Jenks Gillem

Jenks Gillem

Sport(s)	Football
Biographical details
Born	c. 1890
Died	November 11, 1951 Gadsden, Alabama
Playing career
1910–1912	Sewanee
Position(s)	End, punter
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1925–1926	Howard (AL)
1928–1939	Birmingham–Southern
1940–1941	Sewanee
Head coaching record
Overall	71–65–10
Statistics College Football Data Warehouse
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
2 Dixie (1934, 1937)
Awards
3x All-Southern (1910, 1911, 1912) Associated Press Southeast Area All-Time football team 1869-1919 era. Sewanee All-Time Football Team

Jennings F. "Sam" "Jenks" Gillem (c. 1890 – November 11, 1951) was an American football player and coach. Gillem played for the Sewanee Tigers of Sewanee: The University of the South, and was selected All-Southern in 1910, 1911, and 1912. His ability punting the football netted him a spot on an Associated Press All-Time Southeast 1869-1919 era team.^[1][2] He served as the head football coach at Howard College—now Samford University (1925–1926), Birmingham–Southern College (1928–1939), and Sewanee (1940–1941), compiling a career college football record of 71–65–10. Gillem died on November 11, 1951 at a hospital in Gadsden, Alabama after a long illness.^[3]

Head coaching record

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
Howard Bulldogs (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1924–1926)
1924	Howard	3–5–1
1925	Howard	6–3
1926	Howard	4–4–1
Howard:		13–12–2
Birmingham–Southern Panthers (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1928–1931)
1928	Birmingham–Southern	3–2–4
1929	Birmingham–Southern	4–4
1930	Birmingham–Southern	5–4
1931	Birmingham–Southern	3–4
Birmingham–Southern Panthers (Dixie Conference) (1932–1938)
1932	Birmingham–Southern	5–3
1933	Birmingham–Southern	3–3–3
1934	Birmingham–Southern	9–0		1st
1935	Birmingham–Southern	2–6
1936	Birmingham–Southern	4–5
1937	Birmingham–Southern	6–2		1st
1938	Birmingham–Southern	4–5
1939	Birmingham–Southern	3–5–1
Birmingham–Southern:		51–43–8
Sewanee Tigers (NCAA College Division independent) (1940–1941)
1940	Sewanee	3–5
1941	Sewanee	2–5
Sewanee:		5–10
Total:		71–65–10
National championship         Conference title         Conference division title

References

1. "All-Time Football Team Lists Greats Of Past, Present". Gadsden Times. July 27, 1969.
2. "U-T Greats On All-Time Southeast Team". Kingsport Post. July 31, 1969.
3. AP (November 12, 1951). "Jennings Gillem Dies In Birmingham". The Tuscaloosa News. Retrieved January 18, 2011.

External links

• Jenks Gillem at the College Football Data Warehouse