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Lake F. Russell (April 6, 1898 – December 26, 1980) was an American football coach. He served as the head football coach at Carson–Newman College from 1924 to 1928 and compiled a record of 16–20–3.[1] After leaving Carson–Newman, Russell coached at Mercer University from 1929 to 1940 and compiled a record of 46–61–5. He also served as head men's basketball coach at Mercer from 1929 to 1930, from 1932 to 1934 and again from 1936 to 1939.
Biographical details | |
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Born | April 6, 1898 |
Died | December 26, 1980 82) McMinnville, Tennessee, U.S. | (aged
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1924–1928 | Carson–Newman |
1929–1940 | Mercer |
1949–1953 | Miami Beach Senior HS (FL) (assistant) |
1954 | Miami Beach Senior HS (FL) |
Basketball | |
1929–1930 | Mercer |
1932–1934 | Mercer |
1936–1939 | Mercer |
Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
1931–1941 | Mercer |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 62–82–8 (college football) |
Serving as an assistant coach since 1949, Russell was named head coach in 1954 at Miami Beach Senior High School in Miami Beach, Florida.[2] He served as head coach at Miami Beach through August 1955 when he resigned to become the superintendent of the State Training & Agricultural School in Nashville, Tennessee.[3]
A native of Ducktown, Tennessee, Russell graduated from Carson–Newman in 1925. He died on December 26, 1980, at River Park Hospital in McMinnville, Tennessee.[4]
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Carson–Newman Parsons (Independent) (1924–1926) | |||||||||
1924 | Carson–Newman | 6–2 | |||||||
1925 | Carson–Newman | 2–3–2 | |||||||
1926 | Carson–Newman | 5–2 | |||||||
Carson–Newman Parsons (Smoky Mountain Conference) (1927–1928) | |||||||||
1927 | Carson–Newman | 2–8 | 1–4 | 5th | |||||
1928 | Carson–Newman | 1–6–1 | 0–4–1 | 6th | |||||
Carson–Newman: | 16–21–3 | 1–8–1 | |||||||
Mercer Bears (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1929–1930) | |||||||||
1929 | Mercer | 2–7 | 2–5 | 26th | |||||
1930 | Mercer | 5–5 | 3–2 | T–11th | |||||
Mercer Bears (Dixie Conference / Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1931–1936) | |||||||||
1931 | Mercer | 7–2–1 | 1–2 / 6–2 | 8th / T–7th | |||||
1932 | Mercer | 7–2 | 3–0 / 4–1 | 1st / T–7th | |||||
1933 | Mercer | 4–3–2 | 2–0–1 / 0–0–1 | T–2nd / T–29th | |||||
1934 | Mercer | 3–6–1 | 0–2–1 / 1–4 | 8th / T–25th | |||||
1935 | Mercer | 4–5 | 1–1 / 1–1 | T–4th / T–15th | |||||
1936 | Mercer | 3–6–1 | 0–2–1 / 1–1–1 | 8th / T–18th | |||||
Mercer Bears (Dixie Conference) (1937–1940) | |||||||||
1937 | Mercer | 4–5 | 0–3 | 8th | |||||
1938 | Mercer | 3–6 | 0–3 | 8th | |||||
1939 | Mercer | 3–7 | 1–3 | 8th | |||||
1940 | Mercer | 1–7 | 0–3 | T–6th | |||||
Mercer: | 46–61–5 | ||||||||
Total: | 62–82–8 | ||||||||
National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth |
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