James G. Driver Explained

James G. Driver
Birth Date:10 August 1889
Birth Place:Harrisonburg, Virginia, U.S.
Death Date:October 1975 (aged 86)
Death Place:Williamsburg, Virginia, U.S.
Player Sport1:Football
Player Years2:1908–1909
Player Team2:William & Mary
Player Years3:1910
Player Team3:Virginia
Player Sport4:Basketball
Player Years5:1905–1907
Player Team5:William & Mary
Player Years6:1908–1910
Player Team6:William & Mary
Coach Sport1:Football
Coach Years2:1916
Coach Team2:Newberry
Coach Years3:1919–1920
Coach Team3:William & Mary
Coach Sport4:Basketball
Coach Years5:1911–1913
Coach Team5:South Carolina
Coach Years6:1919–1923
Coach Team6:William & Mary
Coach Sport7:Baseball
Coach Years8:1912–1913
Coach Team8:South Carolina
Coach Years9:1920–1923
Coach Team9:William & Mary
Admin Years1:1919–1923
Admin Team1:William & Mary
Admin Years2:1929–1935
Admin Team2:Virginia
Admin Years3:1935–1937
Admin Team3:Virginia (graduate manager)
Overall Record:11–13–1 (football)
36–24 (basketball)
56–39–1 (baseball)

James Glenn Driver (August 10, 1889  - October 1975) was an American football, basketball, and baseball player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Newberry College in 1916 and at The College of William & Mary from 1919 to 1920, compiling a career college football record of 11–13–1. He was also the head basketball coach at the University of South Carolina from 1911 to 1913 and at William & Mary from 1919 to 1923, amassing a career college basketball record of 36–24. In addition, he was the head baseball coach at South Carolina from 1912 to 1913 and at William & Mary from 1920 to 1923, tallying a career college baseball mark of 56–39–1. Driver served as the athletic director at William & Mary from 1919 to 1923 and at the University of Virginia from 1929 to 1935.

In 1988, Driver was inducted into the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame.

Coaching career

Driver was the head coach for the William & Mary basketball team for the 1919–20 through 1922–23 seasons.[1] During his four years at the helm, he produced a 31–16 record.[1] Driver was also the head coach of the William & Mary football team for two seasons, 1919 and 1920. He compiled a 6–11–1 record during that time.[2]

Prior to William & Mary, Driver was the head coach of the South Carolina Gamecocks men's basketball team from 1911 to 1913. In his only two seasons he compiled a 5–7 record.

Head coaching record

Football

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.tribeathletics.com/story.php/6213/ William & Mary men's basketball history - Media Guide 2007-08
  2. http://www.tribeathletics.com/files/fb/2007/mg/history-lr.pdf William & Mary football history - Media Guide 2007