| Tusculum Pioneers football | |
|---|---|
| First season | 1901; 123 years ago |
| Athletic director | Josh Ealy |
| Head coach | Billy Taylor 1st season, 0–0 (–) |
| Stadium | Pioneer Field (capacity: 3,500) |
| Field surface | FieldTurf |
| Location | Tusculum, Tennessee |
| NCAA division | Division II |
| Conference | South Atlantic |
| Past conferences | Independent (1901–1926, 1941–1948) Smoky Mountain (1927–1940, 1949–1950) Mid-South (1991–1995) |
| All-time record | 232–334–30 (.414) |
| Playoff appearances | 1 |
| Playoff record | 1–1 |
| Conference titles | 3 |
| Colors | Orange and black |
| Mascot | Pioneers |
| Website | tusculumpioneers.com |
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.
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
Key
| General | Overall | Conference | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Order of coaches | GC | Games coached | CW | Conference wins | PW | Postseason wins |
| DC | Division championships | OW | Overall wins | CL | Conference losses | PL | Postseason losses |
| CC | Conference championships | OL | Overall losses | CT | Conference ties | PT | Postseason ties |
| NC | National championships | OT | Overall ties | C% | Conference winning percentage | ||
| † | Elected to the College Football Hall of Fame | O% | Overall winning percentage | ||||
Coaches
| No. | 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 | 0.392 | – | – | – | – |
| 2 | Stephen Andrew Lynch | 1903 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.500 | – | – | – | – |
| 3 | Fitzhugh W. Gregg | 1908 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0.125 | – | – | – | – |
| 4 | J. Bruce Anderson | 1915–1916 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0.550 | – | – | – | – |
| 5 | Sam Doak | 1919–1921, 1928–1936 | 88 | 31 | 41 | 16 | 0.443 | 12 | 23 | 7 | 0.369 |
| 6 | Hal Blair | 1922 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0.500 | – | – | – | – |
| 7 | George Downing | 1923 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0.167 | – | – | – | – |
| 8 | Tom McCann | 1924 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0.500 | – | – | – | – |
| 9 | Sam Graham | 1925 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0.286 | – | – | – | – |
| 10 | Carlton Palmer | 1926–1927 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 0.438 | – | – | – | – |
| 11 | Ty Disney | 1937 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0.188 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0.143 |
| 12 | Johnny Faulds | 1938–1939 | 17 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 0.059 | 0 | 10 | 0 | .000 |
| 13 | Laird Holt | 1940–1941 | 17 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 0.235 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .000 |
| 14 | Marion Edens | 1946 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0.125 | – | – | – | – |
| 15 | Tom Armstrong | 1947–1950 | 33 | 6 | 26 | 1 | .197} | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0.063 |
| 16 | Tom Bryant | 1991–1994 | 40 | 16 | 24 | 0 | 0.400 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 0.333 |
| 17 | Dewayne Wells | 1995–1997 | 30 | 6 | 24 | 0 | 0.200 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0.375 |
| 18 | Frankie DeBusk | 1998–2015 | 196 | 96 | 100 | 0 | 0.490 | 50 | 70 | 0 | 0.417 |
| 19 | Jerry Odom | 2016–2023 | 69 | 36 | 33 | 0 | 0.522 | 25 | 23 | 0 | 0.521 |
Year-by-year results
| National champions | Conference champions | Bowl game berth | Playoff berth |
| 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) | — | — | ||||||||||
- The team was disbanded in 1950, then it was relaunched in 1991; 33 years ago (1991).
Notes
- Although the first Rose Bowl Game was played in 1902, it has been continuously played since the 1916 game, and is recognized as the oldest bowl game by the NCAA. "—" indicates any season prior to 1916 when postseason games were not played.
- A running total of the number of head coaches, with coaches who served separate tenures being counted only once. Interim head coaches are represented with "Int" and are not counted in the running total. "—" indicates the team played but either without a coach or no coach is on record. "X" indicates an interim year without play.
- Overtime rules in college football were introduced in 1996, making ties impossible in the period since.
- When computing the win–loss percentage, a tie counts as half a win and half a loss.
References
- "Brand Guuidelines". Retrieved August 17, 2023.
- "Jerry Odom Named Tusculum Football Coach". December 14, 2015.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) (2011). Bowl/All-Star Game Records (PDF). Indianapolis, Indiana: NCAA. pp. 5–10. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 5, 2011. Retrieved August 21, 2011.
- Whiteside, Kelly (August 25, 2006). "Overtime system still excites coaches". USA Today. McLean, Virginia. Archived from the original on September 6, 2010. Retrieved September 25, 2009.
- Finder, Chuck (September 6, 1987). "Big plays help Paterno to 200th". The New York Times. New York City. Archived from the original on September 28, 2013. Retrieved October 22, 2009.
- "Tusculum College Announces Frankie DeBusk No Longer Head Football Coach". Greeneville Publishing Company. December 1, 2015. Retrieved August 24, 2023.
- "Former JU assistant Jerry Odom hired as Tusculum College's football coach". The Florida Times-Union. Retrieved August 24, 2023.
- "Tusculum (TN) Records by Year". Archived from the original on August 3, 2009. Retrieved August 23, 2023.
External links
| Tusculum Pioneers football | |
|---|---|
| Venues | |
| People | |
| Seasons |
|