E. Walter Sikes

E. Walter Sikes
Biographical details
Sikes pictured in Howler 1903, Wake Forest yearbook
Sport(s)	Football
Born	(1868-05-19)May 19, 1868 Union County, North Carolina
Died	January 8, 1941(1941-01-08) (aged 72) Clemson, South Carolina
Playing career
1889–1892	Wake Forest
Position(s)	Guard
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1891–1893	Wake Forest
Head coaching record
Overall	6–2–1

Enoch Walter Sikes (May 19, 1868 – January 8, 1941) was an American football player and coach, professor, state senator, and college president. He served as the head football coach at Wake Forest University from 1891 to 1893, compiling a record of 6–2–1. Sikes taught history and political economics at Wake Forest from 1897 to 1916. He served one term in the North Carolina Senate, representing Wake County in 1911. Sikes was the president of Coker College from 1916 to 1925 and the president of Clemson University from 1925 until his retirement in 1940. He died of a heart attack on January 8, 1941 in Clemson, South Carolina.^[1]^[2]

Head coaching record

Year	Team	Overall
Wake Forest Baptists (Independent) (1891–1893)
1891	Wake Forest	1–0
1892	Wake Forest	4–0–1
1893	Wake Forest	1–2
Wake Forest:		6–2–1
Total:		6–2–1

References

↑ AP (January 9, 1941). "Noted Educator Taken By Death". Spartanburg Herald-Journal. Spartanburg, South Carolina. Retrieved May 18, 2015.
↑ Powell, William S., ed. (1994). Dictionary of North Carolina Biography: Vol. 5, P-S. University of North Carolina Press. p. 345. ISBN 0807821004. Retrieved December 25, 2013.

External links

E. Walter Sikes at the College Football Data Warehouse

Wake Forest Demon Deacons head football coaches

W. C. Dowd & W. C. Riddick (1888)
W. C. Riddick (1889)
No team (1890)
E. Walter Sikes (1891–1893)
No team (1894)
No coach (1895)
No team (1896–1907)
A. P. Hall, Jr. (1908)
A. T. Myers (1909)
Reddy Rowe (1910)
Frank Thompson (1911–1913)
Wilbur C. Smith (1914–1915)
G. M. Billings (1916)
E. T. MacDonnell (1917)
Harry Rabenhorst (1918–1919)
James L. White (1920–1921)
George Levene (1922)
Hank Garrity (1923–1925)
James A. Baldwin (1926–1927)
Stan Cofall (1928)
Pat Miller (1929–1932)
Jim Weaver (1933–1936)
Peahead Walker (1937–1950)
Tom Rogers (1951–1955)
Paul Amen (1956–1959)
Billy Hildebrand (1960–1963)
Bill Tate (1964–1968)
Cal Stoll (1969–1971)
Tom Harper (1972)
Chuck Mills (1973–1977)
John Mackovic (1978–1980)
Al Groh (1981–1986)
Bill Dooley (1987–1992)
Jim Caldwell (1993–2000)
Jim Grobe (2001–2013)
Dave Clawson (2014– )

Presidents of Clemson University

Strode (1890–1893)
Craighead (1893–1897)
Hartzog (1897–1902)
Hardin (acting) (1897, 1899, 1902)
Mell (1902–1910)
Riggs (1910–1924)
Earle (acting) (1919, 1924–1925)
Sikes (1925–1940)
Poole (1940–1958)
Edwards (1958–1979)
Atchley (1979–1985)
Cox (1985–1986)
Lennon (1986–1994)
Prince (1994–1995)
Curris (1995–1999)
Barker (1999–2013)
Clements (2013–present)

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