Ernest E. West (American football)
| Sport(s) | Football |
|---|---|
| Biographical details | |
| Born |
1867 Rome, Georgia |
| Died |
June 15, 1914 (aged 46–47) Rhea Springs, Tennessee |
| Playing career | |
| 1892 | Georgia Tech |
| Position(s) | Halfback |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1892 | Georgia Tech |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 0–3 |
Ernest E. West (1867 – July 17, 1914) was the organizer, head coach, and player of Georgia Tech's first football team.[1]
West was born in Rome, Georgia in 1867 and graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1888.[2] After graduation, he resigned his commission and practiced law in Georgia before becoming a professor at the Georgia school of Technology.[2] In 1892, he organized Georgia Tech's first football team, acted as coach and captain, and played halfback.[2] It was only season he would coach or play for the school. During the Spanish–American War, West served as a captain of marines.[2]
On June 14, 1914, during custody dispute over his nine-year-old daughter, West was found in a Chattanooga, Tennessee hotel room with a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head.[2] He survived his injuries, but died of kidney failure in Rhea Springs, Tennessee on July 17, 1914.[3]
Head coaching record
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets (Independent) (1892) | |||||||||
| 1892 | Georgia Tech | 0–3 | |||||||
| Georgia Tech: | 0–3 | ||||||||
| Total: | 0–3 | ||||||||