Biographical details | |
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Born | Savannah, Georgia, U.S. | March 16, 1880
Died | September 24, 1924 Birmingham, Alabama, U.S. | (aged 44)
Playing career | |
Football | |
1899–1901 | Sewanee |
Position(s) | Quarterback (football) Third baseman (baseball) |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1904 | Sewanee (assistant) |
1909–1916 | Sewanee |
1922–1923 | Howard (AL) |
Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
1909–1913 | Sewanee |
1922–1924 | Howard (AL) |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 48–28–12 |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
1 SIAA (1909) | |
Harris Goodwin Cope (March 16, 1880 – September 24, 1924) was an American football and baseball player and football coach. He served as the head football coach at Sewanee: The University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee from 1909 to 1916 and Howard College—now known as Samford University—in Marion, Alabama from 1922 to 1923, compiling a career college football coaching record of 48–28–12. Cope was a member of the National Football Rules Committee in 1914–15.