Tusculum Pioneers football explained

The Tusculum Pioneers football team represents Tusculum University in college football at the NCAA Division II level. The Pioneers are members of the South Atlantic Conference (SAC), fielding its team in the SAC since 1998. The Pioneers play their home games at Pioneer Field in Tusculum, Tennessee.

Their head coach was Jerry Odom from 2016 to 2023.^[1]

Conference affiliations

• Independent (1901–1926)
• Smoky Mountain Conference (1927–1940)
• Independent (1941–1948)
• Smoky Mountain Conference (1949–1950)
• Mid-South Conference (1991–1995)
• South Atlantic Conference (1998–present)

List of head coaches

Coaches

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Name	Season(s)	GC	OW	OL	OT	O%	CW	CL	CT	C%
1	Unknown	1901–1902, 1904–1906, 1909, 1913–1914, 1917–1918	29	13	12	4		–	–	–	–
2	Stephen Andrew Lynch	1903	2	1	1	0		–	–	–	–
3	Fitzhugh W. Gregg	1908	4	0	3	1		–	–	–	–
4	J. Bruce Anderson	1915–1916	10	5	4	1		–	–	–	–
5	Sam Doak	1919–1921, 1928–1936	88	31	41	16		12	23	7
6	Hal Blair	1922	8	4	4	0		–	–	–	–
7	George Downing	1923	6	1	5	0		–	–	–	–
8	Tom McCann	1924	8	4	4	0		–	–	–	–
9	Sam Graham	1925	7	2	5	0		–	–	–	–
10	Carlton Palmer	1926–1927	16	6	8	2		–	–	–	–
11	Ty Disney	1937	8	0	5	3		0	5	2
12	Johnny Faulds	1938–1939	17	0	15	2		0	10	0
13	Laird Holt	1940–1941	17	4	13	0		0	4	0
14	Marion Edens	1946	8	1	7	0		–	–	–	–
15	Tom Armstrong	1947–1950	33	6	26	1	Year-by-year results National champions Conference champions Bowl game berth Playoff berth [2] Season Year Head coach Association Division Conference Record Postseason Final ranking Overall Conference Win Loss Tie Finish Win Loss Tie Tusculum Pioneers 1901 1901 Unknown — — Independent — — 1902 1902 0 1 0 — — 1903 1903 Stephen Andrew Lynch 1 1 0 — — 1904 1904 Unknown 2 1 0 — — 1905 1905 1 0 0 — — 1906 1906 IAAUS 2 2 1 — — No team in 1907 1908 1908 Fitzhugh W. Gregg IAAUS — Independent 0 3 1 — — 1909 1909 Unknown 0 3 1 — — No team from 1910 to 1912 1913 1913 Unknown NCAA — Independent 1 2 0 — — 1914 1914 2 1 1 — — 1915 1915 J. Bruce Anderson 3 1 1 — — 1916 1916 2 3 0 — — 1917 1917 Unknown 2 2 1 — — 1918 1918 3 0 0 — — 1919 1919 Sam Doak 2 3 1 — — 1920 1920 1 5 0 — — 1921 1921 0 3 4 — — 1922 1922 Hal Blair 4 4 0 — — 1923 1923 George Downing 1 5 0 — — 1924 1924 Tom McCann 4 4 0 — — 1925 1925 Sam Graham 2 5 0 — — 1926 1926 Carlton Palmer 6 3 0 — — 1927 1927 SMC 0 5 2 — — 1928 1928 Sam Doak 4 2 2 3rd 2 2 1 — — 1929 1929 2 3 3 — — 1930 1930 2 5 1 6th 1 3 1 — — 1931 1931 6 1 1 3rd 2 1 1 — — 1932 1932 5 2 0 3rd 3 2 0 — — 1933 1933 2 3 2 4th 1 2 2 — — 1934 1934 5 2 1 2nd 3 2 1 — — 1935 1935 2 5 1 8th 0 5 1 — — 1936 1936 0 7 0 T–8th 0 6 0 — — 1937 1937 Ty Disney 0 5 3 8th 0 5 2 — — 1938 1938 Johnny Faulds 0 8 1 8th 0 5 0 — — 1939 1939 0 7 1 6th 0 5 0 — — 1940 1940 Laird Holt 1 7 0 6th 0 4 0 — — 1941 1941 3 6 0 — — No team from 1942 to 1945 1946 1946 Marion Edens NCAA — 1 7 0 — — 1947 1947 Tom Armstrong 0 8 0 — — 1948 1948 2 7 0 — — 1949 1949 SMC 2 5 1 5th 0 3 1 — — 1950 1950 2 6 0 5th 0 4 0 — — No team from 1951 to 1990 1991 1991 Tom Bryant NAIA Division II MSC 0 10 0 7th 0 6 0 — — 1992 1992 4 6 0 4th 2 3 0 — — 1993 1993 5 5 0 T–3rd 2 3 0 — — 1994 1994 7 3 0 T–2nd 3 2 0 — — 1995 1995 Dewayne Wells 3 6 0 6th 3 5 0 — — 1996 1996 — — — 1 9 0 — — 1997 1997 2 9 0 — — 1998 1998 Frankie DeBusk NCAA Division II SAC 5 6 0 — 0 0 0 — — 1999 1999 2 9 0 9th 0 8 0 — — 2000 2000 7 4 0 4th 4 3 0 — — 2001 2001 8 2 0 2nd 5 3 0 — 18 2002 2002 7 4 0 5th 3 4 0 — — 2003 2003 9 2 0 T–1st 6 1 0 Conference co-champions — 2004 2004 6 4 0 T–2nd 4 3 0 — — 2005 2005 3 7 0 8th 1 6 0 — — 2006 2006 6 5 0 T–5th 3 4 0 — — 2007 2007 6 5 0 T–3rd 4 2 0 — — 2008 2008 9 4 0 T–1st 5 2 0 L NCAA Division II Second Round 16 2009 2009 3 7 0 T–6th 2 5 0 — — 2010 2010 6 5 0 7th 2 5 0 — — 2011 2011 3 8 0 T–6th 2 5 0 — — 2012 2012 2 9 0 T–7th 1 6 0 — — 2013 2013 4 7 0 T–6th 2 5 0 — — 2014 2014 6 5 0 3rd 4 3 0 — — 2015 2015 4 7 0 7th 2 5 0 — — 2016 2016 Jerry Odom 4 7 0 T–4th 3 4 0 — — 2017 2017 5 5 0 T–4th 3 4 0 — — 2018 2018 5 5 0 T–3rd 4 3 0 — — 2019 2019 5 6 0 T–4th 4 4 0 — — 2020–21 2020–21 4 1 0 1st (Mountain) 2 0 0 Conference champion — 2021 2021 5 6 0 7th 3 5 0 — — 2022 2022 8 3 0 2nd (Mountain) 6 3 0 — — 2023 2023 (Mountain) — — External links

Notes and References

1. 2015-12-14 . Jerry Odom Named Tusculum Football Coach . en.
2. Web site: Tusculum (TN) Records by Year . https://web.archive.org/web/20090803122239/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/incomplete_data/year_by_year_current.php?teamid=3278 . dead . 2009-08-03 . August 23, 2023.