Ewing Y. Freeland
Ewing Young "Big 'un" Freeland (January 1, 1887 – August 15, 1953) was an American football and baseball player and coach of football, basketball, and baseball. He served as the head football coach at Daniel Baker College (1912–1914), Texas Christian University (1915), Austin College (1919–1920, 1936–1938), Millsaps College (1921), Southern Methodist University (1922–1923, with Ray Morrison), and Texas Tech University (1925–1928), compiling a career college football record of 77–49–16. Freeland was also the head basketball coach at TCU for one season in 1915–16 and at Millsaps for one season in 1921–22. In addition, he was the head baseball coach at TCU (1916), SMU (1923–1924), and Texas Tech (1926–1927), amassing a career college baseball record of 50–47–3.
 Freeland pictured in the 1929 La Ventana, Texas Tech yearbook | |
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | January 1, 1887 Turnersville, Texas |
| Died | August 15, 1963 (aged 76) Brownwood, Texas |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1904–1906 | Daniel Baker |
| 1908–1911 | Vanderbilt |
| Position(s) | Tackle (football) First baseman (baseball) |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1912–1914 | Daniel Baker |
| 1915 | TCU |
| 1919–1920 | Austin |
| 1921 | Millsaps |
| 1922–1923 | SMU |
| 1925–1928 | Texas Tech |
| 1936–1938 | Austin |
| Basketball | |
| 1915–1916 | TCU |
| 1921–1922 | Millsaps |
| Baseball | |
| 1916 | TCU |
| 1923–1924 | SMU |
| 1926–1927 | Texas Tech |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1925–1927 | Texas Tech |
| 1935–1938 | Austin |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 77–49–16 (football) 2–11 (basketball) 50–47–3 (baseball) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| Football 1 TIAA (1920) 1 SWC (1923) | |
| Awards | |
| 3× All-Southern (1909, 1910, 1911) | |
Biography
Freeland was born on January 1, 1887 in Turnersville, Texas and died on August 15, 1953 in Brownwood, Texas.[1] He played football and baseball at Vanderbilt University, from which he graduated in 1912. He weighed some 200 pounds. He was nominated though not selected for an Associated Press All-Time Southeast 1869-1919 era team.[2] In 1915, Freeland coached football at TCU, compiling a 4–5 record. In 1922 and 1923, Freeland co-coached the SMU Mustangs football team with his former teammate at Vanderbilt, Ray Morrison. The two effectively shared the heading coaching duties, with Morrison focusing on the backfield and ends, and Freeland mentoring the linemen.[3] In 1925, Freeland became the first coach of the Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, then known as the Matadors. He coached football at Texas Tech from 1925 to 1928, where he had a 21–10–6 record. Freeland was also the first head coach of the Texas Tech Red Raiders baseball team and Texas Tech's first athletic director.[4] He is credited with designing Texas Tech's Double T logo and had it put on the sweaters of football players.[5]
Head coaching record
Football
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel Baker (Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1912–1914) | |||||||||
| 1912 | Daniel Baker | 4–1–2 | |||||||
| 1913 | Daniel Baker | 1–3–3 | |||||||
| 1914 | Daniel Baker | 7–2 | |||||||
| Daniel Baker: | 12–6–5 | ||||||||
| TCU Horned Frogs (Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1915) | |||||||||
| 1915 | TCU | 4–5 | 2–0 | ||||||
| TCU: | 4–5 | 2–0 | |||||||
| Austin Kangaroos (Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1919–1920) | |||||||||
| 1919 | Austin | 4–3–1 | |||||||
| 1920 | Austin | 6–3 | 1st | ||||||
| Millsaps Majors (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1921) | |||||||||
| 1921 | Millsaps | 1–5–1 | 0–3 | T–26th | |||||
| Millsaps: | 1–5–1 | 0–3 | |||||||
| SMU Mustangs (Southwest Conference) (1922–1923) | |||||||||
| 1922 | SMU | 6–3–1 | 2–2 | T–3rd | |||||
| 1923 | SMU | 9–0 | 5–0 | 1st | |||||
| SMU: | 15–3–1 | 7–2 | |||||||
| Texas Tech Matadors (Independent) (1925–1928) | |||||||||
| 1925 | Texas Tech | 6–1–2 | |||||||
| 1926 | Texas Tech | 6–1–3 | |||||||
| 1927 | Texas Tech | 5–4 | |||||||
| 1928 | Texas Tech | 4–4–1 | |||||||
| Texas Tech: | 21–10–6 | ||||||||
| Austin Kangaroos (Texas Conference) (1936–1938) | |||||||||
| 1936 | Austin | 4–4–2 | 3–3 | 4th | |||||
| 1937 | Austin | 8–2 | 6–1 | 2nd | |||||
| 1938 | Austin | 2–8 | 2–5 | ||||||
| Austin: | 24–20–3 | 11–8 | |||||||
| Total: | 77–49–16 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth | |||||||||
Baseball
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TCU Horned Frogs (1916) | |||||||||
| 1916 | TCU | 9–7 | |||||||
| TCU: | 9–7 | ||||||||
| SMU Mustangs (Southwest Conference) (1923–1924) | |||||||||
| 1923 | SMU | 16–10 | 14–6 | 2nd | |||||
| 1924 | SMU | 10–19 | 5–16 | 6th | |||||
| SMU: | 26–25 | 19–22 | |||||||
| Texas Tech Matadors (1926–1927) | |||||||||
| 1926 | Texas Tech | 11–2–1 | |||||||
| 1927 | Texas Tech | 4–9–1 | |||||||
| Texas Tech: | 15–11–2 | ||||||||
| Total: | 50–43–2 | ||||||||
References
- "Youngs-Ireland, Pennsylvania, Alabama, Texas". Ancestry.com. Retrieved April 2, 2011.
- "U-T Greats On All-Time Southeast Team". Kingsport Post. July 31, 1969.
- NEA Service (December 21, 1923). "Texas Turns Out Latest Wonder Team of Gridion". Evening Independent. Retrieved April 2, 2011.
- Andrews, Ruth Horn (1956). The First Thirty Years: a History of Texas Technological College. Lubbock, Texas: The Texas Tech Press. p. 298.
- "Double T Symbol". Texas Tech University. Retrieved September 24, 2008.