Charles Best (American football)

Charles Best

Best pictured in The Cap & Gown 1918, Sewanee yearbook
Biographical details
Born	(1874-07-25)July 25, 1874 Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died	July 4, 1962(1962-07-04) (aged 87) Alameda County, California, U.S.
Alma mater	Lafayette University (1899)
Playing career
Football
1898	Lafayette
Position(s)	Quarterback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1900–1901	Drake
1902	Purdue
1917–1918	Sewanee
Basketball
1901–1902	Purdue
Head coaching record
Overall	24–13–3 (football) 10–3 (basketball)

Charles Monroe Best (July 25, 1874 – July 4, 1962) was an American football and basketball coach. He served as the head football coach at Drake University (1900–1901), Purdue University (1902), and Sewanee: The University of the South (1917–1918), compiling a career college football coaching record of 24–13–3. Best was also the head basketball coach at Purdue for one season, in 1901–02, tallying a mark of 10–3.

Coaching career

Drake

Best was the fifth head football coach at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, serving for two seasons, from 1900 to 1901, and compiling a record of 10–7.

Purdue

Best coached the 1902 season at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana. He had his most successful season at Purdue, posting a record of 7–2–1.

Head coaching record

Football

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
Drake Bulldogs (Independent) (1900–1901)
1900	Drake	6–3
1901	Drake	4–4
Drake:		10–7
Purdue Boilermakers (Western Conference) ({{{startyear}}})
1902	Purdue	7–2–1	2–2	5th
Purdue:		7–2–1	2–2
Sewanee Tigers (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1917–1918)
1917	Sewanee	4–2–2	3–2–2
1918	Sewanee	3–2	0–1
Sewanee:		7–4–1	3–3–2
Total:		24–13–3

Basketball

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
Purdue Boilermakers (Western Conference) (1901–1902)
1901–02	Purdue	10–3	2–0	T-1st†
Purdue:		10–3 (.769)
Total:		10–3 (.769)

† Intermural play only; the conference did not have an official championship winner