Tom Nugent

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Tom Nugent

Thomas N. "Tom" Nugent (February 24, 1913 – January 19, 2006) was an NCAA Division I college football head coach, sportscaster, public relations man, and inventor of the I formation. He coached at the Florida State University, the University of Maryland, College Park, and the Virginia Military Institute.

He was the 20th head college football coach for the Virginia Military Institute Keydets located in Lexington, Virginia and he held that position for four seasons, from 1949 until 1952. His career coaching record at VMI was 19 wins, 18 losses, and 2 ties. This ranks him sixth at VMI in total wins and 14th at VMI in winning percentage.

Head coaching record

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
Virginia Military Institute (Independent) (1949–1952)
1949	VMI	3-5-1
1950	VMI	6-4-0
1951	VMI	7-3-0
1952	VMI	3-6-1
Virginia Military Institute:		19-18-2
Florida State (Independent) (1953–1958)
1953	Florida State	5-5-0
1954	Florida State	8-4-0			L Sun
1955	Florida State	5-5-0
1956	Florida State	5-4-1
1957	Florida State	4-6-0
1958	Florida State	7-4-0			L Bluegrass
Florida State:		34-28-1
Maryland (Atlantic Coast Conference) (1959–1965)
1959	Maryland	5-5-0
1960	Maryland	6-4-0
1961	Maryland	7-3-0
1962	Maryland	6-4-0
1963	Maryland	3-7-0
1964	Maryland	5-5-0
1965	Maryland	4-6-0
Maryland:		36-34-0
Total:		89-80-3
†Indicates Bowl Coalition, Bowl Alliance, BCS, or CFP / New Years' Six bowl. #Rankings from final Coaches Poll.

External links

• Richmond Times-Dispatch obituary (Resource cannot be found as of 8/09))
• AP obituary (Resource cannot be found as of 8/09)
• Virginia Military Institute athletics website (Resource cannot be found as of 8/09)