Branch Bocock

Branch Bocock

Bocock pictured in Yackety Yack 1912, North Carolina yearbook
Biographical details
Born	(1884-03-10)March 10, 1884 Shenandoah, Virginia, U.S.
Died	May 25, 1946(1946-05-25) (aged 62) 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 football, basketball, and baseball coach.^[1] 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),^[2] the University of South Carolina (1925–1926), and The College of William & Mary (1928–1930, 1936–1938), compiling a career college football record of 98–55–9. Bocock was also the head basketball coach at VPI (1909–1911, 1913–1915), LSU (1920–1921),^[3] and South Carolina (1924–1927), tallying a career college basketball 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 record of 70–54–2.^{[citation needed]}