1911–1913) and Richmond (1915–1933).
A native of Roanoke, Virginia, Dobson was an assistant under legendary Georgia Tech head coach John Heisman.
In 1909, Dobson moved to Georgia Tech's arch-rival, Georgia. There, the new head coach, James Coulter, had no prior coaching experience. Dobson was hired as a co-coach and added new trick plays in an attempt to energize the offense. Still the team finished with a record of 2–4–2.
Dobson moved on to Clemson University for the 1910 season, where he coached not only football, but also basketball and baseball. His overall record with the Clemson football team was 11–12–1.
Dobson then moved to the University of Richmond, where he was athletic director and football, baseball, and basketball coach from 1913 to 1933, with one exception: in the abbreviated postwar season of 1918, rather than coaching the Richmond football team, he took over the South Carolina Gamecocks and led them to a record of 2–1–1. Dobson's overall football record at Richmond was 79–78–18, his baseball record was 153–112, and his basketball record was 153–106. Dobson was posthumously elected to the University of Richmond Athletic Hall of Fame in 1978.
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