Joseph Colter
| Playing career | |
|---|---|
| Football | |
| 1901–1904 | Brown |
| Position(s) | Center |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1905–1906 | Brown (assistant) |
| 1907 | Cheshire Academy |
| 1909 | Georgia (co-HC) |
| Baseball | |
| 1910 (preseason) | Georgia |
| Track and field | |
| 1905–1906 | Brown (assistant) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 1–4–2 (college football) |
Joseph Colter was an American college football player and coach. He served as the co-head football coach at the University of Georgia for one season, 1909.
Colter attended Brown University, where he played on the varsity football, track and field, and water polo teams. He lettered in football from 1901 to 1904.[1] Colter was an assistant football and track coach at Brown in 1905 and 1906. In 1906, he coached at Holyoke High School in Holyoke, Massachusetts. The following year, he was appointed physical director and head athletic coach at Cheshire Academy, a prep school in Cheshire, Connecticut.[2]
In September 1909, Colter was hired by Georgia at athletic coach for academic year of 1909–10.[3][4][5] In November of that year, Frank Dobson, who had been an assistant coach at Georgia Tech the prior year, was brought in to help Colter coach the team.[6] Dobson added new trick plays in an attempt to energize the offense. Still the team finished with a record of 1–4–2. Georgia football records, which refer to Colter as J. Coulter, credit him and Dobson as co-coaches for the 1909 season.[7] Colter began coaching the Georgia baseball team in the spring of 1910, but was dismissed from the team and replaced with Frank B. Anderson.[8]
Head coaching record
College football
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia Bulldogs (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1909) | |||||||||
| 1909 | Georgia | 1–4–2 | 1–4–1 | ||||||
| Georgia: | 1–4–2 | 1–4–1 | |||||||
| Total: | 1–4–2 | ||||||||
References
- ^ "Brown Football Varsity Lettermen". Brown University Athletics. Retrieved August 10, 2025.
- ^ "Colter To Coach Cheshire". Journal-Courier. New Haven, Connecticut. September 20, 1907. p. 9. Retrieved August 10, 2025 – via Newspapers.com .
- ^ "Georgia Secures Colter's Service's". The Atlanta Constitution. Atlanta, Georgia. September 10, 1909. p. 4. Retrieved August 10, 2025 – via Newspapers.com .
- ^ "Another Coach For University Of Georgia". The Macon News. Macon, Georgia. September 11, 1909. p. 7. Retrieved August 10, 2025 – via Newspapers.com .
- ^ "Coulter Will Coach Georgia This Year". Nashville Banner. Nashville, Tennessee. September 25, 1909. p. 14. Retrieved August 10, 2025 – via Newspapers.com .
- ^ "Dobson To Help Coach At Georgia". The Atlanta Journal. Atlanta, Georgia. April 18, 1909. p. 10. Retrieved August 10, 2025 – via Newspapers.com .
- ^ "Georgia Football 2025 Media Guide". University of Georgia. pp. 158, 160. Retrieved August 10, 2025.
- ^ "Frank Anderson Will Coach Georgia Ball Team". The Macon Daily Telegraph. Macon, Georgia. April 6, 1910. p. 7. Retrieved August 10, 2025 – via Newspapers.com .
- ^ "NCAA Statistics; Coach; James Coulter". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved August 10, 2025.