E. Walter Sikes

Enoch Walter Sikes (May 19, 1868 – January 8, 1941) was an American college football player and coach, professor, state senator, and university president. He served as the head football coach at Wake Forest University from 1891 to 1893, compiling a record of 6–2–1. Sikes taught history and political economics at Wake Forest from 1897 to 1916. He served one term in the North Carolina Senate, representing Wake County in 1911. Sikes was the president of Coker College from 1916 to 1925 and the president of Clemson University from 1925 until his retirement in 1940 He died of a heart attack on January 8, 1941, in Clemson, South Carolina.^[1][2]

E. Walter Sikes

Sikes pictured in Howler 1903, Wake Forest yearbook
Biographical details
Born	(1868-05-19)May 19, 1868 Union County, North Carolina, U.S.
Died	January 8, 1941(1941-01-08) (aged 72) Clemson, South Carolina, U.S.
Playing career
1889–1892	Wake Forest
Position(s)	Guard
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1891–1893	Wake Forest
Head coaching record
Overall	6–2–1

Head coaching record

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
Wake Forest Baptists (Independent) (1891–1893)
1891	Wake Forest	1–0
1892	Wake Forest	4–0–1
1893	Wake Forest	1–2
Wake Forest:		6–2–1
Total:		6–2–1

References

1. "Noted Educator Taken By Death". Spartanburg Herald-Journal. Spartanburg, South Carolina. Associated Press. January 9, 1941. Retrieved May 18, 2015.
2. Powell, William S., ed. (1994). Dictionary of North Carolina Biography: Vol. 5, P-S. University of North Carolina Press. p. 345. ISBN 0807821004. Retrieved December 25, 2013.

External links

• E. Walter Sikes at Find a Grave