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| Playing career | |
|---|---|
| Football | |
| 1907–1910 | Miami (OH) |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1914–1916 | Florida |
| 1916–1917 | Ohio Wesleyan |
| Basketball | |
| 1915–1916 | Florida |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 13–13–1 (football) 5–1 (basketball) |
Charles James McCoy was an Americancollege football andbasketball coach. McCoy was the thirdhead coach of theFlorida Gators football team and the first head coach of theFlorida Gators men's basketball team that represent theUniversity of Florida in Gainesville, Florida.
McCoy attendedMiami University inOxford, Ohio, where he played for theMiami Redskins football team from 1907 to 1910.[1] He was a member of the 1908 Redskins team that outscored its opponents 113–10 while posting a 7–0 record, and was later thecaptain of the 1910 team during hissenior year.[1] McCoy also played baseball and basketball and ran track for Miami.[2]
McCoy got his start as a football coach at theSewanee Military Academy, apreparatory school affiliated with theUniversity of the South inSewanee, Tennessee.[2] McCoy replacedGeorge E. Pyle as the Florida Gators football coach and held that position for three seasons from1914 to1916, and compiled a 9–10 record at Florida.[3][4] He also served as Florida's first basketball coach during the 1915–1916 season and accumulated a 5–1 record. As measured by his winning percentage (.833), McCoy remains the winningest coach in Gators basketball history. Florida did not field a basketball team for the 1916–1917 season.
After a winless 0–5 football season in 1916, McCoy was replaced as football coach byAlfred L. Buser.[4]
McCoy served as the head coach atOhio Wesleyan University in 1917.[5]
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Florida Gators(Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association)(1914–1916) | |||||||||
| 1914 | Florida | 5–2 | 2–2 | ||||||
| 1915 | Florida | 4–3 | 2–3 | ||||||
| 1916 | Florida | 0–5 | 0–4 | ||||||
| Florida: | 9–10 | 4–9 | |||||||
| Ohio Wesleyan(Ohio Athletic Conference)(1917) | |||||||||
| 1917 | Ohio Wesleyan | 4–3–1 | 3–3–1 | T–6th | |||||
| Ohio Wesleyan: | 4–3–1 | 3–3–1 | |||||||
| Total: | 13–13–1 | ||||||||
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Florida Gators(Independent)(1915–1916) | |||||||||
| 1915–16 | Florida | 5–1 | |||||||
| Florida: | 5–1 | ||||||||
| Total: | 5–1 | ||||||||