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{{Short description|American athlete and football coach (1880–1924)}}
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{{Infobox college coach
{{Infobox college coach
| name = Harris G. Cope
| name = Harris G. Cope
| image = SewaneeCope.jpg
| image = SewaneeCope.jpg
| alt =
| alt =
| caption = Cope c. 1913
| caption = Cope, {{Circa|1913}}
| sport = [[American football|Football]], [[baseball]]
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1880|3|16}}
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1880|3|16}}
| birth_place = [[Savannah, Georgia]]
| birth_place = [[Savannah, Georgia]], U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|mf=y|1924|9|24|1880|3|16}}
| death_date = {{Death date and age|mf=y|1924|9|24|1880|3|16}}
| death_place = [[Birmingham, Alabama]]
| death_place = [[Birmingham, Alabama]], U.S.
| alma_mater = [[Sewanee: The University of the South]]
| alma_mater =
| player_sport1 = Football
| player_sport1 = Football
| player_years2 = 1899–1901
| player_years2 = 1899–1901
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| coach_years4 = 1922–1923
| coach_years4 = 1922–1923
| coach_team4 = [[Samford Bulldogs football|Howard (AL)]]
| coach_team4 = [[Samford Bulldogs football|Howard (AL)]]
| admin_years1 = 1909–1913
| admin_team1 = [[Sewanee Tigers|Sewanee]]
| admin_years2 = 1922–1924
| admin_team2 = [[Samford Bulldogs|Howard (AL)]]
| overall_record = 48–28–12
| overall_record = 48–28–12
| bowl_record =
| bowl_record =
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| coaching_records =
| coaching_records =
}}
}}
'''Harris Goodwin Cope''' (March 16, 1880 – September 24, 1924) was an [[American football]] and [[baseball]] player and football coach. Cope was a member of the National Football Rules Committee in 1914–15.
'''Harris Goodwin Cope''' (March 16, 1880 – September 24, 1924) was an [[American football]] and [[baseball]] player and football coach. He served as the head football coach at [[Sewanee: The University of the South]] in [[Sewanee, Tennessee]] from 1909 to 1916 and [[Howard College]]—now known as [[Samford University]]—in [[Marion, Alabama]] from 1922 to 1923, compiling a career [[college football coaching record]] of 48–28–12. Cope was a member of the National Football Rules Committee in 1914–15.

==Early life and playing career==
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Cope first played at the [[Taft School]] in [[Watertown, Connecticut]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/4351878/the_atlanta_constitution/|author=Marvin McCarthy|title=Howard Gets Coach Cope|work=Atlanta Constitution|page=9|date=January 2, 1922|access-date=February 18, 2016|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}} {{Open access}}</ref>


==Playing years==
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Cope first played at Taft School in [[Watertown, Connecticut]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/4351878/the_atlanta_constitution/|author=Marvin McCarthy|title=Howard Gets Coach Cope|work=Atlanta Constitution|page=9|date=January 2, 1922|accessdate=February 18, 2016|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}} {{Open access}}</ref>
===Sewanee===
===Sewanee===
[[File:harriscope.png|thumb|upright=.7|left|Cope c. 1901]]
[[File:harriscope.png|thumb|upright=.7|left|Cope c. 1901]]


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In his first year of varsity football, Cope was a substitute [[quarterback]] on the undefeated "Iron Men" of the [[1899 Sewanee Tigers football team]]. He was the [[Captain (sports)|captain]] and the starting quarter for Sewanee's [[1901 Sewanee Tigers football team|1901 team]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OSw6AAAAMAAJ&q=%22harris+cope%22+quarterback|page=188|title=The Mills, Cope, and related families of Georgia|author=John Hunter Garland|year=1962}}</ref>
====Football====
⚫
In his first year of varsity football, Cope was a substitute [[quarterback]] on the undefeated "Iron Men" of the [[1899 Sewanee Tigers football team]]. He was the [[Captain (sports)|captain]] and the starting quarter for Sewanee's [[1901 Sewanee Tigers football team|1901 team]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OSw6AAAAMAAJ&q=%22harris+cope%22+quarterback&dq=%22harris+cope%22+quarterback&hl=en&sa=X&ei=oG6BVOiCH4qfyATTo4CQCw&ved=0CC0Q6AEwAw|page=188|title=The Mills, Cope, and related families of Georgia|author=John Hunter Garland|year=1962}}</ref>


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Cope played [[third baseman]] on the Sewanee baseball team.
====Baseball====
⚫
He played [[third baseman]] on the Sewanee baseball team.


