Charles Firth | |
Player Sport1: | Football |
Player Years2: | 1896 |
Player Team2: | Chicago |
Coach Sport1: | Football |
Coach Years2: | 1897 |
Coach Team2: | VPI |
Coach Years3: | 1913 |
Coach Team3: | Hillsdale |
Coach Sport4: | Basketball |
Coach Years5: | 1911–1912 |
Coach Team5: | Central (IA) |
Coach Years6: | 1913–1914 |
Coach Team6: | Hillsdale |
Overall Record: | 7–5–1 (football) 7–11 (basketball) |
Charles S. Firth was an American football player and coach of football and basketball. He served as the head football coach at Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute (VPI)—now known as Virginia Tech—for one season in 1897 and at Hillsdale College for one season in 1913, compiling a career college football coaching record of 7–5–1. Firth was an alumnus of the University of Chicago.[1]