Alpha Brummage

Alpha Brummage

File:Alpha Brummage.jpg Brummage pictured in The Bomb 1913, VMI yearbook
Sport(s)	Football, basketball, baseball
Biographical details
Born	(1880-03-16)March 16, 1880
Died
Playing career
Football
1901–1903	Kansas
Position(s)	Fullback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1904–1907	Ottawa (KS)
1908–1909	William Jewell
1911–1912	VMI
1913–1914	Kentucky
Basketball
1908–1910	William Jewell
1911–1913	VMI
1913–1915	Kentucky
Baseball
1914–1915	Kentucky
Head coaching record
Overall	49–27–1 (football) 49–26 (basketball) 16–13–1 (baseball)
Statistics College Football Data Warehouse

Alpha Brummage (March 16, 1880 – March 11, 1963) was an American football player and coach of football, basketball, and baseball.

Coaching career

Ottawa

Brummage was the second head football at Ottawa University in Ottawa, Kansas and he held that position for four seasons, from 1904 until 1907. His coaching record at Ottawa was 14 wins, 16 losses, and 1 tie. This ranks him 11th at Ottawa in total wins and 12th at Ottawa in winning percentage (.500).

Brummage took over the team after a one-year hiatus because the school was attempting to purge professionalism from their college sports teams.

VMI

After completing his tenure at Ottawa, Brummage moved to Lexington, Virginia to become the tenth head football coach at the Virginia Military Institute. He held that position for two seasons, from 1911 until 1912. His career coaching record at VMI was 13 wins, 2 losses, and 0 ties. This ranks him eighth at VMI in total wins and first at VMI in winning percentage.

Kentucky

Brummage then went to Kentucky where he was football coach from 1913 to 1914, compiling an 11–5 record, and basketball coach from 1913 to 1915, compiling a 19–7 record.

Head coaching record

Football

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
Ottawa Braves (Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference) (1904–1907)
1904	Ottawa	3–5
1905	Ottawa	2–6–1
1906	Ottawa	5–2
1907	Ottawa	4–3
Ottawa:		14–16–1
William Jewell Cardinals () (1908–1909)
1908	William Jewell	4–2
1909	William Jewell	7–2
William Jewell:		11–4
VMI Keydets (Independent) (1911–1912)
1911	VMI	7–1
1912	VMI	6–1
VMI:		13–2
Kentucky Wildcats (Independent) (1913–1914)
1913	Kentucky	6–2
1914	Kentucky	5–3
Kentucky:		11–5
Total:		49–27–1
National championship         Conference title         Conference division title

Basketball

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
William Jewell Cardinals () (1908–1910)
1908–09	William Jewell	6–7
1909–10	William Jewell	10–3
William Jewell:		16–10
VMI Keydets (Independent) (1911–1913)
1911–12	VMI	6–5
1912–13	VMI	8–4
VMI:		14–9
Kentucky Wildcats (Independent) (1913–1915)
1913–14	Kentucky	12–2
1914–15	Kentucky	7–5
Kentucky:		19–7
Total:		49–26
National champion         Postseason invitational champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference tournament champion

External links

• Alpha Brummage at the College Football Data Warehouse