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American baseball player and football coach (1933–2017)

Byrd Whigham
Biographical details
Born	(1933-06-12)June 12, 1933
Died	October 22, 2017(2017-10-22) (aged 84)
Playing career
Basketball
1953–1955	Auburn
Baseball
1954–1955	Auburn
1956	Graceville Oilers

Position(s)	Guard (basketball) Pitcher (baseball)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1957–1964	Wildwood HS (FL)
1965–1966	Melbourne HS (FL)
1967–1968	Auburn (assistant)
1969–1970	Georgia (freshmen)
1971–1973	Georgia (assistant)
1974–1975	Troy State

Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1957–1965	Wildwood HS (FL)

Head coaching record
Overall	12–8 (college) 90–12–2 (high school)

Robert Byrd Whigham (June 13, 1933 – October 22, 2017) was an American minor league baseball player and college football coach. He served as the head football coach at Troy State University—now known as Troy University—from 1974 to 1975.

Head coaching record

College


Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
Troy State Trojans (Gulf South Conference) (1974–1975)
1974	Troy State	6–4	4–4	T–5th
1975	Troy State	6–4	5–3	T–3rd
Troy State:		12–8	9–7
Total:		12–8

References

"Robert Whigham". Baseball-Reference. Retrieved July 10, 2018.
"Robert Byrd Whigham". Dothan Eagles. October 29, 2017. Retrieved July 30, 2018.

External links

Career statistics from Baseball Reference (Minors)
Byrd Whigham at Find a Grave

v t e Troy Trojans head football coaches
Virgil McKinley (1909) Dan Herren (1910) George Penton (1911–1912) No team (1913–1920) J. W. Campbell (1921–1923) Ross V. Ford (1924) Otis Bynum (1925–1926) Gladwin Gaumer (1927–1928) No team (1929) No coach (1930) Albert Elmore (1931–1936) Albert Choate (1937–1942) No team (1943–1945) Albert Choate (1946) Fred McCollum (1947–1950) Jim Grantham (1951–1954) William Clipson (1955–1965) Billy Atkins (1966–1971) Tom Jones (1972–1973) Byrd Whigham (1974–1975) Charlie Bradshaw (1976–1982) Chan Gailey (1983–1984) Rick Rhoades (1985–1987) Robert Maddox (1988–1990) Larry Blakeney (1991–2014) Neal Brown (2015–2018) Chip Lindsey (2019–2021) Brandon Hall # (2021) Jon Sumrall (2022–2023) Greg Gasparato # (2023) Gerad Parker (2024– ) # denotes interim head coach

Troy Trojans head football coaches

Virgil McKinley (1909)
Dan Herren (1910)
George Penton (1911–1912)
No team (1913–1920)
J. W. Campbell (1921–1923)
Ross V. Ford (1924)
Otis Bynum (1925–1926)
Gladwin Gaumer (1927–1928)
No team (1929)
No coach (1930)
Albert Elmore (1931–1936)
Albert Choate (1937–1942)
No team (1943–1945)
Albert Choate (1946)
Fred McCollum (1947–1950)
Jim Grantham (1951–1954)
William Clipson (1955–1965)
Billy Atkins (1966–1971)
Tom Jones (1972–1973)
Byrd Whigham (1974–1975)
Charlie Bradshaw (1976–1982)
Chan Gailey (1983–1984)
Rick Rhoades (1985–1987)
Robert Maddox (1988–1990)
Larry Blakeney (1991–2014)
Neal Brown (2015–2018)
Chip Lindsey (2019–2021)
Brandon Hall # (2021)
Jon Sumrall (2022–2023)
Greg Gasparato # (2023)
Gerad Parker (2024– )

# denotes interim head coach

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