George Huff (coach) explained

George Huff
Birth Date:11 June 1872
Birth Place:Champaign, Illinois, U.S.
Death Place:Champaign, Illinois, U.S.
Player Sport1:Football
Player Years2:1890, 1892
Player Team2:Illinois
Player Years3:1893–1894
Player Team3:Dartmouth
Player Sport4:Baseball
Player Years5:1889–1891, 1893
Player Team5:Illinois
Player Years6:1894
Player Team6:Dartmouth
Player Positions:Guard (football)
Coach Sport1:Football
Coach Years2:1895–1899
Coach Team2:Illinois
Coach Sport3:Baseball
Coach Years4:1896–1919
Coach Team4:Illinois
Coach Years5:1907
Coach Team5:Boston Americans
Admin Years1:1901–1936
Admin Team1:Illinois
Overall Record:21–16–3 (football)
317–97–4 (college baseball)
2–6 (MLB)
Championships:Baseball
11 Big Ten (1900, 1903–1904, 1906–1908, 1910–1911, 1914–1916)

George A. Huff, Jr. (June 11, 1872 – October 1, 1936) was an American football and baseball player, coach, and college athletics administrator. Huff served as the head football coach at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign from 1895 to 1899, compiling a record of 21–16–3. He was also the head baseball coach at Illinois from 1896 to 1919, tallying a mark of 317–97–4, and the athletic director at Illinois from 1901 to 1935. Huff Hall at the University of Illinois in Champaign is named in his honor.

Huff was briefly a manager for the Boston Americans at the start of the 1907 Major League Baseball season following the sudden suicide of Chick Stahl. Cy Young started out as the player/manager, but after six games stepped down in favor of Huff. Huff managed only eight games, finishing with a career 2–6 managerial record, before resigning on May 1, 1907 to return to his old job. Bob Unglaub replaced him. The Americans had a total of four managers in the 1907 season. The team was renamed as the Boston Red Sox the following season.

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Team Year Regular season Postseason
GamesWonLostWin %FinishWon Lost Win % Result
BOA826resigned
Total 8 2 6 0 0