Percy S. Prince

Percy S. Prince

Sport(s)	Football, basketball, baseball
Biographical details
Born	(1882-04-07)April 7, 1882 Massachusetts
Died	Wilmington, Delaware
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1907	Tufts (assistant)
1909–1915	Louisiana Tech
1919	Louisiana Tech
Basketball
1909–1911	Louisiana Tech
1920–1923	St. Stephen's
Baseball
1910	Louisiana Tech
1922	St. Stephen's
Head coaching record
Overall	25–17–5 (football) 5–5 (basketball) 14–4 (baseball)
Statistics College Football Data Warehouse
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Louisiana Intercollegiate Athletic Association (1915)

Percy S. Prince
Allegiance	United States of America
Service/branch	United States Army
Rank	Major
Unit	20px 39th Infantry Division 1st Louisiana Infantry Regiment
Commands held	Supply Company
Battles/wars	World War I (France)

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

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.

Head coaching record

Football

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	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) (1915–1919)
1915	Louisiana Tech	3–1–2	2–0–1	1st
1919	Louisiana Tech	0–3	0–1	4th
Louisiana Tech:		25–17–5	2–1–1
Total:		25–17–5
National championship         Conference title         Conference division title

Basketball

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

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:		14–4

See also

• List of college football head coaches with non-consecutive tenure