George Huff (coach)

{{Short description|American athlete, coach, and administrator (1872–1936)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox college coach | name = George Huff | image = George A. Huff Jr.png | alt = | caption = Huff pictured in ''The Official National Collegiate Athletic Association football guide, 1899'' | birth_date = {{Birth date|1872|6|11}} | birth_place = [[Champaign, Illinois]], U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|1936|10|1|1872|6|11}} | death_place = [[Champaign, Illinois]], U.S. | alma_mater = | player_sport1 = Football | player_years2 = 1890, 1892 | player_team2 = [[Illinois Fighting Illini football|Illinois]] | player_years3 = 1893–1894 | player_team3 = [[Dartmouth Big Green football|Dartmouth]] | player_sport4 = Baseball | player_years5 = 1889–1891 | player_team5 = [[Illinois Fighting Illini baseball|Illinois]] | player_years6 = 1893 | player_team6 = Illinois | player_years7 = 1894 | player_team7 = [[Dartmouth Big Green baseball|Dartmouth]] | player_positions = [[Guard (gridiron football)|Guard]] (football) | coach_sport1 = Football | coach_years2 = 1895–1899 | coach_team2 = [[Illinois Fighting Illini football|Illinois]] | coach_sport3 = Baseball | coach_years4 = 1896–1919 | coach_team4 = [[Illinois Fighting Illini baseball|Illinois]] | coach_years5 = 1907 | coach_team5 = [[Boston Red Sox|Boston Americans]] | admin_years1 = 1901–1936 | admin_team1 = [[Illinois Fighting Illini|Illinois]] | overall_record = 21–16–3 (football)<br>317–97–4 (college baseball)<br>2–6 (MLB) | bowl_record = | tournament_record = | championships = Baseball<br>11 [[Big Ten Conference|Big Ten]] (1900, 1903–1904, 1906–1908, 1910–1911, 1914–1916) | awards = | coaching_records = }} '''George A. Huff Jr.''' (June 11, 1872 – October 1, 1936) was an American [[American football|football]] and [[baseball]] player, coach, and college athletics administrator. Huff served as the head football coach at the [[University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign]] from 1895 to 1899, compiling a record of 21–16–3. He was also the head baseball coach at Illinois from 1896 to 1919, tallying a mark of 317–97–4, and the [[athletic director]] at [[Illinois Fighting Illini#Athletic directors|Illinois]] from 1901 to 1935. [[Huff Hall]] at the University of Illinois in [[Champaign, Illinois|Champaign]] is named in his honor.

Huff was briefly a [[manager (baseball)|manager]] for the [[Boston Red Sox|Boston Americans]] at the start of the [[1907 Major League Baseball season]] following the sudden suicide of [[Chick Stahl]]. [[Cy Young]] started out as the player/manager, but after six games stepped down in favor of Huff. Huff managed only eight games, finishing with a career 2–6 managerial record, before resigning on May 1, 1907, to return to his old job. [[Bob Unglaub]] replaced him. The Americans had a total of four managers in the 1907 season. The team was renamed as the Boston Red Sox the following season.

==Head coaching record== ===Football=== {{CFB Yearly Record Start | type = coach | team = | conf = | bowl = | poll = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Subhead | name = [[Illinois Fighting Illini football|Illinois Fighting Illini]] | conf = [[Illinois Intercollegiate Football League]] | startyear = 1895 | endyear = single }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = [[1895 college football season|1895]] | name = [[1895 Illinois Fighting Illini football team|Illinois]] | overall = 4–2–1 | conference = | confstanding = | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Subhead | name = [[Illinois Fighting Illini football|Illinois Fighting Illini]] | conf = [[Big Ten Conference|Western Conference]] | startyear = 1896 | endyear = 1899 }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = [[1896 college football season|1896]] | name = [[1896 Illinois Fighting Illini football team|Illinois]] | overall = 4–2–1 | conference = 0–2–1 | confstanding = T–6th | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = [[1897 college football season|1897]] | name = [[1897 Illinois Fighting Illini football team|Illinois]] | overall = 6–2 | conference = 1–1 | confstanding = 4th | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = [[1898 college football season|1898]] | name = [[1898 Illinois Fighting Illini football team|Illinois]] | overall = 4–5 | conference = 1–1 | confstanding = 4th | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = [[1899 college football season|1899]] | name = [[1899 Illinois Fighting Illini football team|Illinois]] | overall = 3–5–1 | conference = 0–3 | confstanding = T–6th | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal | name = Illinois | overall = 21–16–3 | confrecord = }} {{CFB Yearly Record End | overall = 21–16–3 | bowls = no | poll = no | polltype = | legend = no }}

==Managerial record== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%; text-align:center;" |- ! rowspan="2"|Team !! rowspan="2"|Year !! colspan="5"|Regular season !! colspan="4"|Postseason |- !Games!!Won!!Lost!!Win %!!Finish!! Won !! Lost !! Win % !! Result |- |- ![[1907 Boston Americans season|BOA]]|| {{mlby|1907}} ||8||2||6||{{Winning percentage|2|6}}|| resigned || – || – || – || – |- ! colspan="2"|Total || 8 || 2 || 6 || {{Winning percentage|2|6}} || || 0 || 0 || – || |}

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * {{Baseball-reference manager|huffge99}}

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