Branch Bocock
James Branch Bocock (March 10, 1884 – May 25, 1946) was an American football, basketball, and baseball coach. He served as the head football coach at the University of Georgia (1908), Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute (VPI)—now known as Virginia Tech (1909–1910, 1912–1915), the University of North Carolina (1911), Louisiana State University (1920–1921), the University of South Carolina (1925–1926), and The College of William & Mary (1928–1930, 1936–1938), compiling a career college football record of 98–55–9. Bocock was also the head basketball coach at VPI (1909–1911, 1913–1915), LSU (1920–1921), and South Carolina (1924–1927), tallying a career college basketball mark of 109–33, and the head baseball coach at VPI (1910–1911, 1914), LSU (1922–1923), and South Carolina (1925–1927), amassing a career college baseball record of 70–54–2.
Bocock pictured in Yackety Yack 1912, North Carolina yearbook | |
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | March 10, 1884 Shenandoah, Virginia, U.S. |
| Died | May 25, 1946 (aged 62) Blackstone, Virginia, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1903–1906 | Georgetown |
| Position(s) | Quarterback |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1908 | Georgia |
| 1909–1910 | VPI |
| 1911 | North Carolina |
| 1912–1915 | VPI |
| 1920–1921 | LSU |
| 1925–1926 | South Carolina |
| 1928–1930 | William & Mary |
| 1936–1938 | William & Mary |
| Basketball | |
| 1909–1911 | VPI |
| 1913–1915 | VPI |
| 1920–1921 | LSU |
| 1924–1927 | South Carolina |
| Baseball | |
| 1910–1911 | VPI |
| 1914 | VPI |
| 1922–1923 | LSU |
| 1925–1927 | South Carolina |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1909 | VPI |
| 1925–1926 | South Carolina |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 98–55–9 (football) 109–33 (basketball) 70–54–4 (baseball) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| Football 2 Virginia Conference (1929–1930) Basketball 1 SoCon regular season (1927) | |