Bud Saunders

Not to be confused with Bill Saunders.

Bud Saunders
Biographical details
Saunders pictured in Savitar 1910, Missouri yearbook
Sport(s)	Football, basketball, baseball
Born	(1884-05-01)May 1, 1884 St. Joseph, Missouri
Playing career
Football
1909	Missouri
Baseball
1910–1911	Missouri
Position(s)	Quarterback (football)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1911	William Jewell
1918–1919	Haskell Institute
1920–1921	Grinnell
1922	Knox (IL) (assistant)
1923–1926	Clemson
Basketball
1922–1923	Knox (IL)
1923–1925	Clemson
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1923–1926	Clemson
Head coaching record
Overall	20–40 (basketball)
Statistics College Football Data Warehouse

William Howard "Bud" Saunders (May 1, 1884 – ?) was an American football player, coach of football and basketball, 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

A native of St. Joseph, Missouri,^[1] Saunders 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.^[2] He was also a member of Phi Delta Theta during his time at Missouri.^[3]^[4]

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.^[5] Saunders served briefly as a football coach at Knox College previous to his stint at Clemson.^[6]

Head coaching record

Saunders pictured as a senior in Savitar 1911, Missouri yearbook

Football

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
William Jewell Baptists () (1911)
1911	William Jewell	2–3–5
William Jewell:		2–3–5
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^{[n 1]}	1–1^{[n 1]}	^{[n 1]}
Clemson:		10–17–1	2–9–1
Total:

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

↑ "William Howard Saunders, United States World War I Draft Registration Cards". FamilySearch. Intellectual Reserve, Inc. Retrieved December 6, 2013.
↑ "Bud Saunders to Coach Grinnel College Team". Springfield Missouri Republican (Springfield, Missouri). June 16, 1920. p. 3. Retrieved November 10, 2014.
↑ 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). Retrieved December 6, 2013.

External links

Bud Saunders at the College Football Data Warehouse
Bud Saunders at College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com

William Jewell Cardinals head football coaches

No coach (1894–1895)
No team (1896)
No coach (1897)
E. T. Pendelton (1898)
Hiram Jones (1899)
Braum (1900)
Stoval (1901)
D. E. Killiam (1902)
Horner Graves (1903)
Marvin Burch (1904)
John Cramer (1905–1906)
Asa Martin (1907)
Alpha Brummage (1908–1909)
Harry Campbell (1910)
Bud Saunders (1911)
P. Roberts (1912)
R. E. Bowles (1913–1926)
Bill Collins (1927–1932)
R. E. Bowles (1933–1936)
Henri Godfriaux (1937–1942)
No team (1943)
Henri Godfriaux (1944)
No team (1945)
Henri Godfriaux (1946)
Pat Bradshaw (1947–1949)
Norris Patterson (1950–1967)
Jim A. Nelson (1968–1977)
Stan McGarvey (1978–1980)
Vic Wallace (1981–1986)
Stan McGarvey (1987–1988)
Dan Carter (1989–1992)
Sam Brown (1993–1996)
Jeff Floyd (1997–2000)
Dave Bassore (2001–2004)
Fran Schwenk (2005–2009)
Jerod Kruse (2010– )

Haskell Indian Nations Fighting Indians head football coaches

Unknown
Albert E. Herrnstein (1903–1904)
Unknown (1905)
John H. Outland (1906)
Unknown (1907)
John R. Bender (1908–1909)
Unknown (1910)
A. R. Kennedy (1911–1916)
Unknown (1917)
Bud Saunders (1918–1919)
Matty Bell (1920–1921)
Dick Hanley (1922–1926)
Unknown (1927–1928)
William Henry Dietz (1929–1932)
Gus Welch (1933–1934)
John Levi (1935–1936)
No team (1937–1999)
Jerry Tuckwin (2000)
Graham Snelding (2001)
Eric Brock (2002–2009)
Phil Homeratha (2010)
Jimmy Snyder (2011–2012)
Rich Brewer (2013– )

