 Olcott pictured in the 1903Yackety Yack, North Carolina yearbook | |
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1879-01-01)January 1, 1879 New York, New York, U.S. |
| Died | November 3, 1929(1929-11-03) (aged 50) Wallingford, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 1900–1901 | Yale |
| Position(s) | Center |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1902–1903 | North Carolina |
| 1904–1906 | Navy (assistant) |
| 1907–1912 | NYU |
| 1915–1917 | Kansas |
| 1918 | Great Lakes Navy |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 47–30–12 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Awards | |
| ConsensusAll-American (1900) Third-team All-American (1901) | |
Herman Parker "Bo"Olcott (January 1, 1879 – November 3, 1929)[1] was an Americancollege football player and coach. He played football atYale University, where he was anAll-American in 1900 atcenter. Olcott was the head football coach at theUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from 1902 to 1903,New York University (NYU) from 1907 to 1912, and theUniversity of Kansas, from 1915 to 1917. He was the head coach of theGreat Lakes Navy Bluejackets football team, which represented theNaval Station Great Lakes, for the first three games of the 1918 season. Olcott went to theUnited States Naval Academy in 1904 to assistPaul Dashiell in coaching the football team.[2]
Olcott died on November 3, 1929, inWallingford, Connecticut, after a three-year illness.[3]
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Carolina Tar Heels(Independent)(1902–1903) | |||||||||
| 1902 | North Carolina | 5–1–3 | |||||||
| 1903 | North Carolina | 6–3 | |||||||
| North Carolina: | 11–4–3 | ||||||||
| NYU Violets(Independent)(1907–1912) | |||||||||
| 1907 | NYU | 5–2 | |||||||
| 1908 | NYU | 2–3–2 | |||||||
| 1909 | NYU | 6–1–1 | |||||||
| 1910 | NYU | 2–4–1 | |||||||
| 1911 | NYU | 1–3–3 | |||||||
| 1912 | NYU | 2–6 | |||||||
| NYU: | 18–19–7 | ||||||||
| Kansas Jayhawks(Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association)(1915–1917) | |||||||||
| 1915 | Kansas | 6–2 | 3–1 | 2nd | |||||
| 1916 | Kansas | 4–3–1 | 1–2–1 | 5th | |||||
| 1917 | Kansas | 6–2 | 3–1 | T–2nd | |||||
| Kansas: | 16–7–1 | 7–4–1 | |||||||
| Great Lakes Navy Bluejackets(Independent)(1918) | |||||||||
| 1918 | Great Lakes Navy | 2–0–1[n 1] | |||||||
| Great Lakes Navy: | 2–0–1 | ||||||||
| Total: | 47–30–12 | ||||||||
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