Vic Hurt
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | March 13, 1899 |
| Died | May 17, 1978 (aged 79) |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1923–1929 | Oklahoma Baptist |
| 1931–1934 | Oklahoma Baptist |
| 1935 | SMU (assistant) |
| 1936–1938 | Tulsa |
| 1939–1942 | Kansas (assistant) |
| Basketball | |
| 1923–1930 | Oklahoma Baptist |
| 1931–1935 | Oklahoma Baptist |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 78–38–12 (football) 81–86 (basketball) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| Football 1 OIC (1927) 3 MVC (1936–1938) | |
Victor Clinton Hurt (March 13, 1899 – May 17, 1978) was an American football, basketball, and track coach and college athletic administrator. He attended College of Emporia and played football for the Presbies football team.[1] He began his coaching career in 1920.[2] For 11 years, he coached track, basketball and football and was the athletic director at Oklahoma Baptist University. During the 1935 season, he was an assistant coach on the 1935 SMU Mustangs football team that went undefeated in the regular season.[1] He was the head football coach for the Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team during the 1936, 1937, and 1938 seasons.[3] After the 1938 season, he joined the coaching staff at the University of Kansas.[4] He coached for four years at Kansas and, in 1944, he was hired as the manager of the Philbrook Museum of Art in Tulsa.[5][6] He later became president of the Southwest Art Association and, in 1958, was inducted into the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) Hall of Fame.[7]
Head coaching record[edit]
Football[edit]
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma Baptist Bison (Oklahoma Intercollegiate Conference) (1923–1928) | |||||||||
| 1923 | Oklahoma Baptist | 4–4–1 | |||||||
| 1924 | Oklahoma Baptist | 8–3 | 6–1 | 2nd | |||||
| 1925 | Oklahoma Baptist | 8–1 | 6–1 | 2nd | |||||
| 1926 | Oklahoma Baptist | 6–1–1 | 4–1–1 | 3rd | |||||
| 1927 | Oklahoma Baptist | 6–1–2 | 5–1–1 | T–1st | |||||
| 1928 | Oklahoma Baptist | 5–2–2 | 4–1–2 | 2nd | |||||
| Oklahoma Baptist Bison (Big Four Conference) (1929) | |||||||||
| 1929 | Oklahoma Baptist | 5–3 | 2–3 | T–2nd | |||||
| Oklahoma Baptist Bison (Big Four Conference) (1931–1932) | |||||||||
| 1931 | Oklahoma Baptist | 3–6 | 1–2 | 3rd | |||||
| 1932 | Oklahoma Baptist | 5–4 | 2–1 | 2nd | |||||
| Oklahoma Baptist Bison (Independent) (1933–1934) | |||||||||
| 1933 | Oklahoma Baptist | 6–2–1 | |||||||
| 1934 | Oklahoma Baptist | 7–2 | |||||||
| Tulsa Golden Hurricane (Missouri Valley Conference) (1936–1938) | |||||||||
| 1936 | Tulsa | 5–2–2 | 3–0 | T–1st | |||||
| 1937 | Tulsa | 6–2–2 | 3–0 | 1st | |||||
| 1938 | Tulsa | 4–5–1 | 3–1 | 1st | |||||
| Tulsa: | 15–9–5 | 9–1 | |||||||
| Total: | 78–38–12 | ||||||||
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Hurt Lauded As Assistant". Valley Morning Star. December 4, 1935. p. 5.
- ^ "Hurt Wins 98". Arizona Republic. February 18, 1936. p. 11.
- ^ "Vic Hurt". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 2, 2016.
- ^ "Vic Hurt of Tulsa Joins Kansas Staff". The Milwaukee Journal. December 9, 1938.
- ^ "Vic Hurt Resigns From K.U. Staff". Lawrence Journal-World. December 5, 1942.
- ^ "Vic Hurt Is Elected". Lawrence Journal-World. January 20, 1944.
- ^ "Vic Hurt Named To Hall of Fame". The Emporia (KS) Gazette. November 28, 1958. p. 4.
External links[edit]
- 1899 births
- 1978 deaths
- College of Emporia Fighting Presbies football players
- Kansas Jayhawks football coaches
- Oklahoma Baptist Bison athletic directors
- Oklahoma Baptist Bison basketball coaches
- Oklahoma Baptist Bison football coaches
- SMU Mustangs football coaches
- Tulsa Golden Hurricane football coaches
- College track and field coaches in the United States