Branch Bocock
Bocock pictured in Yackety Yack 1912, North Carolina yearbook | |
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | March 10, 1884 Shenandoah, Virginia, U.S. |
| Died | May 25, 1946 (aged 62) near Blackstone, Virginia, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1903–1906 | Georgetown |
| Position(s) | Quarterback |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1908 | Georgia |
| 1909–1910 | VPI |
| 1911 | North Carolina |
| 1912–1915 | VPI |
| 1920–1921 | LSU |
| 1925–1926 | South Carolina |
| 1928–1930 | William & Mary |
| 1936–1938 | William & Mary |
| Basketball | |
| 1909–1911 | VPI |
| 1913–1915 | VPI |
| 1920–1921 | LSU |
| 1924–1927 | South Carolina |
| Baseball | |
| 1910–1911 | VPI |
| 1914 | VPI |
| 1922–1923 | LSU |
| 1925–1927 | South Carolina |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1909 | VPI |
| 1925–1926 | South Carolina |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 98–55–9 (football) 109–33 (basketball) 70–54–4 (baseball) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| Football 2 Virginia Conference (1929–1930) Basketball 1 SoCon regular season (1927) | |
James Branch Bocock (March 10, 1884 – May 25, 1946) was an American college football, college basketball, and college baseball coach. He served as the head football coach at the University of Georgia (1908), Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute (VPI)—now known as Virginia Tech (1909–1910, 1912–1915), the University of North Carolina (1911), Louisiana State University (1920–1921), the University of South Carolina (1925–1926), and The College of William & Mary (1928–1930, 1936–1938), compiling a career college football head coaching record of 98–55–9. Bocock was also the head basketball coach at VPI (1909–1911, 1913–1915), LSU (1920–1921), and South Carolina (1924–1927), tallying a career college basketball head coaching mark of 109–33, and the head baseball coach at VPI (1910–1911, 1914), LSU (1922–1923), and South Carolina (1925–1927), amassing a career college baseball head coaching record of 70–54–2.