Tom Nugent
Nugent as Florida State coach in the 1950s
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| Sport(s) | Football |
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| Biographical details | |
| Born |
February 24, 1913 Lawrence, Massachusetts |
| Died | January 19, 2006 (aged 92) Tallahassee, Florida |
| Playing career | |
| 1930s | Ithaca |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| ?–1948 | Hopewell HS (VA) |
| 1949–1952 | VMI |
| 1953–1958 | Florida State |
| 1959–1965 | Maryland |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 89–80–3 (college) |
| Bowls | 0–2 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 1 SoCon (1951) | |
Thomas N. "Tom" Nugent (February 24, 1913 – January 19, 2006) was an American college football coach and innovator, sportscaster, public relations man. He served as the head football coach at the Virginia Military Institute, Florida State University, and the University of Maryland. His career record was 89–80–3. Nugent is credited with the development of the I formation.
Nugent, a native of Lawrence, Massachusetts, attended Ithaca College in upstate New York, where he played baseball, basketball, football, and track, and earned ten varsity letters. He graduated from Ithaca in 1936.
During World War II, Nugent served in the United States Army Air Corps and attained the rank of captain. He worked as a fitness instructor for deploying officers, and later, as the director of entertainment of a military installation in Missouri.
Nugent began his football coaching career at the interscholastic level in Virginia. In January 1949, while coaching at Hopewell High School, he was hired by the Virginia Military Institute to replace head coach Slick Morton who had resigned to take over at Mississippi State.
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