Tom Nugent

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Thomas N. "Tom" Nugent
Title	Head coach
College	Florida State, Maryland, VMI
Sport	Football
Born	1913-02-24
Died	2006-01-19
Career highlights
Overall	89-80-3
Coaching stats
College Football DataWarehouse
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1953-1958 1959-1965 1949-1952	Florida State Maryland Virginia Military Institute

Tom Nugent (February 24, 1913 – January 19, 2006) was an NCAA Division I college football head coach, sportscaster, public relations man, and inventor of the I formation. He coached at the Florida State University, the University of Maryland, College Park, and the Virginia Military Institute.

[edit] Head Coaching Record

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl
Florida State (Independent) (1953 – 1958)
1953	Florida State	5-5-0
1954	Florida State	8-4-0			L Sun
1955	Florida State	5-5-0
1956	Florida State	5-4-1
1957	Florida State	4-6-0
1958	Florida State	7-4-0			L Bluegrass
Florida State:		34-28-1
Maryland (Atlantic Coast Conference) (1959 – 1965)
1959	Maryland	5-5-0
1960	Maryland	6-4-0
1961	Maryland	7-3-0
1962	Maryland	6-4-0
1963	Maryland	3-7-0
1964	Maryland	5-5-0
1965	Maryland	4-6-0
Maryland:		36-34-0
Virginia Military Institute (Independent) (1949 – 1952)
1949	VMI	3-5-1
1950	VMI	6-4-0
1951	VMI	7-3-0
1952	VMI	3-6-1
Virginia Military Institute:		19-18-2
Total:		89-80-3
†Indicates BCS bowl game. #Rankings from final Coaches Poll of the season.

Preceded by Don Veller	Florida State University Head Football Coach 1953–1958	Succeeded by Perry Moss
Preceded by Tommy Mont	University of Maryland Head Football Coaches 1959-1965	Succeeded by Lou Saban

v • d • e Florida State Seminoles Head Football Coaches Williamson • Veller • Nugent • Moss • Peterson • Jones • Mudra • Bowden • Fisher

v • d • e Maryland Terrapins Head Football Coaches Skinner • Harding • Bannon • Lewis • Kenly • Cooke • Peters • Dunbar • Markey • Nielsen • Melick • Lang • Larkin • Alston • Donnelly • Byrd • Faber • Dobson • Shaughnessy • Spears • Bryant • Tatum • Mont • Nugent • Saban • Ward • Lester • Claiborne • Ross • Krivak • Duffner • Vanderlinden • Friedgen

[edit] External links

• Richmond Times-Dispatch obituary
• AP obituary