Irl Tubbs
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Ira "Irl" Tubbs (born c.1888; date of death unknown) was an American college football coach at the University of Wisconsin-Superior, the University of Miami, and the University of Iowa.
[edit] Background
Irl Tubbs played college football at William Jewell College in Liberty, Missouri. He was a quarterback and end for William Jewell in the late 1910's. After graduation, Tubbs coached for two years in Missouri high schools before taking a coaching job at the University of Wisconsin-Superior. [1]
He was in Wisconsin for nine years from 1922-1930, although he was only able to coach for five seasons due to attacks of malta fever.
[edit] College Coaching Career
At Wisconsin-Superior, Tubbs served as both athletic director and a coach, both of football and hockey. He coached from 1923-1925 and again in 1928 and 1929. He led his school to football championships his last two seasons. Coach Tubbs was a renowned inventor, inventing improvements to athletic equipment such as a special inverted air valve for a football and elastic padding for football pants. [2]
Tubbs resigned from Wisconsin-Superior in 1930 after another health attack and moved to Miami, Florida. While he was recovering there in 1935, the head football coaching job at the University of Miami opened, and Tubbs was hired to coach the Hurricanes.
Irl Tubbs coached the Hurricanes for two seasons in 1935 and 1936, where he compiled a 11-5-2 record. In both seasons, his Hurricane teams bowed out as potential hosts for New Year's Day bowl games.
Tubbs was then hired as the 14th head football coach at the University of Iowa. He coached two seasons at Iowa in 1937 and 1938. He had a record of just 2-13-1 at Iowa, with his wins coming over Bradley University and Chicago. Tubbs' tenure at Iowa is best distinguished by his coaching of players who would star for Iowa's 1939 team, nicknamed the "Ironmen". Some of the players Tubbs coached included Nile Kinnick, an all-Big Ten selection in 1937, and Erwin Prasse, an all-Big Ten end in 1938.
Irl Tubbs was inducted into the University of Wisconsin-Superior Athletics Hall of Fame in 1963. [3]
[edit] References
- ^ 75 Years With The Fighting Hawkeyes, by Bert McCrane & Dick Lamb, Page 160 (ASIN: B0007E01F8)
- ^ University of Iowa Football, by Chuck Bright, Pages 137 and 138 (ISBN 0873972333)
- ^ Wisconsin-Superior Hall of Fame
| Preceded by: Ossie Solem |
Iowa Hawkeyes Football Coaches 1937–1938 |
Succeeded by: Eddie Anderson |
| Preceded by: Tom McCann |
Miami Hurricanes Football Coaches 1935–1936 |
Succeeded by: Jack Harding |
| Iowa Hawkeyes Head Football Coaches |
|---|
| Knipe • Chalmers • Catlin • Griffith • Hawley • Jones • Ingwersen • Solem • Tubbs • Anderson • Madigan • Crowe • Raffensperger • Evashevski • Burns • Nagel • Lauterbur • Commings • Fry • Ferentz |
| Miami Hurricanes Head Football Coaches |
|---|
| Buck • Rix • Brett • McCann • Tubbs • Harding • Dunn • Gustafson • Tate • Kichefski • Curci • Elliot • Selmer • Saban • Schnellenberger • Johnson • Erickson • Davis • Coker |
