Percy S. Prince

Percy S. Prince (April 7, 1882 – December 12, 1930) was an American football, basketball, and baseball coach at Louisiana Tech University and St. Stephen's College—now known as Bard College.

Percy S. Prince
Biographical details
Born(1882-04-07)April 7, 1882
Salem, Massachusetts
DiedDecember 12, 1930(1930-12-12) (aged 48)
Wilmington, Delaware
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1907Tufts (assistant)
1909–1915Louisiana Tech
1919Louisiana Tech
Basketball
1909–1911Louisiana Tech
1920–1923St. Stephen's
Baseball
1910Louisiana Tech
1922St. Stephen's
Head coaching record
Overall25–17–5 (football)
5–5 (basketball)
14–4 (baseball)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Football
1 Louisiana Intercollegiate Athletic Association (1915)
Percy S. Prince
Allegiance United States of America
Service/branch United States Army
Rank Major
Unit 39th Infantry Division
1st Louisiana Infantry Regiment
Commands heldSupply Company
Battles/warsWorld War I (France)

Prince graduated from Tufts University in 1906 and served as an assistant football coach at Tufts in 1907.

He became the head football coach at Louisiana Tech in 1909 and coached the Bulldog football team through the 1915 season in which Louisiana Tech won the Louisiana Intercollegiate Athletic Association championship. The 1915 season the first season Louisiana Tech ever competed in a football conference, and therefore, Louisiana Tech's first ever conference championship.

Prince also coached the Louisiana Tech baseball team in 1910 and finished with 14 wins and 4 losses.

With the United States engaged in World War I, Prince left coaching to serve as a captain in the 1st Regiment of Infantry with headquarters at Monroe under Colonel Frank P. Stubbs Jr. Prince served as the Supply Company Commander. After his regiment landed in Brest, France, on September 3, 1918, Prince's regiment became part of the 39th Infantry Regiment and was eventually reorganized as the 156th Infantry Regiment. They were finally assigned to a training camp near Saint Florent. Prince was promoted from Captain to Major.

After the conclusion of the war, Prince returned to Ruston to coach the Bulldog football team for the 1919 season. Prince's career football record was 25 wins, 17 losses, and 5 ties.

In 1920, Prince moved to Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, to coach basketball and base at St. Stephen's College, which has since changed its name to Bard College. He left St. Stephen's in 1923.

Prince was born in Salem, Massachusetts. He died on December 12, 1930, at Delaware Hospital in Wilmington, Delaware.[1]

Head coaching record

Football
Year Team Overall ConferenceStanding Bowl/playoffs
Louisiana Tech Bulldogs (Independent) (1909–1914)
1909 Louisiana Tech 5–1
1910 Louisiana Tech 7–0
1911 Louisiana Tech 4–2–1
1912 Louisiana Tech 1–2–1
1913 Louisiana Tech 3–4–1
1914 Louisiana Tech 2–4
Louisiana Tech Bulldogs (Louisiana Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1915)
1915 Louisiana Tech 3–1–22–0–11st
Louisiana Tech Bulldogs (Louisiana Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1919)
1919 Louisiana Tech 0–30–14th
Louisiana Tech: 25–17–52–1–1
Total:25–17–5
      National championship         Conference title         Conference division title or championship game berth

Basketball
Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
St. Stephen's () (1920–1923)
1920–21 St. Stephen's 1–2
1921–22 St. Stephen's 2–3
1922–23 St. Stephen's 2–0
St. Stephen's: 5–5
Total:5–5

Baseball
Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Louisiana Tech Bulldogs () (1910)
1910 Louisiana Tech 14–4
Louisiana Tech: 14–4
St. Stephen's () (1922)
1922 St. Stephen's
St. Stephen's:
Total:

See also

References
  1. "Physical Director of State Schools Dies In Hospital". The Morning News. Wilmington, Delaware. December 13, 1930. p. 1. Retrieved April 26, 2019 – via Newspapers.com .
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