The Tusculum Pioneers football team represents Tusculum University in college football at the NCAA Division II level. The Pioneers are members of the South Atlantic Conference (SAC), fielding its team in the SAC since 1998. The Pioneers play their home games at Pioneer Field in Tusculum, Tennessee.
| Tusculum Pioneers football | |
|---|---|
| First season | 1901 |
| Athletic director | Josh Ealy |
| Head coach | Billy Taylor 1st season, 0–0 (–) |
| Stadium | Pioneer Field (capacity: 3,500) |
| Field surface | FieldTurf |
| Location | Tusculum, Tennessee |
| NCAA division | Division II |
| Conference | South Atlantic |
| Past conferences | Independent (1901–1926, 1941–1948) Smoky Mountain (1927–1940, 1949–1950) Mid-South (1991–1995) |
| All-time record | 232–334–30 (.414) |
| Playoff appearances | 1 |
| Playoff record | 1–1 |
| Conference titles | 3 |
| Colors | Orange and black[1] |
| Mascot | Pioneers |
| Website | tusculumpioneers.com |
Their head coach was Jerry Odom from 2016 to 2023.[2]
Conference affiliations
- Independent (1901–1926)
- Smoky Mountain Conference (1927–1940)
- Independent (1941–1948)
- Smoky Mountain Conference (1949–1950)
- Mid-South Conference (1991–1995)
- South Atlantic Conference (1998–present)
List of head coaches
Key
| General | Overall | Conference | Postseason[A 1] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Order of coaches[A 2] | GC | Games coached | CW | Conference wins | PW | Postseason wins |
| DC | Division championships | OW | Overall wins | CL | Conference losses | PL | Postseason losses |
| CC | Conference championships | OL | Overall losses | CT | Conference ties | PT | Postseason ties |
| NC | National championships | OT | Overall ties[A 3] | C% | Conference winning percentage | ||
| † | Elected to the College Football Hall of Fame | O% | Overall winning percentage[A 4] | ||||
Coaches
| No. | Name | Season(s) | GC | OW | OL | OT | O% | CW | CL | CT | C% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unknown | 1901–1902, 1904–1906, 1909, 1913–1914, 1917–1918 | 29 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 0.392 | – | – | – | – |
| 2 | Stephen Andrew Lynch | 1903 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.500 | – | – | – | – |
| 3 | Fitzhugh W. Gregg | 1908 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0.125 | – | – | – | – |
| 4 | J. Bruce Anderson | 1915–1916 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0.550 | – | – | – | – |
| 5 | Sam Doak | 1919–1921, 1928–1936 | 88 | 31 | 41 | 16 | 0.443 | 12 | 23 | 7 | 0.369 |
| 6 | Hal Blair | 1922 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0.500 | – | – | – | – |
| 7 | George Downing | 1923 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0.167 | – | – | – | – |
| 8 | Tom McCann | 1924 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0.500 | – | – | – | – |
| 9 | Sam Graham | 1925 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0.286 | – | – | – | – |
| 10 | Carlton Palmer | 1926–1927 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 0.438 | – | – | – | – |
| 11 | Ty Disney | 1937 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0.188 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0.143 |
| 12 | Johnny Faulds | 1938–1939 | 17 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 0.059 | 0 | 10 | 0 | .000 |
| 13 | Laird Holt | 1940–1941 | 17 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 0.235 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .000 |
| 14 | Marion Edens | 1946 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0.125 | – | – | – | – |
| 15 | Tom Armstrong | 1947–1950 | 33 | 6 | 26 | 1 | .197} | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0.063 |
| 16 | Tom Bryant | 1991–1994 | 40 | 16 | 24 | 0 | 0.400 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 0.333 |
| 17 | Dewayne Wells | 1995–1997 | 30 | 6 | 24 | 0 | 0.200 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0.375 |
| 18 | Frankie DeBusk[6] | 1998–2015 | 196 | 96 | 100 | 0 | 0.490 | 50 | 70 | 0 | 0.417 |
| 19 | Jerry Odom[7] | 2016–2023 | 69 | 36 | 33 | 0 | 0.522 | 25 | 23 | 0 | 0.521 |
Year-by-year results
| National champions | Conference champions | Bowl game berth | Playoff berth |
| Season | Year | Head coach | Association | Division | Conference | Record | Postseason | Final ranking | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | Conference | |||||||||||||
| Win | Loss | Tie | Finish | Win | Loss | Tie | ||||||||
| Tusculum Pioneers | ||||||||||||||
| 1901 | 1901 | Unknown | — | — | Independent | — | — | |||||||
| 1902 | 1902 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1903 | 1903 | Stephen Andrew Lynch | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | |||||||
| 1904 | 1904 | Unknown | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | |||||||
| 1905 | 1905 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1906 | 1906 | IAAUS | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | — | |||||||
| No team in 1907 | ||||||||||||||
| 1908 | 1908 | Fitzhugh W. Gregg | IAAUS | — | Independent | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | — | ||||
| 1909 | 1909 | Unknown | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | — | |||||||
| No team from 1910 to 1912 | ||||||||||||||
| 1913 | 1913 | Unknown | NCAA | — | Independent | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1914 | 1914 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1915 | 1915 | J. Bruce Anderson | 3 | 1 | 1 | — | — | |||||||
| 1916 | 1916 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1917 | 1917 | Unknown | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | — | |||||||
| 1918 | 1918 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1919 | 1919 | Sam Doak | 2 | 3 | 1 | — | — | |||||||
