Tuss McLaughry

Tuss McLaughry

Biographical details
Born	(1893-05-19)May 19, 1893 Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Died	November 26, 1974(1974-11-26) (aged 81) Norwich, Vermont, U.S.
Playing career
Football
1912–1914	Westminster (PA)
?	Massillon Tigers
Position(s)	Tackle
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1915–1916	Westminster (PA)
1918	Westminster (PA)
1921	Westminster (PA)
1922–1925	Amherst
1926–1940	Brown
1941–1942	Dartmouth
1945–1954	Dartmouth
Basketball
1921–1922	Westminster (PA)
1922–1926	Amherst
1926–1929	Brown
Head coaching record
Overall	143–149–13 (football) 17–32 (basketball)
Accomplishments and honors
Awards
Amos Alonzo Stagg Award (1951)
College Football Hall of Fame Inducted in 1962 (profile)

DeOrmond "Tuss" McLaughry (May 19, 1893 – November 26, 1974) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Westminster College in New Wilmington, Pennsylvania (1915–1916, 1918, 1921), Amherst College (1922–1925), Brown University (1926–1940), and Dartmouth College (1941–1942, 1945–1954), compiling a career college football record of 143–149–13. McLaughry was also the head basketball coach at Brown from 1926 to 1929, tallying a mark of 17–32. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as coach in 1962. Of all coaches inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame, McLaughry is the only one with a winning percentage under .500.

Early life

Born on May 19, 1893, in Chicago, McLaughry was the son of James Alexander McLaughry Sr. (1860–1942) and his wife, Mary Graham McLaughry (1874–1952). He had at least seven siblings. He grew up in Sharon, Pennsylvania and attended Michigan State University for a year before transferring to Westminster College in New Wilmington, Pennsylvania.

Coaching career

McLaughry's coaching career at Dartmouth College was interrupted after two years due to World War II, where McLaughry served as a lieutenant colonel in the United States Marine Corps.

Twenty years after graduating from high school, McLaughry attended night and summer classes to earn his law degree from Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts. While and after coaching at Dartmouth, McLaughry was also the chairman of the Physical Education Department there until 1960.

McLaughry was instrumental in developing the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) during his lifetime, even serving a one-year term as President in 1936, and then remaining active with the organization as a volunteer secretary-treasurer from 1940 to 1960. It was after 1960 that McLaughry earned compensation for this position, and retired from the organization in 1965.

Personal life

On August 21, 1911 in Detroit, McLaughry married Florence Marguerite Jackson (July 20, 1892 – June 1, 1985), daughter of John Llouington Jackson (1849-1924) and Ella Adele (nee Lovett) Jackson (1856-1911). Together, they had three children:

• Jeanne Marguerite McLaughry (1912-2007)
• John Jackson McLaughry (1917-2007), who followed in his father's footsteps and played and coached football; he was the head football coach at Union College from 1947 to 1949, Amherst College from 1950 to 1958, and Brown University from 1959 to 1966. He also served with the Marines in World War II as a Major.
• Robert DeOrmond McLaughry (1921-2016)

McLaughry died on November 26, 1974, at his home in Norwich, Vermont.

Head coaching record

Football

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
Westminster Titans (Independent) (1915–1916)
1915	Westminster	2–5
1916	Westminster	2–5–1
Westminster Titans (Independent) (1918)
1918	Westminster	3–2
Westminster Titans (Independent) (1921)
1921	Westminster	1–6–2
Westminster:		8–18–3
Amherst Lord Jeffs (Little Three Conference) (1922–1925)
1922	Amherst	2–6	0–2	3rd
1923	Amherst	3–3–2	1–1	2nd
1924	Amherst	3–5	1–1	2nd
1925	Amherst	7–1	2–0	1st
Amherst:		15–15–2	4–4
Brown Bears (Independent) (1926–1940)
1926	Brown	9–0–1
1927	Brown	3–6–1
1928	Brown	8–1
1929	Brown	5–5
1930	Brown	6–3–1
1931	Brown	7–3
1932	Brown	7–1
1933	Brown	3–5
1934	Brown	3–6
1935	Brown	1–8
1936	Brown	3–7
1937	Brown	5–4
1938	Brown	5–3
1939	Brown	5–3–1
1940	Brown	6–3–1
Brown:		76–68–5
Dartmouth Indians (Independent) (1941–1942)
1941	Dartmouth	5–4
1942	Dartmouth	5–4
Dartmouth Indians (Independent) (1945–1954)
1945	Dartmouth	1–6–1
1946	Dartmouth	3–6
1947	Dartmouth	4–4–1
1948	Dartmouth	6–2
1949	Dartmouth	6–2
1950	Dartmouth	3–5–1
1951	Dartmouth	4–5
1952	Dartmouth	2–7
1953	Dartmouth	2–7
1954	Dartmouth	3–6
Dartmouth:		44–58–3
Total:		143–149–13
National championship         Conference title         Conference division title or championship game berth

See also

• List of college football head coaches with non-consecutive tenure

External links

• Tuss McLaughry at the College Football Hall of Fame
• Tuss McLaughry at Find a Grave