Bud Saunders
.png) Saunders at Clemson in 1923 | |
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | May 1, 1884 St. Joseph, Missouri, U.S. |
| Died | June 11, 1967 (aged 83) Galesburg, Illinois, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1909 | Missouri |
| Baseball | |
| 1910–1911 | Missouri |
| Position | Quarterback (football) |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1911 | William Jewell |
| 1914 | Missouri Mines (assistant) |
| 1918–1919 | Haskell |
| 1920–1921 | Grinnell |
| 1922 | Knox (IL) (assistant) |
| 1923–1926 | Clemson |
| 1928–1931 | Illinois College (backfield) |
| 1933 | Knox (IL) (assistant) |
| 1935–? | Knox (IL) (freshmen) |
| Basketball | |
| 1920–1922 | Grinnell |
| 1922–1923 | Knox (IL) |
| 1923–1925 | Clemson |
| 1929–1932 | Illinois College |
| Baseball | |
| 1930–1932 | Illinois College |
| Track and field | |
| 1935–1948 | Knox (IL) |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1923–1926 | Clemson |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 26–34–8 (football) 45–93 (basketball) |
William Howard "Bud" Saunders (May 1, 1884 – June 11, 1967) was an American football, basketball, baseball, and track and field coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at William Jewell College in 1911, at Haskell Institute—now Haskell Indian Nations University—from 1918 to 1919, at Grinnell College from 1920 to 1921, and at Clemson University from 1923 to 1926. Saunders was the head basketball coach at Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois during the 1922–23 season and at Clemson from 1923 to 1925, compiling a career college basketball coaching record of 20–40. He also served as the athletic director at Clemson from 1923 to 1926.
Early life and college career
Saunders was born on May 1, 1884, St. Joseph, Missouri. He graduated from the University of Missouri in 1911, in the field of law. He played football there as a quarterback on William Roper's 1909 team. He was also a member of Phi Delta Theta during his time at Missouri.
Coaching career
Saunders began his coaching career in William Jewell College in Liberty, Missouri when he took charge of the football team in October 1911. He had been slated to coach football at Missouri Valley College that year, but the school disbanded their football team. Saunders served briefly as a football coach at Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois previous to his stint at Clemson.
In 1928, Saunders assisted William T. Harmon in coaching the football team at Illinois College in Jacksonville, Illinois. The following year, he was appointed the school's head basketball coach. Saunders remained coach in basketball and baseball and assistant coach in football at Illinois College until 1932. He led his basketball teams at Illinois to a record of 14–27 in three seasons, from 1929 to 1932. Saunders returned to Knox College in 1933 as backfield coach for the football team. When Pete Reynolds was hired as Knox's head football coach in 1935, Saunders was appointed freshman football coach under Reynolds. Saunders also served as head track coach at Knox until his resignation in 1948.
Death and family
Saunders died on June 11, 1967, at St. Mary's Hospital in Galesburg. He married Beatrice Carney on December 14, 1923. She died on April 20, 1967.
Head coaching record
Football
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Jewell Baptists (Independent) (1911) | |||||||||
| 1911 | William Jewell | 2–3–5 | |||||||
| William Jewell: | 2–3–5 | ||||||||
| Haskell Indians (Independent) (1918–1919) | |||||||||
| 1918 | Haskell | 1–4 | |||||||
| 1919 | Haskell | 8–2–1 | |||||||
| Haskell: | 9–6–1 | ||||||||
| Grinnell Pioneers (Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1920–1921) | |||||||||
| 1920 | Grinnell | 3–3–1 | 0–2–1 | 7th | |||||
| 1921 | Grinnell | 2–5 | 0–4 | 9th | |||||
| Grinnell: | 5–8–1 | 0–6–1 | |||||||
| Clemson Tigers (Southern Conference) (1923–1926) | |||||||||
| 1923 | Clemson | 5–2–1 | 1–1–1 | T–11th | |||||
| 1924 | Clemson | 2–6 | 0–3 | T–19th | |||||
| 1925 | Clemson | 1–7 | 0–4 | T–20th | |||||
| 1926 | Clemson | 2–2 | 1–1 | ||||||
| Clemson: | 10–17–1 | 2–9–1 | |||||||
| Total: | 26–34–8 | ||||||||
Notes
- 1 2 3 Saunders resigned after the first four games of the 1926 season. Bob Williams, who had previously served as Clemson's head coach in 1906, 1909, and from 1913 to 1915, led the team for the final five games of the season. Clemson finished with an overall record of 2–7 and a conference mark of 1–3, placing 18th in the Southern Conference.
References
- 1 2 "Death Claims Former Coach Bud Saunders". Galesburg Register-Mail. Galesburg, Illinois. June 12, 1967. p. 22. Retrieved May 11, 2026 – via Newspapers.com
. - ↑ "Bud Saunders to Coach Grinnel[sic] College Team". Springfield Missouri Republican. Springfield, Missouri. June 16, 1920. p. 3. Retrieved August 29, 2017 – via Newspapers.com .
- ↑ Savitar 1911. University of Missouri. p. 174. Retrieved December 6, 2013.
- ↑ Savitar 1911. University of Missouri. p. 83. Retrieved December 6, 2013.
- ↑ "Punts and Passes". The Kansas City Star. Kansas City, Missouri. October 16, 1911. p. 11. Retrieved November 10, 2014.
- ↑ "Former Head Coaches" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved December 6, 2013.
- ↑ "Bud Saunders Is Named Basketball Coach at Illinois". The Pantagraph. Bloomington, Illinois. July 29, 1929. p. 11. Retrieved May 11, 2026 – via Newspapers.com .
- ↑ "Saunders Asks Not To Be Considered For Coaching Job At College Next Year". The Jacksonville Daily Journal. Jacksonville, Illinois. March 4, 1932. p. 8. Retrieved May 11, 2026 – via Newspapers.com .
- ↑ "Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Illinois College. p. 4. Retrieved May 11, 2026.
- ↑ Millard, Howard (November 16, 1933). "Bait For Bugs". The Decatur Daily Review. Decatur, Illinois. p. 16. Retrieved May 11, 2026 – via Newspapers.com .
- ↑ "Pete Reynolds to Try and Bring Back "Old Siwash"". The Evening Tribune. Albert Lea, Minnesota. Associated Press. March 2, 1935. p. 8. Retrieved May 11, 2026 – via Newspapers.com .
- ↑ "Boynton Gets Knox Head Cage Post". The Cedar Rapids Gazette. Cedar Rapids, Iowa. August 5, 1948. p. 18. Retrieved May 11, 2026 – via Newspapers.com .
- ↑ "NCAA Statistics; Coach; Bud Saunders; Football". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved May 11, 2026.
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