Grinnell Pioneers head football coaches

Student coaches (1889–1890)
Theron Lyman (1891)
F. F. Everest (1892)
Hiland Orlando Stickney (1893)
Martin V. Bergen (1894–1895)
James Blake (1896)
C. E. Harris (1897–1900)
Paul Tratt (1901)
Martin V. Bergen (1902–1903)
C. E. Harris (1904)
Martin V. Bergen & Tuffy Fisk (1905)
C. B. Hamilton (1906–1907)
L. H. Andrews (1908)
Daniel Dougherty (1909)
Arthur Brown (1910–1912)
Foss Netherton (1913)
Maturin Fisher (1914)
William McAlmon (1915–1916)
Russell Tollefson (1917–1919)
Bud Saunders (1920–1921)
Allen Elward (1922–1923)
Mike Hyland (1924–1926)
Lester Watts (1927–1935)
Guy Lookabaugh (1936–1938)
Ben Douglas (1939–1941)
G. Lester Duke (1942)
No team (1943–1944)
Gerald Reed (1945)
Ben Douglas (1946)
Bunny Oakes (1947–1948)
Henry Brown (1951)
John Pfitsch (1952–1954)
Robert Patterson (1955–1959)
Edd Bowers (1960–1978)
Ed Dombrowski (1979–1982)
John Martinek (1983–1987)
Greg Wallace (1988–2007)
Max Hawsey (2008–2009)
Jeff Pedersen (2010– )

Clemson Tigers athletic directors

Walter Riggs (1896–1910) Frank Dobson (1910–1912) Bob Williams (1913–1915) Wayne Hart (1916) Edward Donahue (1917–1920) E. J. Stewart (1921–1922) Bud Saunders (1923–1926) Mutt Gee (1927–1930) Jess Neely (1931–1939) Frank Howard (1940–1971) Bill McLellan (1971–1985) Bobby Robinson (1985–2002) Terry Don Phillips (2002–2012) Dan Radakovich (2012– )

Clemson Tigers head football coaches

Walter Riggs (1896)
William M. Williams (1897)
John Penton (1898)
Walter Riggs (1899)
John Heisman (1900–1903)
Shack Shealy (1904)
Eddie Cochems (1905)
Bob Williams (1906)
Frank Shaughnessy (1907)
Stein Stone (1908)
Bob Williams (1909)
Frank Dobson (1910–1912)
Bob Williams (1913–1915)
Wayne Hart (1916)
Edward Donahue (1917–1920)
E. J. Stewart (1921–1922)
Bud Saunders (1923–1926)
Bob Williams (1926)
Josh Cody (1927–1930)
Jess Neely (1931–1939)
Frank Howard (1940–1969)
Hootie Ingram (1970–1972)
Red Parker (1973–1976)
Charley Pell (1977–1978)
Danny Ford (1979–1989)
Ken Hatfield (1990–1993)
Tommy West (1993–1998)
Tommy Bowden (1999–2008)
Dabo Swinney (2008– )

Clemson Tigers men's basketball head coaches

Frank Dobson (1911–1913)
John O. Erwin (1913–1915)
A. H. Ward (1915–1916)
Edward Donahue (1916–1919)
Country Morris (1919–1920)
Larry Conover (1919–1920)
E. J. Stewart (1921–1923)
Bud Saunders (1923–1925)
A. A. Gilliam (1925–1926)
Josh Cody (1926–1931)
Joe Davis (1931–1940)
Rock Norman (1940–1946)
Banks McFadden (1946–1956)
Press Maravich (1956–1962)
Bobby Roberts (1962–1970)
Tates Locke (1970–1975)
Bill Foster (1975–1984)
Cliff Ellis (1984–1994)
Rick Barnes (1994–1998)
Larry Shyatt (1998–2003)
Oliver Purnell (2003–2010)
Brad Brownell (2010– )

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