Henry Barksdale "Puss" Redd (January 22, 1895 – January 1, 1960)[1] was head football coach at Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute (VPI)—now Virginia Tech—from 1932 to 1940. He also served as the school's men's basketball head coach for one season in 1926–27.[2] Redd played college football for Tech in 1916 and 1917 before entering active service in World War I as a lieutenant in the artillery. He reentered school after the war and played again on the 1919 and 1920 teams, serving as captain for the 1920 season. He graduated in 1921.[3] He was inducted into the Virginia Tech Sports Hall of Fame in 1985.
Head coaching record
Football
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VPI Gobblers (Southern Conference) (1932–1940) | |||||||||
| 1932 | VPI | 8–1 | 6–1 | 4th | |||||
| 1933 | VPI | 4–3–3 | 1–1–3 | T–5th | |||||
| 1934 | VPI | 5–5 | 3–3 | 6th | |||||
| 1935 | VPI | 4–3–2 | 3–3–1 | T–5th | |||||
| 1936 | VPI | 5–5 | 3–5 | 11th | |||||
| 1937 | VPI | 5–5 | 2–4 | 12th | |||||
| 1938 | VPI | 3–5–2 | 2–3–2 | 10th | |||||
| 1939 | VPI | 4–5–1 | 1–4–1 | 12th | |||||
| 1940 | VPI | 5–5 | 2–3 | 10th | |||||
| VPI: | 43–37–8 | 23–27–7 | |||||||
| Total: | 43–37–8 | ||||||||
References
- ^ HENRY REDD (1895-1960), SSDI Lookup. Archived 2014-01-03 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "A Guide to the Henry B. "Puss" Redd Collection, 1930-1984 Redd, Henry B. "Puss" Collection Ms2013-017".
- ^ "The Bugle 1921" (PDF). Virginia Tech Bugle. 1921. p. 112. Retrieved December 7, 2015.