| 1920 | 1920 | 1 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1921 | 1921 | 0 | 3 | 4 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1922 | 1922 | Hal Blair | 4 | 4 | 0 | — | — | |||||||
| 1923 | 1923 | George Downing | 1 | 5 | 0 | — | — | |||||||
| 1924 | 1924 | Tom McCann | 4 | 4 | 0 | — | — | |||||||
| 1925 | 1925 | Sam Graham | 2 | 5 | 0 | — | — | |||||||
| 1926 | 1926 | Carlton Palmer | 6 | 3 | 0 | — | — | |||||||
| 1927 | 1927 | SMC | 0 | 5 | 2 | — | — | |||||||
| 1928 | 1928 | Sam Doak | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3rd | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | — | |||
| 1929 | 1929 | 2 | 3 | 3 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1930 | 1930 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 6th | 1 | 3 | 1 | — | — | ||||
| 1931 | 1931 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 3rd | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | ||||
| 1932 | 1932 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3rd | 3 | 2 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1933 | 1933 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4th | 1 | 2 | 2 | — | — | ||||
| 1934 | 1934 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 2 | 1 | — | — | ||||
| 1935 | 1935 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8th | 0 | 5 | 1 | — | — | ||||
| 1936 | 1936 | 0 | 7 | 0 | T–8th | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1937 | 1937 | Ty Disney | 0 | 5 | 3 | 8th | 0 | 5 | 2 | — | — | |||
| 1938 | 1938 | Johnny Faulds | 0 | 8 | 1 | 8th | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 1939 | 1939 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 6th | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1940 | 1940 | Laird Holt | 1 | 7 | 0 | 6th | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 1941 | 1941 | 3 | 6 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| No team from 1942 to 1945 | ||||||||||||||
| 1946 | 1946 | Marion Edens | NCAA | — | 1 | 7 | 0 | — | — | |||||
| 1947 | 1947 | Tom Armstrong | 0 | 8 | 0 | — | — | |||||||
| 1948 | 1948 | 2 | 7 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1949 | 1949 | SMC | 2 | 5 | 1 | 5th | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | — | |||
| 1950 | 1950 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 5th | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| No team from 1951 to 1990 | ||||||||||||||
| 1991 | 1991 | Tom Bryant | NAIA | Division II | MSC | 0 | 10 | 0 | 7th | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | — |
| 1992 | 1992 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 4th | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1993 | 1993 | 5 | 5 | 0 | T–3rd | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1994 | 1994 | 7 | 3 | 0 | T–2nd | 3 | 2 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1995 | 1995 | Dewayne Wells | 3 | 6 | 0 | 6th | 3 | 5 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 1996 | 1996 | — | — | — | 1 | 9 | 0 | — | — | |||||
| 1997 | 1997 | 2 | 9 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1998 | 1998 | Frankie DeBusk | NCAA | Division II | SAC | 5 | 6 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 1999 | 1999 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 9th | 0 | 8 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2000 | 2000 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 4th | 4 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2001 | 2001 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2nd | 5 | 3 | 0 | — | 18 | ||||
| 2002 | 2002 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 5th | 3 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2003 | 2003 | 9 | 2 | 0 | T–1st | 6 | 1 | 0 | Conference co-champions | — | ||||
| 2004 | 2004 | 6 | 4 | 0 | T–2nd | 4 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2005 | 2005 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 8th | 1 | 6 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2006 | 2006 | 6 | 5 | 0 | T–5th | 3 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2007 | 2007 | 6 | 5 | 0 | T–3rd | 4 | 2 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2008 | 2008 | 9 | 4 | 0 | T–1st | 5 | 2 | 0 | L NCAA Division II Second Round | 16 | ||||
| 2009 | 2009 | 3 | 7 | 0 | T–6th | 2 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2010 | 2010 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 7th | 2 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2011 | 2011 | 3 | 8 | 0 | T–6th | 2 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2012 | 2012 | 2 | 9 | 0 | T–7th | 1 | 6 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2013 | 2013 | 4 | 7 | 0 | T–6th | 2 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2014 | 2014 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 3rd | 4 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2015 | 2015 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 7th | 2 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2016 | 2016 | Jerry Odom | 4 | 7 | 0 | T–4th | 3 | 4 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 2017 | 2017 | 5 | 5 | 0 | T–4th | 3 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2018 | 2018 | 5 | 5 | 0 | T–3rd | 4 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2019 | 2019 | 5 | 6 | 0 | T–4th | 4 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2020–21 | 2020–21 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1st (Mountain) | 2 | 0 | 0 | Conference champion | — | ||||
| 2021 | 2021 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 7th | 3 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2022 | 2022 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2nd (Mountain) | 6 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2023 | 2023 | (Mountain) | — | — | ||||||||||
Notes
References
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