# Cally Gault

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{{Short description|American football coach and college athletics administrator (1927–2019)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox college coach
| name = Cally Gault
| image = 
| alt = 
| caption = 
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1927|12|22}}
| birth_place = [Bamberg, South Carolina](/source/Bamberg%2C_South_Carolina), U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2019|4|19|1927|12|22}}
| death_place = 
| alma_mater = [Presbyterian](/source/Presbyterian_College) (1948)<br>[South Carolina](/source/University_of_South_Carolina) (MS)
| coach_years1 = 1953–1962
| coach_team1 = [North Augusta HS (SC)](/source/North_Augusta_High_School)
| coach_years2 = 1963–1984
| coach_team2 = [Presbyterian](/source/Presbyterian_Blue_Hose_football)
| admin_years1 = 1963–1994
| admin_team1 = [Presbyterian](/source/Presbyterian_Blue_Hose)
| overall_record = 127–101–8 (college)
| bowl_record = 
| tournament_record = 1–1 (NAIA D–I playoffs)
| championships = 4 [Carolinas Conference](/source/Conference_Carolinas) (1966, 1968, 1970, 1972)<br>2 [SAC](/source/South_Atlantic_Conference) (1978–1979)
| awards = 
| coaching_records = 
}}
'''Calhoun Folk Gault''' (December 22, 1927 – April 19, 2019) was an American [football](/source/American_football) coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at [Presbyterian College](/source/Presbyterian_College) in [Clinton, South Carolina](/source/Clinton%2C_South_Carolina) from 1963 to 1984.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.presby.edu/about/2019/04/20/obituary-for-calhoun-folk-cally-gault-pc-class-of-1948/|title=Obituary For Calhoun Folk "Cally" Gault, PC Class Of 1948|publisher=[Presbyterian College](/source/Presbyterian_College)|access-date=October 31, 2019}}</ref> He also served as the school's athletic director until his retirement in 1995.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.presby.edu/about/2014/09/09/honoring-coach-cally-gault/|title=Honoring coach Cally Gault|publisher=[Presbyterian College](/source/Presbyterian_College)|access-date=October 31, 2019}}</ref>

Before he came to Presbyterian, he was a highly successful high school coach at [North Augusta High School](/source/North_Augusta_High_School) in [North Augusta, South Carolina](/source/North_Augusta%2C_South_Carolina), winning three state championships.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bleacherreport.com/articles/223447-cally-gault-one-of-north-augustas-leading-legends|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191101022259/https://bleacherreport.com/articles/223447-cally-gault-one-of-north-augustas-leading-legends|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 1, 2019|title=Cally Gault: One of North Augusta's Leading Legends|publisher=[Bleacher Report](/source/Bleacher_Report)|access-date=October 31, 2019}}</ref>

