Jenks Gillem
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | October 6, 1890 Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Died | November 11, 1951 (aged 61) Gadsden, Alabama, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 1910–1912 | Sewanee |
| Position(s) | End, punter |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1919–1922 | Birmingham–Southern (assistant) |
| 1923 | Howard (AL) (assistant) |
| 1924–1926 | Howard (AL) |
| 1928–1939 | Birmingham–Southern |
| 1940–1941 | Sewanee |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 73–65–10 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 2 Dixie (1934, 1937) | |
| Awards | |
| 3× All-Southern (1910, 1911, 1912) Associated Press Southeast Area All-Time football team 1869-1919 era. Sewanee All-Time Football Team | |
Jennings Frederick Gillem (c. 1890 – November 11, 1951), nicknamed "Jenks" and "Sam", was an American college football player and coach. Gillem played for the Sewanee Tigers of Sewanee: The University of the South, and was selected All-Southern in 1910, 1911, and 1912. His ability punting the football netted him a spot on an Associated Press All-Time Southeast 1869-1919 era team. In 1915 he was selected by John Heisman one of the 30 greatest Southern football players.
He served as the head football coach at Howard College—now known as Samford University (1924–1926), Birmingham–Southern College (1928–1939), and Sewanee (1940–1941), compiling a career college football record of 73–65–10. Gillem died on November 11, 1951, at a hospital in Gadsden, Alabama, after a long illness. He was 5'9" and 150 pounds.