==Coaching years==
==Coaching career==
Cope coached at [[University of the South|Sewanee: University of the South]] and [[Samford Bulldogs football|Howard College]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/coaches/harris-cope-1.html|title=Harris Cope}}</ref> He worked for a short time as a business man in [[Cartersville, Georgia|Cartersville]] before returning to Sewanee to coach in 1909.<ref>{{Cite news|url = http://atlnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/atlnewspapers/view?docId=news/aga1909/aga1909-3213.xml&query=%22All%20southern%22%20football&brand=atlnewspapers-brand|title = Coach For Sewanee|last = |first = |date = August 31, 1909|work = Atlanta Georgian|accessdate = }}</ref>
Cope worked for a short time as a business man in [[Cartersville, Georgia|Cartersville]] before returning to Sewanee to coach in 1909. For many years, he returned to Cartersville during the off-seasons to manage the Cartersville Colts semi-professional men’s baseball team.<ref>{{Cite news|url = http://atlnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/atlnewspapers/view?docId=news/aga1909/aga1909-3213.xml&query=%22All%20southern%22%20football&brand=atlnewspapers-brand|title = Coach For Sewanee|date = August 31, 1909|work = Atlanta Georgian|access-date = December 14, 2014|archive-date = December 14, 2014|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141214212958/http://atlnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/atlnewspapers/view?docId=news/aga1909/aga1909-3213.xml&query=%22All%20southern%22%20football&brand=atlnewspapers-brand|url-status = dead}}</ref>


===Sewanee===
===Sewanee===
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====1909====
====1909====
In Cope's first year at head coach he led the Sewanee Tigers to an [[Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association]] (SIAA) championship in [[1909 Sewanee Tigers football team|1909]], beating previous season's champion [[1909 LSU Tigers football team|LSU]] and handing [[1909 Vanderbilt Commodores football team|Vanderbilt]] its first loss to a Southern team in six years.
In Cope's first year at head coach he led the Sewanee Tigers to a [[Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association]] (SIAA) championship in [[1909 Sewanee Tigers football team|1909]], beating previous season's champion [[1909 LSU Tigers football team|LSU]] and handing [[1909 Vanderbilt Commodores football team|Vanderbilt]] its first loss to a Southern team in six years.


===Howard===
===Howard===
Former Sewanee player [[Bob Taylor Dobbins]] assisted Cope at Howard.
Former Sewanee player [[Bob Taylor Dobbins]] assisted Cope at Howard.
Cope was also a very astute golfer, playing in club tournaments during his off-seasons.

==Death==
Cope died of pneumonia in [[Birmingham, Alabama]], on September 24, 1924, just before the start of Howard's football season.<ref>{{cite news |last=Horn |first=Blinkey |author-link=Blinkey Horn
|title=Henderson-Brown Will Sub for Howard as Vandy's Foe Saturday |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/65727658/the-tennessean/ |newspaper=[[The Tennessean]] |location=[[Nashville, Tennessee]] |date=September 25, 1924 |page=9 |access-date=December 21, 2020 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] {{Open access}} }}</ref>


==Legacy==
==Legacy==
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* [[Bob Taylor Dobbins]], played for Sewanee (1913–1915), assistant for Howard (1922–1923)
* [[Bob Taylor Dobbins]], played for Sewanee (1913–1915), assistant for Howard (1922–1923)
* [[Frank Faulkinberry]], played for Sewanee (1907&ndash;1910), head coach for [[Middle Tennessee State Blue Raiders football|Middle Tennessee State]] (1926&ndash;1932)
* [[Frank Faulkinberry]], played for Sewanee (1907&ndash;1910), head coach for [[Middle Tennessee State Blue Raiders football|Middle Tennessee State]] (1926&ndash;1932)
* [[Jenks Gillem]], played for Sewanee (1910&ndash;1912), head coach for Howard (1925–1926), [[Birmingham-Southern Panthers football|Birmingham Southern]] (1928–1939), head coach for Sewanee (1940–1941)
* [[Jenks Gillem]], played for Sewanee (1910&ndash;1912), head coach for Howard (1925–1926), [[Birmingham–Southern Panthers football|Birmingham–Southern]] (1928–1939), head coach for Sewanee (1940–1941)
* [[Frank Juhan]], played for Sewanee (1908–1910), assistant for Sewanee (1913–1915)
* [[Frank Juhan]], played for Sewanee (1908–1910), assistant for Sewanee (1913–1915)
* [[Henry D. Phillips]], assistant for Sewanee (1909&ndash;1915)
* [[Henry D. Phillips]], assistant for Sewanee (1909&ndash;1915)
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| championship =
| championship =
| year = [[1922 college football season|1922]]
| year = [[1922 college football season|1922]]
| name = Howard
| name = [[1922 Howard Bulldogs football team|Howard]]
| overall = 2–6–2
| overall = 2–6–2
| conference =
| conference = 0–2
| confstanding =
| confstanding =
| bowlname =
| bowlname =
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| championship =
| championship =
| year = [[1923 college football season|1923]]
| year = [[1923 college football season|1923]]
| name = Howard
| name = [[1923 Howard Bulldogs football team|Howard]]
| overall = 3–4–3
| overall = 3–4–3
| conference =
| conference = 1–3–1
| confstanding =
| confstanding =
| bowlname =
| bowlname =
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| name = Howard
| name = Howard
| overall = 5–10–5
| overall = 5–10–5
| confrecord =
| confrecord = 1–5–1
}}
}}
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[[Category:Sportspeople from Savannah, Georgia]]
[[Category:Taft School alumni]]
[[Category:Players of American football from Georgia (U.S. state)]]
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[[Category:Deaths from pneumonia in Alabama]]

