James G. Driver

James G. Driver
Biographical details
Driver pictured in The Colonial Echo 1920, William & Mary yearbook
Sport(s)	Football, basketball, baseball
Born	(1889-08-10)August 10, 1889
Died	October 1975 (aged 86) Williamsburg, Virginia
Playing career
Football
1908–1909	William & Mary
Basketball
1905–1907	William & Mary
1908–1910	William & Mary
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1916	Newberry
1919–1920	William & Mary
Basketball
1911–1913	South Carolina
1919–1923	William & Mary
Baseball
1912–1913	South Carolina
1920–1923	William & Mary
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1919–1923	William & Mary
1929–1935	Virginia
1935–1937	Virginia (graduate manager)
Head coaching record
Overall	11–13–1 (football) 36-24 (basketball) 56–39–1 (baseball)

James Glenn Driver (August 10, 1889 – October 1975) was an American football, basketball, and baseball player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Newberry College in 1916 and at The College of William & Mary from 1919 to 1920, compiling a career college football record of 11–13–1. He was also the head basketball coach at the University of South Carolina from 1911 to 1913 and at William & Mary from 1919 to 1923, amassing a career college basketball record of 36–24. In addition, he was the head baseball coach at South Carolina from 1912 to 1913 and at William & Mary from 1920 to 1923, tallying a career college baseball mark of 56–39–1. Driver served as the athletic director at William & Mary from 1919 to 1923 and at the University of Virginia from 1929 to 1935.

In 1988, Driver was inducted into the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame.

Coaching career

Driver was the head coach for the William & Mary basketball team for the 1919–20 through 1922–23 seasons.^[1] During his four years at the helm, he produced a 31–16 record.^[1] Driver was also the head coach of the William & Mary football team for two seasons, 1919 and 1920. He compiled a 6–11–1 record during that time.^[2]

Prior to William & Mary, Driver was the head coach of the South Carolina Gamecocks men's basketball team from 1911 to 1913. In his only two seasons he compiled a 5–7 record.

Head coaching record

Football

Year	Team	Overall
Newberry Indians () (1916)
1916	Newberry	5–2
Newberry:		5–2
William & Mary Indians (Independent) (1919–1920)
1919	William & Mary	2–6–1
1920	William & Mary	4–5
William & Mary:		6–11–1
Total:		11–13–1

References

1 2 William & Mary men's basketball history - Media Guide 2007-08. Accessed March 24, 2008.
↑ William & Mary football history - Media Guide 2007, page 22. Accessed March 26, 2008.

External links

James Driver profile at the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame
James G. Driver at the College Football Data Warehouse

South Carolina Gamecocks men's basketball head coaches

J. H. Brown (1908–1909)
F. E. Schofield (1909–1910)
No coach (1910–1911)
James G. Driver (1911–1913)
John Blackburn (1913–1914)
L. W. Hill (1914–1915)
Charles Farrell (1915–1916)
Dixon Foster (1916–1920)
Sol Metzger (1920–1921)
Lana Sims (1921–1922)
Jack Crawford (1922–1924)
Branch Bocock (1924–1927)
A. Burnet Stoney (1927–1928)
A. W. Norman (1928–1932)
Billy Laval (1932–1933)
A. W. Norman (1933–1935)
Ted Petoskey (1935–1940)
Frank Johnson (1940–1942)
Rex Enright (1942–1943)
Henry Findley (1943–1944)
John D. McMillan (1944–1945)
Frank Johnson (1945–1958)
Walt Hambrick (1958–1959)
Bob Stevens (1959–1962)
Chuck Noe (1962–1964)
Dwane Morrison # (1964)
Frank McGuire (1964–1980)
Bill Foster (1980–1986)
George Felton (1986–1991)
Steve Newton (1991–1993)
Eddie Fogler (1993–2001)
Dave Odom (2001–2008)
Darrin Horn (2008–2012)
Frank Martin (2012– )

Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.

South Carolina Gamecocks head baseball coaches

No coach (1892–1893)
No team (1894)
No coach (1895)
E. R. Wilson (1896)
Lee Hagood (1897)
W. C. Benet, Jr. (1898)
J. C. Hughes (1899)
A. H. Brooker (1900)
J. D. Ardrey (1901)
George Bell Timmerman, Sr. (1902)
W. Augustus Lee (1903–1904)
L. William Earle (1905)
George Needham (1906)
Dicky James (1907)
Frank Lohr (1908)
R. C. Reid (1909)
Bill Breitenstein (1910)
P. L. Wright (1911)
James G. Driver (1912–1913)
G. I. Guerrant (1914)
Syd Smith (1915)
Bill Clark (1916)
Dixon Foster (1917–1920)
Bill Clark (1921–1924)
Branch Bocock (1925–1927)
Billy Laval (1928–1934)
Dutch Stamman (1935–1937)
Vernon Smith (1938–1939)
Ted Petoskey (1940–1942)
Kay Kirven (1943)
H. W. Klocker (1944)
John D. McMillan (1945)
Vernon Smith (1946–1947)
Ted Petoskey (1948–1956)
Joe Grugan (1957–1963)
Bob Reising (1964–1965)
Dick Weldon (1966)
Jack Powers) (1967–1969)
Bobby Richardson (1970–1976)
June Raines (1977–1996)
Ray Tanner (1997–2012)
Chad Holbrook (2013– )

Newberry Wolves head football coaches

Raymond Thomas (1913)
Joe Parrish (1914)
William Shaw (1915)
James G. Driver (1916)
Robert Pfohl (1917)
No team (1918)
L. C. Sullivan (1919–1920)
Dutch McClean (1920–1937)
Billy Laval (1938–1949)
E. R. McConnell (1950–1951)
Harvey Kirklan (1952–1967)
Fred Herren (1968–1977)
Reed Charpia (1978–1981)
Clayton Johnson (1982–1984)
Gary Smallen (1988–1990)
Brad Senter (1991)
Mike Taylor (1992–2002)
Zak Willis (2003–2008)
Todd Knight (2009– )

