Branch Bocock
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Branch Bocock was the head football coach for the University of Georgia (1908), Virginia Tech (1909-1910, 1912-1915), the University of North Carolina (1911), Louisiana State University (1920-1921), University of South Carolina (1925-1926) and William & Mary (1928-1930, 1936-1938). His career record as a head coach was 98-55-9. Bocock also served as the head basketball and baseball coaches for Louisiana State University.
Although official records only give Bocock credit for coaching the Georgia Bulldogs football team in 1908, he also coached the last three games of Georgia's 1907 season. In 1907, Georgia head football coach Bull Whitney was caught in a controversy over the revelation that there were at least four ringers (paid professionals) on the Georgia and Georgia Tech teams during the game played that year. As a result, Georgia removed all known ringers from its team and Whitney was forced to resign, handing the coaching duties over to Bocock for the last three games. Georgia was 2-1 in those three games.
At Virginia Tech, Bocock was the team's first true professional coach and the first head football coach to receive a full-time salary.
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- Branch Bocock Coaching Record
- Georgia "Football through the years"
- Georgia Head Coaches
- Reed, Thomas Walter (1949). Athens, Georgia: University of Georgia Press. History of the University of Georgia; Chapter XVII: Athletics at the University from the Beginning Through 1947 imprint pages 3493
- From The Beginning To The Beamer Era, The first 111 seasons of football at Virginia Tech
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