{{Short description|American football and basketball coach (1900–1955)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox college coach | name = Stewart Ferguson | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1900|1|27}} | birth_place = Carthage, Missouri, U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|1955|12|29|1900|1|27}} | death_place = Deadwood, South Dakota, U.S. | alma_mater = | player_sport1 = Football | player_years2 = {{Circa|1920}} | player_team2 = Dakota Wesleyan | player_positions = End | coach_sport1 = Football | coach_years2 = 1929–1933 | coach_team2 = Dakota Wesleyan | coach_years3 = 1934 | coach_team3 = Arkansas A&M | coach_years4 = 1938–1941 | coach_team4 = Arkansas A&M | coach_years5 = 1944–1954 | coach_team5 = Deadwood HS (SD) | coach_sport6 = Basketball | coach_years7 = 1929–1934 | coach_team7 = Dakota Wesleyan | admin_years1 = 1929–1934 | admin_team1 = Dakota Wesleyan | admin_years2 = 1934–? | admin_team2 = Arkansas A&M | overall_record = 20–69–2 (college football)<br>65–17 (college basketball) | bowl_record = | tournament_record = | championships = Football<br>1 SDIC (1929)<br><br>Basketball<br>4 SDIC regular season (1930–1933) | awards = | coaching_records = }} '''Stewart Ferguson''' (January 27, 1900 – December 29, 1955) was an American football and basketball coach.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/coaches/stewart-ferguson-1.html|title= basketball|publisher=Sports-Reference.com|access-date=October 18, 2018}}</ref> He served as the head football coach at Dakota Wesleyan University in Mitchell, South Dakota from 1929 to 1933 and at Arkansas Agricultural and Mechanical College—now known as the University of Arkansas–Monticello—in 1934 and from 1938 to 1941, compiling a career college football coaching record of 20–69–2.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/uamsports.com/documents/2018/5/10/All_Time_Year_By_Year_Pre_2018_.pdf|title=All Time Year-by-Year|publisher=UAM|access-date=November 21, 2018}}</ref> As a college football coach, he was credited with inventing the Swinging gate formation.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sdshof.com/inductees/stewart-ferguson/|title=Stewart Ferguson|publisher=South Dakota Sports Hall of Fame|access-date=October 18, 2018}}</ref> Ferguson was also the head basketball coach at Dakota Wesleyan from 1929 to 1934, tallying a mark of 65–17.
A native of Carthage, Missouri, Ferguson played college football at Dakota Wesleyan, starting as an end on teams coached by Bud Daugherty.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Stewart Ferguson Chosen To Coach Wesleyan Teams |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/25722767/argusleader/ |newspaper=Argus Leader |location=Sioux Falls, South Dakota |date=February 28, 1929 |page=8 |access-date=April 25, 2019 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Stewart Ferguson To Coach Monticello Aggies |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30925531/the_town_talk/ |newspaper=The Town Talk |location=Alexandria, Louisiana |date=August 28, 1934 |page=7 |access-date=April 25, 2019 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}</ref> He died of a heart attack, on December 29, 1955, in Deadwood, South Dakota.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Stewart Ferguson, Deadwood Football Coach, Dies at 55 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/25722767/argusleader/ |newspaper=Argus Leader |location=Sioux Falls, South Dakota |date=December 29, 1955 |page=9 |access-date=November 26, 2018 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}</ref>
Ferguson was humorously profiled by Frank X. Tolbert in his collection, Tolbert's Texas. <ref>Tolbert, Frank X. (1983). Garden City, New York: Doubleday and Company. {{ISBN|0-385-08582-6}}. "Tolbert's Texas," page 169-174: "Winning Wasn't Everything"</ref>
==Head coaching record== ===College football=== {{CFB Yearly Record Start | type = coach | team = | conf = | bowl = | poll = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Subhead | name = Dakota Wesleyan Tigers | conf = South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference | startyear = 1929 | endyear = 1933 }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = conference | year = 1929 | name = Dakota Wesleyan | overall = 5–2–1 | conference = 4–0–1 | confstanding = T–1st | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = 1930 | name = Dakota Wesleyan | overall = 6–3 | conference = 3–1 | confstanding = 4th | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = 1931 | name = Dakota Wesleyan | overall = 2–6–1 | conference = 2–3–1 | confstanding = T–7th | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = 1932 | name = Dakota Wesleyan | overall = 3–5 | conference = 2–3 | confstanding = 6th | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = 1933 | name = Dakota Wesleyan | overall = 1–6 | conference = 1–6 | confstanding = 9th | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal | name = Dakota Wesleyan | overall = 17–22–2 | confrecord = 12–13–2 }} {{CFB Yearly Record Subhead | name = Arkansas A&M Boll Weevils | conf = Arkansas Intercollegiate Conference | startyear = 1934 | endyear = single }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = 1934 | name = Arkansas A&M | overall = 0–8 | conference = | confstanding = | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Subhead | name = Arkansas A&M Boll Weevils | conf = Arkansas Intercollegiate Conference | startyear = 1938 | endyear = 1941 }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = 1938 | name = Arkansas A&M | overall = 0–9 | conference = | confstanding = | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = 1939 | name = Arkansas A&M | overall = 1–9 | conference = | confstanding = | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = 1940 | name = Arkansas A&M | overall = 2–9 | conference = | confstanding = | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = 1941 | name = Arkansas A&M | overall = 0–12 | conference = | confstanding = | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal | name = Arkansas A&M | overall = 3–47 | confrecord = }} {{CFB Yearly Record End | overall = 20–69–2 | bowls = no | poll = no | polltype = }}
===Basketball=== {{CBB Yearly Record Start | type = | conference = | postseason = | poll = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Subhead | name = Dakota Wesleyan Tigers | conference = South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference | startyear = 1929 | endyear = 1934 }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = conference | season = 1929–30 | name = Dakota Wesleyan | overall = 10–6 | conference = 9–2 | confstanding = 1st | postseason = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = conference | season = 1930–31 | name = Dakota Wesleyan | overall = 13–2 | conference = 10–0 | confstanding = 1st | postseason = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = conference | season = 1931–32 | name = Dakota Wesleyan | overall = 19–1 | conference = 11–0 | confstanding = 1st | postseason = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = conference | season = 1932–33 | name = Dakota Wesleyan | overall = 12–4 | conference = 10–1 | confstanding = 1st | postseason = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | season = 1933–34 | name = Dakota Wesleyan | overall = 11–5 | conference = 9–2 | confstanding = 2nd | postseason = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal | name = Dakota Wesleyan | overall = 65–17 | confrecord = 49–5 }} {{CBB Yearly Record End | overall = 65–17 }}
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