Cecil A. Cushman

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Cecil A. Cushman
Biographical details
Born(1890-12-15)December 15, 1890
Greenville, Texas
DiedNovember 3, 1959(1959-11-03) (aged 68)
Redlands, California
Alma materPittsburg State (1914)
Playing career
Football
1912Texas A&M
Position(s)Center
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1920East Texas State
1921–1922Simpson
1923–1924Redlands
1933–1952Redlands
Basketball
1920–1921East Texas State
1921–1923Simpson
1923–1926Redlands
Baseball
1921–1922Simpson
Head coaching record
Overall90–99–15 (football)
39–46 (basketball)
5–11 (baseball)
Bowls0–1
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Football
6 SCIAC (1933, 1940, 1945–1947, 1950)

Cecil Alonzo Cushman (December 15, 1890 – November 3, 1959) was an American football, basketball and baseball coach. He served as the head football coach at East Texas State Normal School—now known as Texas A&M University–Commerce—in 1920, Simpson College in Indianola, Iowa from 1921 to 1922, and the University of Redlands in Redlands, California from 1923 to 1925 and against from 1933 to 1952, compiling career college football coaching record of 90–99–15.[1] [2] Cushman was the head basketball coach at East Texas State in 1920–21, Simpson from 1921 to 1923, and Redlands from 1923 to 1926, amassing a career college basketball mark of 39–46. He was recognized as the inventor of the "kicking toe," a special shoe designed to aid "straight-toe" style placekickers in football.[3] Cushman played attended Texas A&M University and was a member of the 1912 Texas A&M Aggies football team.[4]

Head coaching record[]

Football[]

Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs
East Texas State Lions (Independent) (1920)
1920 East Texas State 2–5–1
East Texas State: 2–5–1
Simpson Redmen (Independent) (1921–1922)
1921 Simpson 2–5
1922 Simpson 4–3–1
Simpson: 6–8–1
Redlands Bulldogs (Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (1923–1924)
1923 Redlands 4–5–1 2–3 T–4th
1924 Redlands 1–5–2 1–3–1 4th
Redlands Bulldogs (Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (1933–1952)
1933 Redlands 7–1–1 6–0–1 1st
1934 Redlands 3–4–1 2–3 4th
1935 Redlands 8–1–1 3–1–1 2nd
1936 Redlands 2–6 2–3 4th
1937 Redlands 3–3–2 2–1–2 3rd
1938 Redlands 3–5 2–3 4th
1939 Redlands 3–7 2–2 T–3rd
1940 Redlands 4–4–1 3–0–1 1st
1941 Redlands 3–3–1 2–1–1
1942 Redlands 4–4 0–3 4th
1943 Redlands 3–5 NA NA
1944 Redlands 2–5 1–1
1945 Redlands 5–0 4–0 1st
1946 Redlands 4–2–2 2–0–2 1st
1947 Redlands 6–3 4–0 1st L Pineapple
1948 Redlands 3–5 1–3 4th
1949 Redlands 4–3–1 2–2 3rd
1950 Redlands 5–3 3–1 T–1st
1951 Redlands 3–5 2–2 T–2nd
1952 Redlands 2–7 1–3 4th
Redlands: 82–86–13 47–35–9
Total: 90–99–15
      National championship         Conference title         Conference division title or championship game berth

References[]

  1. ^ Catalogue. Simpson College. 1917. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
  2. ^ "basketball". Texas A&M–Commerce Lions. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
  3. ^ "Non-Skid Toe for Football Shoes Gives Perfect Kicks". Popular Science. December 1938. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
  4. ^ "Long Horn". Texas A&M University. Retrieved January 4, 2019.

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