Edmund Meredith "Nig" Waller[1] (October 18, 1904 – June 4, 1988) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Middle Tennessee State University from 1934 to 1935. He also coached basketball and baseball there from 1933 to 1935. During his two-season tenure as basketball coach at Middle Tennessee State, Waller compiled an overall record of 9–2. His football record was an overall 3–14–1. Waller played quarterback under Dan McGugin at Vanderbilt University from 1924 to 1926. He was called "Nig" due to his dark complexion.[2] He was coach when Middle Tennessee was first dubbed the "Blue Raiders."
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | October 18, 1904 Bessemer, Alabama, U.S. |
| Died | June 4, 1988 (aged 83) Falls Church, Virginia, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1924–1926 | Vanderbilt |
| Position(s) | Quarterback |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1927–1932 | Bessemer City HS (AL) |
| 1933–1934 | Middle Tennessee State Teachers |
| Basketball | |
| 1933–1935 | Middle Tennessee State Teachers |
| Baseball | |
| 1933–1935 | Middle Tennessee State Teachers |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 3–14–1 (college football) 9–12 (college basketball) 49–11–4 (high school football) |
Prior to coaching at Middle Tennessee State University, Waller coached at Bessemer City High School in Bessemer, Alabama. In seven seasons at Bessemer, Waller went 49–11–4 (.797).[3]
Head coaching record
editCollege football
edit| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Middle Tennessee State Teachers Blue Raiders (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1933–1934) | |||||||||
| 1933 | Middle Tennessee State Teachers | 1–7–1 | 0–4 | 32nd | |||||
| 1934 | Middle Tennessee State Teachers | 2–7 | 1–3 | 24th | |||||
| Middle Tennessee State Teachers: | 3–14–1 | 1–7 | |||||||
| Total: | 3–14–1 | ||||||||
College basketball
edit| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Middle Tennessee State Teachers Blue Raiders (Independent) (1933–1935) | |||||||||
| 1933–34 | Middle Tennessee State Teachers | 6–5 | |||||||
| 1934–35 | Middle Tennessee State Teachers | 3–7 | |||||||
| Middle Tennessee State Teachers: | 9–12 | ||||||||
| Total: | 9–12 | ||||||||
References
edit- ^ "Vanderbilt University - Commodore Yearbook (Nashville, TN), Class of 1927, Page 42 of 328 | online yearbooks".
- ^ "Oral History Interview With Isa Lee Freeman" (PDF). July 3, 1995. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 19, 2014. Retrieved August 14, 2014.
- ^ "Bessemer Football Team History". Archived from the original on August 21, 2014.
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