Sam Costen

Sam C. Costen
Biographical details

Sport(s)	College football
Born	(1882-05-18)May 18, 1882 McKenzie, Tennessee
Died	January 21, 1955(1955-01-21) (aged 72) Memphis, Tennessee
Alma mater	Vanderbilt University^[1]
Playing career
1906–1908	Vanderbilt
Position(s)	Quarterback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1909–1910	The Citadel
1911-12	Vanderbilt (assistant)
Head coaching record
Overall	7–7–2
Accomplishments and honors
Awards
2x All-Southern (1906, 1907)

Samuel Cutter "Sam" Costen^[2] (May 18, 1882 – January 21, 1955)^[3] was an American football player and coach. Costen was a quarterback for Dan McGugin's Vanderbilt Commodores of Vanderbilt University. He was the third head college football coach for The Citadel Bulldogs located in Charleston, South Carolina and he held that position for two seasons, from 1909 until 1910.

His career coaching record at The Citadel was 7 wins, 7 losses, and 2 ties. This ranks him 20th at The Citadel in total wins and ninth at The Citadel in winning percentage.^[4] He also coached in Blytheville, Arkansas.

He graduated from Vanderbilt in 1908 with a LL.B degree.^[5] He was a member of Alpha Tau Omega.^[6]

He died in Memphis in 1955.^[7]

References

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↑ "Sam C. Costen".
↑ "Citadel Coaching Records". cfbdatawarehouse.com. Retrieved 2015-06-04.
↑ "Costen, Crabtree, & Costen". Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory: 2624.
↑ Alpha Tau Omega (1955). The Palm of Alpha Tau Omega. Retrieved 2015-06-04.
↑ "Father of Chick Football Passes", Blytheville Courier News, Saturday, January 22, 1955, Blytheville, Arkansas, United States Of America

External links

1906 College Football All-Southern Team composite selections

Backfield	QB Sam Costen HB Dan Blake† HB Honus Craig FB John Owsley Manier†

Line	E Bob Blake† E Lob Brown T Joe Pritchard† T Lex Stone G Walter K. Chorn G Clyde R. Conner C Stein Stone

† = Unanimous selection

Vanderbilt Commodores starting quarterbacks

Pat Estes (1890)
William E. Beard (1892)
W. J. Keller (1893–1894)
Myles P. O'Connor (1895–1896)
Joe Goodson (1897–1898)
Frank Godchaux Sr. (1899–1900)
Fred Hume (1901)
Frank Kyle (1902–1905)
Sam Costen (1906–1907)
Ray Morrison (1908–1911)
Zach Curlin (1912–1913)
Hord Boensch (1913)
Irby Curry (1914–1916)
Sam Wilhite (1917)
Dooch Sherman (1918)
Swayne Latham (1919–1920)
Frank Godchaux (1921)
Oliver Kuhn (1921–1923)
E. M. Waller (1924)
Neil Cargile (1924–1925)
Bill Spears (1925–1927)
Jimmy Armistead (1928)
Benny Parker (1929–1930)
Tommy Henderson (1930–1932)
Rand Dixon (1933–1935)
Lunny Huggins (1936–1937)
Bert Marshall (1937–1938)
Junius Plunkett (1939)
Charlton Davis (1940)
Jack Jenkins (1941–1942)
Jack Kaley (1943)
John Rich (1945)
Jamie Wade (1946–1947, 1949)
Bobby Berry (1948)
Bill Wade (1950–1951)
Bill Krietemeyer (1952)
Jim Looney (1953–1954)
Don Orr (1955)
Boyce Smith (1956–1958)
Russ Morris (1959)
Hank Lesesne (1960–1962)
Jon Cleveland (1963)
David Waller (1964)
Bob Kerr (1965)
Gary Davis (1966)
Roger May (1967)
John Miller (1968)
Watson Brown (1969)
Denny Painter (1970)
Steve Burger (1971)
Steve Lainhart (1972)
Fred Fisher (1973–1975)
David Lee (1974)
Randy Hampton (1976)
Mike Wright (1977)
Van Heflin (1978–1979)
Whit Taylor (1980–1982)
Kurt Page (1983–1984)
John Gromos (1985; 1989)
Mark Wracher (1986)
Eric Jones (1987–1988)
Mike Healy (1990)
Marcus Wilson (1991–1992)
Ronnie Gordon (1993–1994)
Damian Allen (1995–1997)
Greg Zolman (1998–2001)
Jay Cutler (2002–2005)
Chris Nickson (2006–2008)
Mackenzi Adams (2007–2009)
Larry Smith (2008–2011)
Jared Funk (2010)
Jordan Rodgers (2011–2012)
Austyn Carta-Samuels (2012–2013)
Patton Robinette (2013–2014)
Stephen Rivers (2014)
Wade Freebeck (2014)
Johnny McCrary (2014–2015)

The Citadel Bulldogs head football coaches

Syd Smith (1905)
Ralph Foster (1906–1908)
Sam Costen (1909–1910)
Louis LeTellier (1911–1912)
George C. Rogers (1913–1915)
Harvey O'Brien (1916–1918)
George C. Rogers (1919)
Harvey O'Brien (1920–1921)
Carl Prause (1922–1929)
Johnny Floyd (1930–1931)
Tatum Gressette (1932–1939)
Bo Rowland (1940–1942)
No team (1943–1945)
J. Quinn Decker (1946–1952)
John D. McMillan (1953–1954)
John Sauer (1955–1956)
Eddie Teague (1957–1965)
Red Parker (1966–1972)
Bobby Ross (1973–1977)
Art Baker (1978–1982)
Tom Moore (1983–1986)
Charlie Taaffe (1987–1995)
Don Powers (1996–2000)
Ellis Johnson (2001–2003)
John Zernhelt (2004)
Kevin Higgins (2005–2013)
Mike Houston (2014–2015)
Brent Thompson (2016– )

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