T. W. Alley
Biographical details | |
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Born | Wytheville, Virginia, U.S. | July 27, 1942
Died | February 5, 1993 Rock Hill, South Carolina, U.S. | (aged 50)
Playing career | |
1963–1964 | William & Mary |
1964–1965 | Richmond Rebels |
Position(s) | defensive lineman |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1966 | Princess Anne HS (VA) (assistant) |
1967–1968 | Randolph–Macon (line) |
1969–1972 | Louisville (OL) |
1973–1974 | Louisville |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 9–13 |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Awards | |
All-Southern Conference (1964) | |
Thomas Walter Alley (July 27, 1942 – February 5, 1993) was an
In 1967 Alley became the line coach at Randolph–Macon College in Ashland, Virginia. In his first season, 1967, the Yellow Jackets finished 7–2 and won the Mason–Dixon Conference and Virginia Small College League (VSCL) championships. In his second and final season, 1968, Randolph–Macon achieved the school's only undefeated, untied season, since the football program's inaugural campaign in 1881, and repeated as Mason–Dixon and VSCL champions.
After serving as an assistant for three seasons, Alley was named as the head coach at the
Alley's 1974 Louisville team finished 4–7 (3–2 in the MVC). The team opened the season with three losses, to
Alley died of an apparent heart attack, on February 5, 1993, at a hospital in Rock Hill, South Carolina.[1]
Head coaching record
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Louisville Cardinals (Missouri Valley Conference) (1973–1974) | |||||||||
1973 | Louisville | 5–6 | 3–2 | T–3rd | |||||
1974 | Louisville | 3–7 | 3–2 | 2nd | |||||
Louisville: | 9–13 | 6–4 | |||||||
Total: | 73–85–6 |