# George Huff (coach)

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American athlete, coach, and administrator (1872–1936)

George Huff Huff pictured in The Official National Collegiate Athletic Association football guide, 1899 Biographical details Born (1872-06-11)June 11, 1872 Champaign, Illinois, U.S. Died October 1, 1936(1936-10-01) (aged 64) Champaign, Illinois, U.S. Playing career Football 1890, 1892 Illinois 1893–1894 Dartmouth Baseball 1889–1891 Illinois 1893 Illinois 1894 Dartmouth Position Guard (football) Coaching career (HC unless noted) Football 1895–1899 Illinois Baseball 1896–1919 Illinois 1907 Boston Americans Administrative career (AD unless noted) 1901–1936 Illinois Head coaching record Overall 21–16–3 (football) 317–97–4 (college baseball) 2–6 (MLB) Accomplishments and honors Championships Baseball 11 Big Ten (1900, 1903–1904, 1906–1908, 1910–1911, 1914–1916)

**George A. Huff Jr.** (June 11, 1872 – October 1, 1936) was an American [football](/source/American_football) and [baseball](/source/Baseball) player, coach, and college athletics administrator. Huff served as the head football coach at the [University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign](/source/University_of_Illinois_at_Urbana%E2%80%93Champaign) 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](/source/Athletic_director) at [Illinois](/source/Illinois_Fighting_Illini#Athletic_directors) from 1901 to 1935. [Huff Hall](/source/Huff_Hall) at the University of Illinois in [Champaign](/source/Champaign%2C_Illinois) is named in his honor.

Huff was briefly a [manager](/source/Manager_(baseball)) for the [Boston Americans](/source/Boston_Red_Sox) at the start of the [1907 Major League Baseball season](/source/1907_Major_League_Baseball_season) following the sudden suicide of [Chick Stahl](/source/Chick_Stahl). [Cy Young](/source/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](/source/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

Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs Illinois Fighting Illini (Illinois Intercollegiate Football League) (1895) 1895 Illinois 4–2–1 Illinois Fighting Illini (Western Conference) (1896–1899) 1896 Illinois 4–2–1 0–2–1 T–6th 1897 Illinois 6–2 1–1 4th 1898 Illinois 4–5 1–1 4th 1899 Illinois 3–5–1 0–3 T–6th Illinois: 21–16–3 Total: 21–16–3

## Managerial record

Team Year Regular season Postseason Games Won Lost Win % Finish Won Lost Win % Result BOA 1907 8 2 6 .250 resigned – – – – Total 8 2 6 .250 0 0 –

## References

## External links

- [George Huff managerial career statistics](https://www.baseball-reference.com/managers/huffge99.shtml) at [Baseball-Reference.com](/source/Baseball_Reference)

v t e Illinois Fighting Illini head football coaches Scott Williams (1890) Robert Lackey (1891) Edward K. Hall (1892–1893) Louis Vail (1894) George Huff (1895–1899) Fred L. Smith (1900) Edgar Holt (1901–1902) George Washington Woodruff (1903) Arthur R. Hall, Justa Lindgren, Fred Lowenthal & Clyde Mathews (1904) Fred Lowenthal (1905) Justa Lindgren (1906) Arthur R. Hall (1907–1912) Robert Zuppke (1913–1941) Ray Eliot (1942–1959) Pete Elliott (1960–1966) Jim Valek (1967–1970) Bob Blackman (1971–1976) Gary Moeller (1977–1979) Mike White (1980–1987) John Mackovic (1988–1991) Lou Tepper (1991–1996) Ron Turner (1997–2004) Ron Zook (2005–2011) Vic Koenning # (2011) Tim Beckman (2012–2014) Bill Cubit # (2015) Lovie Smith (2016–2020) Rod Smith # (2020) Bret Bielema (2021– ) # denotes interim head coach

v t e Illinois Fighting Illini head baseball coaches No coach (1879–1881) No team (1882) No coach (1883–1891) Edward K. Hall (1892–1894) No coach (1895) George Huff (1896–1919) George Clark (1920) Carl Lundgren (1921–1934) Wally Roettger (1935–1951) Lee Eilbracht (1952–1978) Tom Dedin (1979–1987) Augie Garrido (1988–1990) Itch Jones (1991–2005) Dan Hartleb (2006– )

v t e Illinois Fighting Illini athletic directors Edward K. Hall (1892–1894) Fred H. Dodge (1894–1895) Henry H. Everett (1895–1898) Jacob K. Shell (1898–1901) George Huff (1901–1936) Wendell S. Wilson (1936–1941) Douglas R. Mills (1941–1966) Leslie Bryan # (1966–1967) Gene Vance (1967–1972) Charles E. Flynn # (1972) Cecil Coleman (1972–1979) Ray Eliot # (1979) Neale Stoner (1980–1988) Ron Guenther # (1988) John Mackovic (1988–1991) Robert Todd # (1991–1992) Ron Guenther (1992–2011) Mike Thomas (2011–2015) Paul Kowalczyk # (2015–2016) Josh Whitman (2016– ) # denotes interim athletic director

v t e Boston Red Sox managers Jimmy Collins (1901–1906) Chick Stahl (1906) Cy Young (1907) Bob Unglaub (1907) George Huff (1907) Deacon McGuire (1907–1908) Fred Lake (1908–1909) Patsy Donovan (1910–1911) Jake Stahl (1912–1913) Bill Carrigan (1913–1916) Jack Barry (1917) Ed Barrow (1918–1920) Hugh Duffy (1921–1922) Frank Chance (1923) Lee Fohl (1924–1926) Bill Carrigan (1927–1929) Heinie Wagner (1930) Shano Collins (1931–1932) Marty McManus (1932–1933) Bucky Harris (1934) Joe Cronin (1935–1947) Joe McCarthy (1948–1950) Steve O'Neill (1950–1951) Lou Boudreau (1952–1954) Pinky Higgins (1955–1959) Rudy York (1959) Billy Jurges (1959–1960) Del Baker (1960) Pinky Higgins (1960–1962) Johnny Pesky (1963–1964) Billy Herman (1964–1966) Pete Runnels (1966) Dick Williams (1967–1969) Eddie Popowski (1969) Eddie Kasko (1970–1973) Eddie Popowski (1973) Darrell Johnson (1974–1976) Don Zimmer (1976–1980) Johnny Pesky (1980) Ralph Houk (1981–1984) John McNamara (1985–1988) Joe Morgan (1988–1991) Butch Hobson (1992–1994) Kevin Kennedy (1995–1996) Jimy Williams (1997–2001) Joe Kerrigan (2001) Grady Little (2002–2003) Terry Francona (2004–2011) Bobby Valentine (2012) John Farrell (2013–2017) Alex Cora (2018–2019) Ron Roenicke (2020) Alex Cora (2021–2026) Chad Tracy (2026–present)

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