Garland "Chief" Nevitt (February 28, 1887 – August 1970)[1] was an American football, basketball, and baseball coach. He served as the head football coach at Central Michigan University for one season in 1919, compiling a record of 2–2–3. He also coached the basketball team at Central Michigan that year to a 10–5 record. He played Minor League Baseball with the Battle Creek Crickets of the Southern Michigan League from 1911 to 1913 and with the St. Thomas Saints of the Canadian League from 1914 to 1915.[2] Nevitt was a vegetarian and non-smoker.[2]
 Nevitt pictured in Chippewa 1920, Central Michigan yearbook | |
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | February 28, 1887 Kansas, U.S. |
| Died | August 1970 (aged 83) |
| Playing career | |
| Baseball | |
| 1911–1913 | Battle Creek Crickets |
| 1914–1915 | St. Thomas Saints |
| Position(s) | Catcher |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1919 | Central Michigan |
| Basketball | |
| 1919–1920 | Central Michigan |
| Baseball | |
| 1918–1920 | Central Michigan |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 2–2–3 (football) 10–5 (basketball) 14–12–1 (baseball) |
Early life
editA member of the Lenape tribe who also had African-American heritage, Nevitt was born in 1887 in Kansas.[3]
Head coaching record
editCollege football
edit| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central Michigan Normalites (Independent) (1919) | |||||||||
| 1919 | Central Michigan | 2–2–3 | |||||||
| Central Michigan: | 2–2–3 | ||||||||
| Total: | 2–2–3 | ||||||||
References
edit- ^ "Garland Nevitt". Retrieved December 25, 2020.
- ^ a b "Indian Catcher is Vegetarian". The Toronto World. April 14, 2016. p. 8. Retrieved July 23, 2016.
- ^ "Catcher, "Chief," coach: Garland Nevitt makes history at CMU". Central Michigan University. Retrieved February 18, 2023.
External links
edit- Career statistics from Baseball Reference (Minors)
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