George Litton
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | c. 1935 |
| Playing career | |
| 1955–1958 | East Tennessee State |
| Position(s) | End |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1959 | Pennington Gap HS (VA) |
| 1961 | East Tennessee State (freshmen) |
| 1962–1969 | Lees–McRae |
| 1970–1974 | Gardner–Webb |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1962–1970 | Lees–McRae |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 16–35 (college) 41–32–4 (junior college) 3–6–1 (high school) |
| Bowls | 0–1 (college) 0–1 (junior college) |
| Tournaments | 0–1 (NJCAA playoffs) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 1 R10 (1967) | |
George Litton Jr. (born c. 1935) is a former American football coach. He served as the head football coach at Gardner–Webb University in Boiling Springs, North Carolina from 1970 to 1974, compiling a record of 16–35.[1] Litton was also the head football coach at Lees–McRae College in Banner Elk, North Carolina from 1962 to 1969, when the school was a junior college.[2]
A native of Big Stone Gap, Virginia, Litton played college football as an end at East Tennessee State College—now known as East Tennessee State University.[3][4]
Head coaching record
[edit]College
[edit]| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gardner–Webb Runnin' Bulldogs (NAIA Division I independent) (1970–1974) | |||||||||
| 1970 | Gardner–Webb | 2–8 | |||||||
| 1971 | Gardner–Webb | 3–7 | |||||||
| 1972 | Gardner–Webb | 2–9 | |||||||
| 1973 | Gardner–Webb | 7–5 | L Poultry | ||||||
| 1974 | Gardner–Webb | 2–6 | |||||||
| Gardner–Webb: | 16–35 | ||||||||
| Total: | 16–35 | ||||||||
Junior college
[edit]| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | NJCAA# | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lees–McRae Bobcats (Western Carolinas Junior College Conference) (1962) | |||||||||
| 1962 | Lees–McRae | 2–7 | 1–3 | 4th | |||||
| Lees–McRae Bobcats (Region 10 Junior College Conference / Region 10 Conference) (1963–1969) | |||||||||
| 1963 | Lees–McRae | 2–6–1 | 1–5 | 4th | |||||
| 1964 | Lees–McRae | 3–6 | 2–4 | 4th | |||||
| 1965 | Lees–McRae | 5–5 | 1–4 | 4th | |||||
| 1966 | Lees–McRae | 6–4 | 1–4 | 4th | |||||
| 1967 | Lees–McRae | 8–1–1 | 5–0–1 | 1st | L Savannah Shrine Bowl | 2 | |||
| 1968 | Lees–McRae | 8–2–1 | 3–1 | 2nd | L El Toro Bowl | 10 | |||
| 1969 | Lees–McRae | 7–1–1 | 1–1 | 2nd | 10 | ||||
| Lees–McRae: | 41–32–4 | 15–22–2 | |||||||
| Total: | 41–32–4 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth | |||||||||
References
[edit]- ^ "Litton Named Head Football Coach" (PDF). The Pilot. Gardner–Webb University. January 27, 1970. Retrieved November 13, 2019.
- ^ "The Fred I. Dickerson Athletic Hall of Fame". Lees–McRae College. Retrieved November 13, 2019.
- ^ "George Litton to be head coach at Pennington high". The Post. Big Stone Gap, Virginia. June 18, 1959. p. 2. Retrieved March 9, 2020 – via Newspapers.com
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- ^ "George Litton Accepts Lees-McRae Post". Johnson City Press. Johnson City, Tennessee. May 2, 1962. p. 25. Retrieved March 9, 2020 – via Newspapers.com .
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