Tuss McLaughry

Tuss McLaughry
File:Tuss McLaughry.jpg
Sport(s)	Football, basketball
Biographical details
Born	(1893-05-19)May 19, 1893 Chicago, Illinois
Died	November 26, 1974(1974-11-26) (aged 81) Norwich, Vermont
Playing career
1912–1914	Westminster (PA) Massillon Tigers
Position(s)	Tackle
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football 1915–1916 1918 1921 1922–1925 1926–1940 1941–1942 1945–1954 Basketball 1926–1929	Westminster (PA) Westminster (PA) Westminster (PA) Amherst Brown Dartmouth Dartmouth Brown
Head coaching record
Overall	143–149–13 (football) 17–32 (basketball)
Statistics College Football Data Warehouse
Accomplishments and honors
Awards Amos Alonzo Stagg Award (1951)
College Football Hall of Fame Inducted in 1962 (profile)

DeOrmond "Tuss" McLaughry (May 19, 1893 – November 26, 1974) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Westminster College in New Wilmington, Pennsylvania (1915–1916, 1918, 1921), Amherst College (1922–1925), Brown University (1926–1940), and Dartmouth College (1941–1942, 1945–1954), compiling a career college football record of 143–149–13. McLaughry was also the head basketball coach at Brown from 1926 to 1929, tallying a mark of 17–32. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as coach in 1962.

Head coaching record

Football

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
Westminster Titans () (1915–1916)
1915	Westminster	2–5
1916	Westminster	2–5–1
Westminster Titans () (1918)
1918	Westminster	3–2
Westminster Titans () (1921)
1921	Westminster	1–6–2
Westminster:		8–18–3
Amherst Lord Jeffs (Little Three Conference) (1922–1925)
1922	Amherst	2–6	0–2	3rd
1923	Amherst	3–3–2	1–1	2nd
1924	Amherst	3–5	1–1	2nd
1925	Amherst	7–1	2–0	1st
Amherst:		15–15–2	4–4
Brown Bears (Independent) (1926–1940)
1926	Brown	9–0–1
1927	Brown	3–6–1
1928	Brown	8–1
1929	Brown	5–5
1930	Brown	6–3–1
1931	Brown	7–3
1932	Brown	7–1
1933	Brown	3–5
1934	Brown	3–6
1935	Brown	1–8
1936	Brown	3–7
1937	Brown	5–4
1938	Brown	5–3
1939	Brown	5–3–1
1940	Brown	6–3–1
Brown:		76–68–5
Dartmouth Indians (Independent) (1941–1942)
1941	Dartmouth	5–4
1942	Dartmouth	5–4
Dartmouth Indians (Independent) (1945–1954)
1945	Dartmouth	1–6–1
1946	Dartmouth	3–6
1947	Dartmouth	4–4–1
1948	Dartmouth	6–2
1949	Dartmouth	6–2
1950	Dartmouth	3–5–1
1951	Dartmouth	4–5
1952	Dartmouth	2–7
1953	Dartmouth	2–7
1954	Dartmouth	3–6
Dartmouth:		44–58–3
Total:		143–149–13
National championship         Conference title         Conference division title

Of all coaches inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame, McLaughry is the only coach with a win percentage under .500.

See also

• List of college football head coaches with non-consecutive tenure

External links

• Tuss McLaughry at the College Football Data Warehouse