Horace Botsford

Horace Botsford
Current position
Sport(s)	College football
Team	Emporia State University
Biographical details
Born	(1877-11-29)November 29, 1877 Yellow Springs, Ohio
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1901	College of Emporia
1902-1903	Emporia State
Head coaching record
Overall	11-13-3 (0.407)

Horace Casad Botsford was a college football head coach in the United States. His coaching record was 11 wins, 13 losses, and 3 ties.

Coaching history

College of Emporia

Botsofrd was the first head coach of the College of Emporia Fighting Presbies in Emporia, Kansas. He held the post for the 1901 season only^[1] and posted a record of four wins and three losses. The school played 11 seasons without an official coach before Botsford was hired.^[2]

Emporia State University

After one year at College of Emporia, Botsford moved across town to become the third head coach for Kansas Normal College (now called Emporia State University) in Emporia, Kansas and he held that position for two seasons, from 1902 until 1903. His overall coaching record at ESU was 7 wins, 10 losses, and 3 ties. This ranks him 14th at ESU in terms of total wins and 13th at ESU in terms of winning percentage.^[3]

References

↑ Emporia Gazette, "C. of E. Owned Rich Sports Tradition", by Ed Shupe, Jan 22, 1974
↑ College of Emporia Football Record Book, William L. Allen, College of Emporia Sports Publicity (1951)
↑ Emporia State University Football Media Guide, 2007

College of Emporia Fighting Presbies head football coaches

Horace Botsford (1901) Unknown Homer Woodson Hargiss (1910–1912) Unknown Gwinn Henry (1918–1922) Unknown Harold Grant (1923–1927) L. T. Harr (1928) Unknown Henry Brock (1941) Unknown Walt Newland (1946) Murray Brown Wayne J. McConnell (1950–1955) Bill Schnebel (1956–1964) Tom Stromgen Richard Bannister Unknown Dan Taylor

Emporia State Hornets head football coaches

John Lamb (1900)
Fred Williams (1901)
Horace Botsford (1902–1903)
Paul Samson (1904–1906)
Owen Samuels (1907)
Paul Samson (1908)
Fred Honhart (1909–1911)
George Crispin (1912–1913)
Homer Woodson Hargiss (1914–1917)
H. D. McChesney (1918)
George McLaren (1919)
Homer Woodson Hargiss (1920–1927)
Fran Welch (1928–1942)
No team (1943–1945)
Fran Welch (1946–1954)
Keith Caywood (1955–1966)
Ron Blaylock (1967–1968)
Jim Lance (1969–1970)
Harold Elliott (1971–1973)
Dave Hoover (1974–1978)
Bob Seaman (1979–1982)
Larry Kramer (1983–1994)
Manny Matsakis (1995–1998)
Jerry Kill (1999–2000)
Dave Wiemers (2001–2006)
Garin Higgins (2007– )

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