Ewing Y. Freeland

Ewing Y. Freeland

Freeland pictured in the 1929 La Ventana, Texas Tech yearbook
Biographical details
Born	(1887-01-01)January 1, 1887 Turnersville, Texas
Died	August 15, 1963(1963-08-15) (aged 76) Brownwood, Texas
Playing career
Football
1908–1911	Vanderbilt
Position(s)	Tackle (football) First baseman (baseball)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1912–1914	Daniel Baker
1915	TCU
1919–1920	Austin
1921	Millsaps
1922–1923	SMU
1925–1928	Texas Tech
1936–1938	Austin
Basketball
1915–1916	TCU
1921–1922	Millsaps
Baseball
1916	TCU
1923–1924	SMU
1926–1927	Texas Tech
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1925–1927	Texas Tech
1935–1938	Austin
Head coaching record
Overall	41–23–8 (football, excluding Daniel Baker and Austin) 2–11 (basketball) 50–47–3 (baseball)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Football 2 SIAA (as player) (1910, 1911) 1 SWC (1923)
Awards
3x All-Southern (1909, 1910, 1911)

Ewing Young "Big 'un" Freeland (January 1, 1887 – August 15, 1953) was an American football and baseball player and coach of football, basketball, and baseball. He served as the head football coach at Texas Christian University (1915), Millsaps College (1921), Southern Methodist University (1922–1923, with Ray Morrison), and Texas Tech University (1925–1928), compiling a career college football record of 41–23–8. Freeland was also the head basketball coach at TCU for one season in 1915–16 and at Millsaps for one season in 1921–22. In addition, he was the head baseball coach at TCU (1916), SMU (1923–1924), and Texas Tech (1926–1927), amassing a career college baseball record of 50–47–3.

Biography

Freeland was born on January 1, 1887 in Turnersville, Texas and died on August 15, 1953 in Brownwood, Texas. He played football and baseball at Vanderbilt University, from which he graduated in 1912. He weighed some 200 pounds. He was nominated though not selected for an Associated Press All-Time Southeast 1869-1919 era team. In 1915, Freeland coached football at TCU, compiling a 4–5 record. In 1922 and 1923, Freeland co-coached the SMU Mustangs football team with his former teammate at Vanderbilt, Ray Morrison. The two effectively shared the heading coaching duties, with Morrison focusing on the backfield and ends, and Freeland mentoring the linemen. In 1925, Freeland became the first coach of the Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, then known as the Matadors. He coached football at Texas Tech from 1925 to 1928, where he had a 21–10–6 record. Freeland was also the first head coach of the Texas Tech Red Raiders baseball team and Texas Tech's first athletic director. He is credited with designing Texas Tech's Double T logo and had it put on the sweaters of football players.

The older version of Texas Tech's Double-T logo

Head coaching record

Football

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
TCU Horned Frogs (Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1915)
1915	TCU	4–5	2–0
TCU:		4–5	2–0
Millsaps Majors (Independent) (1921)
1921	Millsaps	1–5–1
Millsaps:		1–5–1
SMU Mustangs (Southwest Conference) (1922–1923)
1922	SMU	6–3–1	2–2	T–3rd
1923	SMU	9–0	5–0	1st
SMU:		15–3–1	7–2
Texas Tech Matadors (Independent) (1925–1928)
1925	Texas Tech	6–1–2
1926	Texas Tech	6–1–3
1927	Texas Tech	5–4
1928	Texas Tech	4–4–1
Texas Tech:		21–10–6	18–15–1
Total:		41–23–8
National championship         Conference title         Conference division title or championship game berth

Baseball

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
TCU Horned Frogs (1916)
1916	TCU	9–7
TCU:		9–7
SMU Mustangs (Southwest Conference) (1923–1924)
1923	SMU	16–10	14–6	2nd
1924	SMU	10–19	5–16	6th
SMU:		26–25	19–22
Texas Tech Matadors (1926–1927)
1926	Texas Tech	11–2–1
1927	Texas Tech	4–9–1
Texas Tech:		15–11–2
Total:		50–43–2