Sport(s) | Football |
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Biographical details | |
Born |
Stanford, Kentucky |
May 31, 1893
Died | March 16, 1972 Louisville, Kentucky |
(aged 78)
Playing career | |
1913–1916 | Virginia |
Position(s) | Guard |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1919 | Virginia |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 2–5–2 |
Harris Woolfolk Coleman (May 31, 1893 – March 16, 1972) was an American football player, coach, and lawyer. He served as the head football coach at the University of Virginia for one season in 1919, compiling a record of 2–5–2. Coleman was born in 1893 in Stanford, Kentucky. Coleman later practiced law in Louisville as a partner in the firm Coleman & White. He served as county attorney for Jefferson County, Kentucky from 1927 to 1934. He was also active in the Louisville-Jefferson County Republican organization. He died in 1972.