James DePree explained

James DePree
Birth Date:14 March 1879
Birth Place:Holland, Michigan, U.S.
Death Place:Sarasota, Florida, U.S.
Player Sport1:Football
Player Years2:1903–1904
Player Team2:Michigan
Player Positions:Fullback
Coach Sport1:Football
Coach Years2:1905–1906
Coach Team2:Tennessee
Coach Sport3:Baseball
Coach Years4:1906
Coach Team4:Tennessee
Overall Record:4–11–3 (football)
7–8 (baseball)
Championships:

James "J. D." DePree, also known as Jim DePree, (March 14, 1879 – July 1, 1972) was an American football player and coach of football and baseball.[1] He was the fifth head coach for the University of Tennessee Volunteers football team, coaching the 1905 and 1906 seasons and compiling a record of 4–11–3. While at Tennessee, he started the school's first basketball team and coached the baseball team in 1906.

Depree married Fannie Wilson of Knoxville, Tennessee, who bore his three sons. He was born in Holland, Michigan in 1879 and died in Sarasota, Florida in 1972.

DePree was a letterman in football from the University of Michigan, where played fullback.

Head coaching record

Football

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Wombles . Tyler . 2017-11-16 . Who were Tennessee's unknown coaches before Robert Neyland? . 2024-02-25 . The Daily Beacon . en.