Frank Dobson (American football)
Dobson at Maryland in 1936 | |
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | January 10, 1885 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Died | December 1, 1956 (aged 71) Carlisle, Indiana, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Princeton University |
| Playing career | |
| Baseball | |
| 1906 | Jackson Senators |
| 1907 | Terre Haute Hottentots |
| 1907 | Portsmouth Truckers |
| 1907–1908 | Anderson Electricians |
| 1909–1910 | Fayetteville Highlanders |
| 1910–1911 | Richmond Colts |
| 1913 | Richmond Colts |
| Positions | Outfielder, shortstop |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1906 | Rose Polytechnic (assistant) |
| 1908 | Georgia Tech (assistant) |
| 1909 | University School for Boys (GA) |
| 1909 | Georgia (co-HC) |
| 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 |
| 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 | 136–142–24 (college football) 166–113 (college basketball) 197–124–2 (college baseball) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| Football 3 EVIAA (1913–1914, 1916) 2 Virginia (1932–1933) 1 SoCon (1937) | |
Frank Mills Dobson (January 10, 1885 – December 1, 1956) was an American college football, college basketball, college baseball, and track and field coach and athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at the University of Georgia (1909, with Joseph 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 college football head coaching record of 136–142–24. 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).