Latest revision as of 22:01, 14 July 2024

Harris G. Cope
Cope, c. 1913
Biographical details
Born(1880-03-16)March 16, 1880
Savannah, Georgia, U.S.
DiedSeptember 24, 1924(1924-09-24) (aged 44)
Birmingham, Alabama, U.S.
Playing career
Football
1899–1901Sewanee
Position(s)Quarterback (football)
Third baseman (baseball)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1904Sewanee (assistant)
1909–1916Sewanee
1922–1923Howard (AL)
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1909–1913Sewanee
1922–1924Howard (AL)
Head coaching record
Overall48–28–12
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
1 SIAA (1909)

Harris Goodwin Cope (March 16, 1880 – September 24, 1924) was an American football and baseball player and football coach. He served as the head football coach at Sewanee: The University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee from 1909 to 1916 and Howard College—now known as Samford University—in Marion, Alabama from 1922 to 1923, compiling a career college football coaching record of 48–28–12. Cope was a member of the National Football Rules Committee in 1914–15.

Early life and playing career

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Cope first played at the Taft School in Watertown, Connecticut.[1]

Sewanee

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Cope c. 1901

In his first year of varsity football, Cope was a substitute quarterback on the undefeated "Iron Men" of the 1899 Sewanee Tigers football team. He was the captain and the starting quarter for Sewanee's 1901 team.[2]

Cope played third baseman on the Sewanee baseball team.

Coaching career

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Cope worked for a short time as a business man in Cartersville before returning to Sewanee to coach in 1909. For many years, he returned to Cartersville during the off-seasons to manage the Cartersville Colts semi-professional men’s baseball team.[3]

Sewanee

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Cope has the third-most wins of any Sewanee coach (43), behind Shirley Majors' 93 and John Windham's 45; and has the highest winning percentage of any Sewanee coach who coached for more than 3 seasons. His continuity came after a period in which Sewanee had much talent but six coaches in seven years.[4]

1909

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In Cope's first year at head coach he led the Sewanee Tigers to a Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA) championship in 1909, beating previous season's champion LSU and handing Vanderbilt its first loss to a Southern team in six years.

Howard

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Former Sewanee player Bob Taylor Dobbins assisted Cope at Howard. Cope was also a very astute golfer, playing in club tournaments during his off-seasons.

Death

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Cope died of pneumonia in Birmingham, Alabama, on September 24, 1924, just before the start of Howard's football season.[5]

Legacy

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Cope's disciples include:

Head coaching record

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Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs
Sewanee Tigers (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1909–1916)
1909 Sewanee 6–1 5–0 1st
1910 Sewanee 8–2 3–1 T–3rd
1911 Sewanee 6–3–1 2–3 9th
1912 Sewanee 5–1–2 2–1–2 5th
1913 Sewanee 4–3 2–2 7th
1914 Sewanee 5–3 4–2 5th
1915 Sewanee 4–3–2 2–2–2 10th
1916 Sewanee 5–2–2 2–2–2 14th
Sewanee: 43–18–7 22–14–6
Howard Bulldogs (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1922–1923)
1922 Howard 2–6–2 0–2
1923 Howard 3–4–3 1–3–1
Howard: 5–10–5 1–5–1
Total: 48–28–12
      National championship         Conference title         Conference division title or championship game berth

References

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  1. ^ Marvin McCarthy (January 2, 1922). "Howard Gets Coach Cope". Atlanta Constitution. p. 9. Retrieved February 18, 2016 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  2. ^ John Hunter Garland (1962). The Mills, Cope, and related families of Georgia. p. 188.
  3. ^ "Coach For Sewanee". Atlanta Georgian. August 31, 1909. Archived from the original on December 14, 2014. Retrieved December 14, 2014.
  4. ^ James Gregg, Jr. (1949). "Sports At Sewanee". Sewanee Alumni News: 3.
  5. ^ Horn, Blinkey (September 25, 1924). "Henderson-Brown Will Sub for Howard as Vandy's Foe Saturday". The Tennessean. Nashville, Tennessee. p. 9. Retrieved December 21, 2020 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
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