William & Mary Tribe athletic directors

W. J. King (1901–1905)
J. Merrill Blanchard (1905–1906)
H. W. Withers (1906–1907)
F. M. Crawford (1907–1911)
William J. Young (1911–1913)
Dexter W. Draper (1913–1916)
Samuel H. Hubbard (1916–1918)
Vernon Geddy (1918–1919)
James G. Driver (1919–1923)
J. Wilder Tasker (1923–1928)
Billy Gooch (1928–1939)
Carl M. Voyles (1939–1943)
Rube McCray (1944–1951)
Jack Freeman (1952–1957)
Milt Drewer (1957–1963)
H. Lester Hooker (1963–1971)
Ben Carnevale (1972–1981)
Jim Copeland (1981–1985)
John Randolph (1985–1995)
Terry Driscoll (1995– )

William & Mary Tribe head football coaches

No coach (1893)
John W. Wright (1894)
No team (1895)
Bill Armstrong (1896)
W. J. King (1897–1898)
William H. Burke (1899)
W. J. King (1900)
No coach (1901–1902)
H. J. Davall (1903)
J. Merrill Blanchard (1904–1905)
H. W. Withers (1906)
James H. Barry (1907)
George E. O'Hearn (1908–1909)
J. Merrill Blanchard (1910)
William J. Young (1911–1912)
Dexter W. Draper (1913–1915)
Samuel H. Hubbard (1916)
Harry Young (1917)
Vernon Geddy (1918)
James G. Driver (1919–1920)
Bill Fincher (1921)
Bill Ingram (1922)
J. Wilder Tasker (1923–1927)
Branch Bocock (1928–1930)
John Kellison (1931–1934)
Thomas Dowler (1935)
Branch Bocock (1936–1938)
Carl M. Voyles (1939–1942)
No team (1943)
Rube McCray (1944–1950)
Marvin Bass (1951)
Jack Freeman (1952–1956)
Milt Drewer (1957–1963)
Marv Levy (1964–1968)
Lou Holtz (1969–1971)
Jim Root (1972–1979)
Jimmye Laycock (1980– )

William & Mary Tribe men's basketball head coaches

J. Merrill Blanchard (1905–1906)
H. W. Withers (1906–1907)
F. M. Crawford (1907–1911)
William J. Young (1911–1913)
Dexter W. Draper (1913–1916)
Samuel H. Hubbard (1916–1917)
Harry Young (1917–1918)
Vernon Geddy (1918–1919)
James G. Driver (1919–1923)
J. Wilder Tasker (1923–1928)
L. Tucker Jones (1928–1929)
John Kellison (1929–1934)
Thomas Dowler (1934–1937)
John Kellison (1937–1939)
Dwight Stuessy (1939–1943)
Rube McCray (1943–1945)
Sam B. Holt (1945–1946)
Richard F. Gallagher (1946–1947)
Barney Wilson (1947–1951)
H. Lester Hooker (1951–1952)
Boydson Baird (1952–1957)
Bill Chambers (1957–1966)
Warren Mitchell (1966–1972)
Ed Ashnault (1972–1974)
George Balanis (1974–1977)
Bruce Parkhill (1977–1983)
Barry Parkhill (1983–1987)
Chuck Swenson (1987–1994)
Charlie Woollum (1994–2000)
Rick Boyages (2000–2003)
Tony Shaver (2003–)

William & Mary Tribe head baseball coaches

No coach (1902–1904)
J. Merrill Blanchard (1905–1906)
James H. Barry (1907)
H. B. White (1908)
George E. O'Hearn (1909–1910)
Frederick R. Savage & William J. Young (1911)
Unknown (1912–1913)
Dexter W. Draper (1914–1916)
Samuel H. Hubbard (1917)
Bathurst Peachy (1918)
Vernon Geddy (1919)
James G. Driver (1920–1923)
J. Wilder Tasker (1924–1928)
Harry Young (1929–1930)
John Kellison (1931–1934)
Bill Scott (1935–1937)
John Kellison (1938)
Rube McCray (1939–1941)
Albert H. Werner (1941–1942)
No team (1943–1945)
Sam B. Holt (1946)
Richard F. Gallagher (1947)
Marvin Bass (1948)
Orlin Rogers (1949)
Howard Smith (1950–1951)
H. Lester Hooker (1952)
Eric Tipton (1953–1957)
Ed Derringe (1958–1959)
Joe Agee (1960–1964)
Maynard Weber (1965)
H. Lester Hooker (1966–1970)
Bo Rein (1971)
George Pearce (1972)
Les Roes (1973)
Tony Zontini (1974)
Ed Jones (1975–1978)
Maynard Weber (1979–1981)
Ed Jones & Maynard Weber (1982)
Ed Jones (1983–1985)
Joe Breeden (1986–1987)
Chris Rankin (1988)
Bill Harris (1989–1992)
Jim Farr (1993–2005)
Frank Leoni (2006–2012)
Jamie Pinzino (2013)
Brian Murphy (2014– )

Virginia Cavaliers athletic directors

W. A. Lambeth (1892–1922) James G. Driver (1929–1935) Norton G. Pritchett (1935–1951) Gus Tebell (1951–1962) Steve Sebo (1962–?) Gene Corrigan (1971–1981) Dick Schultz (1981–1987) Jim Copeland (1987–1994) Terry Holland (1994–2001) Craig Littlepage (2001– )

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