Mutt Gee | |
Birth Date: | 20 August 1896 |
Birth Place: | Union County, South Carolina, U.S. |
Death Place: | Huntsville, Texas, U.S. |
Player Sport1: | Football |
Player Years2: | 1914–1917 |
Player Team2: | Clemson |
Player Sport3: | Baseball |
Player Years4: | 1917 |
Player Team4: | Clemson |
Player Positions: | Center, guard (football) Right fielder (baseball) |
Coach Sport1: | Football |
Coach Years2: | 1920–1922 |
Coach Team2: | Sam Houston State |
Coach Years3: | ?–1926 |
Coach Team3: | Florida (line) |
Admin Years1: | 1927–1930 |
Admin Team1: | Clemson |
Overall Record: | 6–7–4 |
Awards: | All-Southern (1917) Clemson Athletics Hall of Fame (1975) |
James Gilliam "Mutt" Gee (August 20, 1896 – October 29, 1982) was an American college football player and coach and college administrator. Gee played college football at Clemson University as a center and was selected All-Southern in 1917. He also lettered in baseball at Clemson.[1] Gee and Josh Cody were instrumental in building the Fike Recreation Center.[2] Gee was inducted into the Clemson Athletics Hall of Fame in 1975.[1] [3]
Gee coached football at Sam Houston State University from 1920 to 1922, compiling a record of 6–7–4.[4] He returned to his alma mater, Clemson in 1927 to serve as the school's athletic director. He later became the president at East Texas State University—now known as Texas A&M University–Commerce.[5]