Harris Coleman

Harris Coleman
Biographical details
Born(1893-05-31)May 31, 1893
Stanford, Kentucky, U.S.
DiedMarch 16, 1972(1972-03-16) (aged 78)
Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.
Playing career
1913–1916Virginia
Position(s)Guard
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1919Virginia
Head coaching record
Overall2–5–2

Harris Woolfolk Coleman (May 31, 1893 – March 16, 1972) was an American college football player, and coach and lawyer. He served as the head football coach at the University of Virginia for one season in 1919, compiling a record of 2–5–2. Coleman was born in 1893 in Stanford, Kentucky. Coleman later practiced law in Louisville as a partner in the firm Coleman & White. He served as county attorney for Jefferson County, Kentucky from 1927 to 1934. He was also active in the Louisville-Jefferson County Republican organization. He died in 1972.