Garland Nevitt
 Nevitt pictured in Chippewa 1920, Central Michigan yearbook | |
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | February 28, 1887 Oklahoma |
| Died | August 1970 (aged 83) |
| Playing career | |
| Baseball | |
| 1911–1913 | Battle Creek Crickets |
| 1914–1915 | St. Thomas Saints |
| Position(s) | Catcher |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1919 | Central Michigan |
| Basketball | |
| 1919–1920 | Central Michigan |
| Baseball | |
| 1918–1920 | Central Michigan |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 2–2–3 (football) 10–5 (basketball) 14–12–1 (baseball) |
Garland "Chief" Nevitt (February 28, 1887 – August 1970)[1] was an American football, basketball, and baseball coach. He served as the head football coach at Central Michigan University for one season in 1919, compiling a record of 2–2–3. He also coached the basketball team at Central Michigan that year to a 10–5 record. A member of the Lenape tribe, Nevitt was born around 1890 in Oklahoma. He played Minor League Baseball with the Battle Creek Crickets of the Southern Michigan League from 1911 to 1913 and with the St. Thomas Saints of the Canadian League from 1914 to 1915.[2]
Head coaching record[]
College football[]
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central Michigan Normalites (Independent) (1919) | |||||||||
| 1919 | Central Michigan | 2–2–3 | |||||||
| Central Michigan: | 2–2–3 | ||||||||
| Total: | 2–2–3 | ||||||||
References[]
- ^ "Garland Nevitt". Retrieved December 25, 2020.
- ^ "Indian Catcher is Vegetarian". The Toronto World. April 14, 2016. p. 8. Retrieved July 23, 2016.
External links[]
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference (Minors)
 | This biographical article relating to a college football coach first appointed in the 1910s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by . |
Categories:
- 1887 births
- 1970 deaths
- Baseball catchers
- Battle Creek Crickets players
- Central Michigan Chippewas baseball coaches
- Central Michigan Chippewas football coaches
- Central Michigan Chippewas men's basketball coaches
- St. Thomas Saints players
- Lenape people
- Native American sportspeople
- 20th-century Native Americans
- College football coaches first appointed in the 1910s stubs