Herman Olcott
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Script error: No such module "Infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Herman Parker "Bo" Olcott (January 1, 1879 – November 3, 1929)[1] was an American college football player and coach. He played football at Yale University, where he was an All-American in 1900 at center. Olcott was the head football coach at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from 1902 to 1903, New York University (NYU) from 1907 to 1912, and the University of Kansas, from 1915 to 1917. He was the head coach of the Great Lakes Navy Bluejackets football team, which represented the Naval Station Great Lakes, for the first three games of the 1918 season. Olcott went to the United States Naval Academy in 1904 to assist Paul Dashiell in coaching the football team.[2]
Olcott died on November 3, 1929, in Wallingford, Connecticut, after a three-year illness.[3]
Head coaching record
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Carolina Tar Heels (Independent) (1902–1903) | |||||||||
| 1902 | North Carolina | 5–1–3 | |||||||
| 1903 | North Carolina | 6–3 | |||||||
| North Carolina: | 11–4–3 | ||||||||
| NYU Violets (Independent) (1907–1912) | |||||||||
| 1907 | NYU | 5–2 | |||||||
| 1908 | NYU | 2–3–2 | |||||||
| 1909 | NYU | 6–1–1 | |||||||
| 1910 | NYU | 2–4–1 | |||||||
| 1911 | NYU | 1–3–3 | |||||||
| 1912 | NYU | 2–6 | |||||||
| NYU: | 18–19–7 | ||||||||
| Kansas Jayhawks (Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1915–1917) | |||||||||
| 1915 | Kansas | 6–2 | 3–1 | 2nd | |||||
| 1916 | Kansas | 4–3–1 | 1–2–1 | 5th | |||||
| 1917 | Kansas | 6–2 | 3–1 | T–2nd | |||||
| Kansas: | 16–7–1 | 7–4–1 | |||||||
| Great Lakes Navy Bluejackets (Independent) (1918) | |||||||||
| 1918 | Great Lakes Navy | 2–0–1[n 1] | |||||||
| Great Lakes Navy: | 2–0–1 | ||||||||
| Total: | 47–30–12 | ||||||||
Notes
<templatestyles src="Reflist/styles.css" />
- ↑ Olcott was replaced as head coach after three games by Clarence J. McReavy. McReavy led Great Lakes Navy for the final five games of the season including the 1919 Rose Bowl. The team finished the season with a record of 6–0–2.
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
References
<templatestyles src="Reflist/styles.css" />
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "navboxes". Script error: No such module "Navbox". Script error: No such module "Navbox".
Script error: No such module "Navbox". Template:Great Lakes Navy Bluejackets football coach navbox Template:1900 Yale Bulldogs football navbox Template:1900 College Football Consensus All-AmericansScript error: No such module "navboxes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Pages with script errors
- Infobox college coach articles with small text
- 1879 births
- 1929 deaths
- American football centers
- Great Lakes Navy Bluejackets football coaches
- Kansas Jayhawks football coaches
- Navy Midshipmen football coaches
- North Carolina Tar Heels football coaches
- NYU Violets football coaches
- Yale Bulldogs football players
- All-American college football players
- Players of American football from New York City