Neil Putnam
American football player and coach (born 1936)
Biographical details | |
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Born | (1936-02-25) February 25, 1936 (age 88) |
Playing career | |
1957 | Miami (OH) |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1962–1964 | Dartmouth (assistant) |
1965–1970 | Yale (assistant) |
1971–1980 | Lafayette |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 44–55–3 |
Neil E. Putnam (born February 25, 1936) is a former American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Lafayette College from 1971 to 1980, compiling a record of 44–55–3. Putnam is a native of Youngstown, Ohio. He played college football at Miami University.[1]
Head coaching record
College
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Lafayette Leopards (Middle Three Conference) (1971–1975) | |||||||||
1971 | Lafayette | 5–5 | 1–1 | 2nd | |||||
1972 | Lafayette | 3–7 | 0–2 | 3rd | |||||
1973 | Lafayette | 6–3–1 | 0–2 | 3rd | |||||
1974 | Lafayette | 3–7 | 0–2 | 3rd | |||||
1975 | Lafayette | 5–5 | 0–2 | 3rd | |||||
Lafayette Leopards (NCAA Division II independent) (1976–1977) | |||||||||
1976 | Lafayette | 5–5 | |||||||
1977 | Lafayette | 5–6 | |||||||
Lafayette Leopards (NCAA Division I-AA independent) (1978–1980) | |||||||||
1978 | Lafayette | 4–7 | |||||||
1979 | Lafayette | 5–3–2 | |||||||
1980 | Lafayette | 3–7 | |||||||
Lafayette: | 44–55–3 | 1–9 | |||||||
Total: | 44–55–3 |
References
- ^ "Neil Putnam to Lafayette". Delaware County Daily Times. Upper Darby Township, Pennsylvania. United Press International. December 21, 1970. p. 32. Retrieved March 31, 2016 – via Newspapers.com .
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Lafayette Leopards head football coaches
- No coach (1882–1890)
- Wallace Moyle (1891–1892)
- Pearl T. Haskell & H. H. Vincent (1893)
- Hugh Janeway & H. H. Vincent (1894)
- Parke H. Davis (1895–1897)
- Samuel B. Newton (1898–1901)
- Dave Fultz (1902)
- Alfred E. Bull (1903–1907)
- George Barclay (1908)
- Bob Folwell (1909–1911)
- Samuel B. Newton (1911)
- George McCaa (1912–1913)
- Wilmer G. Crowell (1914–1916)
- Punk Berryman (1917)
- Lewis A. Cobbett (1918)
- Jock Sutherland (1919–1923)
- Herb McCracken (1924–1935)
- Ernie Nevers (1936)
- Edward Mylin (1937–1942)
- Ben Wolfson (1943–1945)
- Edward Mylin (1946)
- Ivy Williamson (1947–1948)
- Maurice J. "Clipper" Smith (1949–1951)
- Steve Hokuf (1952–1957)
- James McConlogue (1958–1962)
- Kenneth Bunn (1963–1966)
- Harry Gamble (1967–1970)
- Neil Putnam (1971–1980)
- Bill Russo (1981–1999)
- Frank Tavani (2000–2016)
- John Garrett (2017–2021)
- John Troxell (2022– )
# denotes interim head coach