==Head coaching record==
===College===
{{CFB Yearly Record Start | type = coach | team = | conf = | bowl = | poll = no }}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
 | name      = [Presbyterian Blue Hose](/source/Presbyterian_Blue_Hose_football)
 | conf      = [South Carolina Little Three](/source/South_Carolina_Little_Three)
 | startyear = 1963
 | endyear   = 1964
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [1963](/source/1963_NAIA_football_season)
 | name         = Presbyterian
 | overall      = 3–6–1
 | conference   = 1–1
 | confstanding = 2nd
 | bowlname     = 
 | bowloutcome  = 
 | bcsbowl      = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [1964](/source/1964_NAIA_football_season)
 | name         = Presbyterian
 | overall      = 5–5
 | conference   = 1–1
 | confstanding = 2nd
 | bowlname     = 
 | bowloutcome  = 
 | bcsbowl      = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
 | name      = [Presbyterian Blue Hose](/source/Presbyterian_Blue_Hose_football)
 | conf      = [Carolinas Conference](/source/Conference_Carolinas)
 | startyear = 1965
 | endyear   = 1972
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [1965](/source/1965_NAIA_football_season)
 | name         = Presbyterian
 | overall      = 5–5
 | conference   = 1–4
 | confstanding = 7th
 | bowlname     = 
 | bowloutcome  = 
 | bcsbowl      = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = conference
 | year         = [1966](/source/1966_NAIA_football_season)
 | name         = Presbyterian
 | overall      = 6–4
 | conference   = 5–2
 | confstanding = T–1st
 | bowlname     = 
 | bowloutcome  = 
 | bcsbowl      = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [1967](/source/1967_NAIA_football_season)
 | name         = Presbyterian
 | overall      = 5–4–1
 | conference   = 4–3
 | confstanding = 4th
 | bowlname     = 
 | bowloutcome  = 
 | bcsbowl      = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = conference
 | year         = [1968](/source/1968_NAIA_football_season)
 | name         = Presbyterian
 | overall      = 7–4
 | conference   = 5–1
 | confstanding = T–1st
 | bowlname     = 
 | bowloutcome  = 
 | bcsbowl      = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [1969](/source/1969_NAIA_football_season)
 | name         = Presbyterian
 | overall      = 5–6
 | conference   = 3–2
 | confstanding = 3rd
 | bowlname     = 
 | bowloutcome  = 
 | bcsbowl      = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = conference
 | year         = [1970](/source/1970_NAIA_Division_I_football_season)
 | name         = Presbyterian
 | overall      = 8–3
 | conference   = 5–0
 | confstanding = 1st
 | bowlname     = 
 | bowloutcome  = 
 | bcsbowl      = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [1971](/source/1971_NAIA_Division_I_football_season)
 | name         = Presbyterian
 | overall      = 8–3
 | conference   = 3–2
 | confstanding = 3rd
 | bowlname     = 
 | bowloutcome  = 
 | bcsbowl      = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = conference
 | year         = [1972](/source/1972_NAIA_Division_I_football_season)
 | name         = Presbyterian
 | overall      = 7–2–1
 | conference   = 4–0–1
 | confstanding = T–1st
 | bowlname     = 
 | bowloutcome  = 
 | bcsbowl      = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
 | name      = [Presbyterian Blue Hose](/source/Presbyterian_Blue_Hose_football)
 | conf      = [NAIA Division I independent](/source/NAIA_independent_football_schools)
 | startyear = 1973
 | endyear   = 1974
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [1973](/source/1973_NAIA_Division_I_football_season)
 | name         = Presbyterian
 | overall      = 3–8
 | conference   = 
 | confstanding = 
 | bowlname     = 
 | bowloutcome  = 
 | bcsbowl      = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [1974](/source/1974_NAIA_Division_I_football_season)
 | name         = Presbyterian
 | overall      = 6–5
 | conference   = 
 | confstanding = 
 | bowlname     = 
 | bowloutcome  = 
 | bcsbowl      = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
 | name      = [Presbyterian Blue Hose](/source/Presbyterian_Blue_Hose_football)
 | conf      = [South Atlantic Conference](/source/South_Atlantic_Conference)
 | startyear = 1975
 | endyear   = 1984
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [1975](/source/1975_NAIA_Division_I_football_season)
 | name         = Presbyterian
 | overall      = 3–6–1
 | conference   = 3–2–1
 | confstanding = 2nd
 | bowlname     = 
 | bowloutcome  = 
 | bcsbowl      = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [1976](/source/1976_NAIA_Division_I_football_season)
 | name         = Presbyterian
 | overall      = 3–7
 | conference   = 2–5
 | confstanding = 7th
 | bowlname     = 
 | bowloutcome  = 
 | bcsbowl      = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [1977](/source/1977_NAIA_Division_I_football_season)
 | name         = Presbyterian
 | overall      = 7–3–1
 | conference   = 5–2
 | confstanding = T–2nd
 | bowlname     = 
 | bowloutcome  = 
 | bcsbowl      = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = conference
 | year         = [1978](/source/1978_NAIA_Division_I_football_season)
 | name         = Presbyterian
 | overall      = 8–2–1
 | conference   = 6–0–1
 | confstanding = T–1st
 | bowlname     = 
 | bowloutcome  = 
 | bcsbowl      = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = conference
 | year         = [1979](/source/1979_NAIA_Division_I_football_season)
 | name         = Presbyterian
 | overall      = 11–2
 | conference   = 7–0
 | confstanding = 1st
 | bowlname     = [NAIA Division I Semifinal](/source/NAIA_Football_National_Championship)
 | bowloutcome  = L
 | bcsbowl      = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [1980](/source/1980_NAIA_Division_I_football_season)
 | name         = Presbyterian
 | overall      = 4–7
 | conference   = 3–4
 | confstanding = T–4th
 | bowlname     = 
 | bowloutcome  = 
 | bcsbowl      = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [1981](/source/1981_NAIA_Division_I_football_season)
 | name         = Presbyterian
 | overall      = 6–5
 | conference   = 5–2
 | confstanding = 2nd
 | bowlname     = 
 | bowloutcome  = 
 | bcsbowl      = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [1982](/source/1982_NAIA_Division_I_football_season)
 | name         = Presbyterian
 | overall      = 5–5–1
 | conference   = 4–2–1
 | confstanding = 5th
 | bowlname     = 
 | bowloutcome  = 
 | bcsbowl      = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [1983](/source/1983_NAIA_Division_I_football_season)
 | name         = Presbyterian
 | overall      = 5–5–1
 | conference   = 4–2–1
 | confstanding = 2nd
 | bowlname     = 
 | bowloutcome  = 
 | bcsbowl      = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [1984](/source/1984_NAIA_Division_I_football_season)
 | name         = Presbyterian
 | overall      = 7–4
 | conference   = 5–2
 | confstanding = T–2nd
 | bowlname     = 
 | bowloutcome  = 
 | bcsbowl      = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
 | name       = Presbyterian
 | overall    = 127–101–8
 | confrecord = 76–37–5
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record End
 | overall  = 127–101–8
 | bowls    = no
 | poll     = no
 | polltype = 
}}

==References==
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Category:1927 births
Category:2019 deaths
Category:Presbyterian Blue Hose athletic directors
Category:Presbyterian Blue Hose football coaches
Category:High school football coaches in South Carolina
Category:Presbyterian College alumni
Category:University of South Carolina alumni
Category:People from Bamberg, South Carolina

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