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Encyclopedia > Jim Tatum
Jim Tatum
Date of birth July 22, 1913
Place of birth McColl, SC
Date of death July 23, 1959
Place of death Chapel Hill, NC
Sport Football
Coaching positions
1956-1958
1947-1955
1946		 University of North Carolina
University of Maryland
University of Oklahoma
College Football Hall of Fame, 1984 (Bio)

James M. "Jim" Tatum (July 22, 1913—July 23, 1959) was the legendary coach of the Maryland Terrapins football team from 1947-1955. He compiled a 73-15-4 record for an .815 winning percentage. Maryland was undefeated in the 1951 season at 10-0, upsetting top-ranked Tennessee 23-13 in the 1952 Sugar Bowl. His team won the NCAA Division I national championship in 1953. That season, Tatum was voted Coach of the Year. His Maryland teams won conference co-championships in 1951, 1953, and 1955. As well as playing in the Sugar Bowl, Maryland also played twice each in the Gator Bowl and the Orange Bowl under Coach Tatum's leadership. July 22 is the 203rd day (204th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 162 days remaining. ... Year 1913 (MCMXIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar). ... McColl is a town in Marlboro County, South Carolina, United States. ... July 23 is the 204th day (205th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 161 days remaining. ... Year 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... City nickname: The Southern Part of Heaven County Orange County Mayor Kevin C. Foy Area  - Total  - Water 51. ... United States simply as football, is a competitive team sport that is both fast-paced and strategic. ... The University of North Carolina is a sixteen-university system which comprises all public four-year universities in North Carolina, United States. ... University of Maryland, College Park The University of Maryland, College Park (also known as UM, UMD, or UMCP) is a public coeducational university situated in suburban College Park, Maryland just outside Washington, D.C. The flagship institution of the University System of Maryland, the university is most often referred to... The University of Oklahoma, often called OU or Oklahoma, is a coeducational public research university located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. ... The College Football Hall of Fame, located in South Bend, Indiana, United States, is a hall of fame devoted to college football. ... See also: 1983 in sports, other events of 1984, 1985 in sports and the list of years in sports. Auto Racing Stock car racing: NASCAR Championship - Terry Labonte Cale Yarborough won the Daytona 500 Richard Petty won the 200th (and final) race of his career on July 4. ... July 22 is the 203rd day (204th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 162 days remaining. ... Year 1913 (MCMXIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar). ... July 23 is the 204th day (205th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 161 days remaining. ... Year 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The University of Maryland, College Park (also known as UM, UMD, or UMCP) is a public university located in College Park, Maryland, just outside Washington, D.C., USA. As the flagship institution of the University System of Maryland, the university is most often referred to as the University of Maryland...


For three seasons, 1956 to 1958, he served as the head football coach at his alma mater, the University of North Carolina where he compiled a 19-17-3 record. He had previously coached there in 1942, before enlisting in the Navy during World War II. He was assigned to the Iowa Pre-Flight School where he assisted Coach Don Faurot. There, Tatum developed the Split-T Offense. It was this set (with a few variations) that he would use with great success. In 1946, he coached the University of Oklahoma to an 8-3 record before accepting the coaching position at Maryland. The University of North Carolina is a sixteen-university system which comprises all public four-year universities in North Carolina, United States. ...


Tatum is a member of the College Football Hall of Fame and the University of Maryland Athletic Hall of Fame. The College Football Hall of Fame, located in South Bend, Indiana, United States, is a hall of fame devoted to college football. ...


Tatum played baseball in his youth and was once a member of the Kinston Eagles minor league team. A view of the playing field at Busch Stadium II St. ... Former minor league baseball team located in Kinston, NC. The Kinston Eagles was a name used by the teams of Kinston on and off from 1925 to 1986. ... Minor leagues in the sense intended in this article are professional sports leagues which are not regarded as the premier leagues in those sports. ...


At 6' 3" and 230 pounds, he was nicknamed "Big Jim."


Coach Tatum died in Chapel Hill, NC, on July 23, 1959, only days after contracting a rare virus. He was only 46 years old. He is buried in Old Chapel Hill Cemetery. City nickname: The Southern Part of Heaven County Orange County Mayor Kevin C. Foy Area  - Total  - Water 51. ... July 23 is the 204th day (205th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 161 days remaining. ... Year 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Preceded by
Dewey Luster		 University of Oklahoma Head Football Coaches
1946		 Succeeded by
Bud Wilkinson
Preceded by
Clark Shaughnessy		 University of Maryland Head Football Coaches
1947-1955		 Succeeded by
Tommy Mont
Oklahoma Sooners Head Football Coaches
Harts • Parrington • Roberts • McMahon • Ewing • Owen • Lindsey • Hardage • L Jones • Stidham • Luster • Tatum • Wilkinson • G Jones • Mackenzie • Fairbanks • Switzer • Gibbs • Schnellenberger • Blake • Stoops
Maryland Terrapins Head Football Coaches
Skinner • Harding • Bannon • Lewis • Kenly • Cooke • Peters • Dunbar • Markey • Nielsen • Melick • Lang • Larkin • Alston • Donnelly • Byrd • Faber • Dobson • Shaughnessy • Spears • Bryant • Tatum • Mont • Nugent • Saban • Ward • Lester • Claiborne • Ross • Krivak • Duffner • Vanderlinden • Friedgen
North Carolina Tar Heels Head Football Coaches
Cowan • Irvine • Trenchard • Johnston • Reynolds • Jenkins • Olcott • Brown • Warner • Keinholz • Lamson • Green • Brides • Bocock • Martin • Campbell • Fuller • Fetzer • Collins • Snavely • Wolf • Tatum • Young • McEver • Barclay • Hickey • Dooley • Crum • Brown • Torbush • Bunting • Davis
Persondata
NAME Tatum, Jim
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION Football coach
DATE OF BIRTH July 22, 1913
PLACE OF BIRTH McColl, SC
DATE OF DEATH July 23, 1959
PLACE OF DEATH Chapel Hill, NC


 

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