Hershel B. Northcutt Explained

Hershel B. Northcutt
Birth Place:12 September 1892
Alma Mater:Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.
Player Years1:1915
Player Team1:Vanderbilt
Player Positions:Quarterback
Coach Sport1:Football
Coach Years2:1920
Coach Team2:Columbia Military Academy (TN)
Coach Years3:1922–1923
Coach Team3:Hendrix
Coach Sport4:Men's basketball
Coach Years5:1922–1924
Coach Team5:Hendrix
Coach Sport6:Women's basketball
Coach Years7:1922–1924
Coach Team7:Hendrix
Overall Record:9–10 (football)
20–9 (men's basketball)
10–2–1 (women's basketball)

Hershel B. "Cutter" Northcutt (September 12, 1892 – February 24, 1971) was an American football and basketball coach and college athlete.

College athlete

As a college athlete at the Vanderbilt University, Northcutt was part of the 1915 squad that won the 1915 SIAA conference championship under head coach Dan McGugin.[1]

College coach

Northcutt then spent time as the head football coach at Columbia Military Academy in Columbia, Tennessee[2] before becoming the head football and women's basketball coach at Hendrix College in Conway, Arkansas for two seasons.[3]

Later life and death

Northcutt founded East End Lumber Co. in 1925. He died on February 24, 1971, at a hospital in Memphis, Tennessee.[4]

Head coaching record

Football

Notes and References

  1. Book: The Sigma Chi Fraternity Manual and Directory. 1917. January 31, 2018.
  2. Book: The Official National Collegiate Athletic Association Football Guide. National Collegiate Athletic Association. 1920. January 31, 2018.
  3. Web site: Hendrix Women's Basketball History. hendrix.edu. January 31, 2018.
  4. News: . H. B. Northcutt . . . February 26, 1971 . 26 . July 22, 2023 . .