W. W. Hughes is a former head coach

Head coach

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 of the Florida State college football

College football

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 program from 1902–03. He was the first person to coach a collegiate football at Florida State University

Florida State University

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, then known as Florida State College. Over two years, Hughes compiled a record of 5–3–1.

Hughes was a former player for Vanderbilt University

Vanderbilt University

Vanderbilt University is a private research university located in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. Founded in 1873, the university is named for shipping and rail magnate "Commodore" Cornelius Vanderbilt, who provided Vanderbilt its initial $1 million endowment despite having never been to the...

, and was a Latin professor at Florida State College. Upon his arrival at the college, he volunteered to coach the school's first football team.

He was succeeded in 1904 by Jack Forsythe

Jack Forsythe

Jack A. "Pee Wee" Forsythe, Jr. was an American college football player and coach. Forsythe has an important place in the history of college athletics in the U.S. state of Florida as the first head coach of the team now known as the University of Florida Gators...

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Head coaching record

External links

• http://nolefan.org/ffsuexhibition.html
• http://nolefan.org/1902fsc.html
• http://nolefan.org/1903fsc.html