Eddie King (coach)
{{Short description|American football and basketball coach, athletics administrator, educator}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox college coach
| name = Eddie King
| image =
| alt =
| caption =
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1912|7|9}}
| birth_place = War Eagle, West Virginia, U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1963|8|12|1912|7|9}}
| death_place = Charleston, West Virginia, U.S.
| alma_mater =
| player_sport1 = Football
| player_years2 = 1933–1935
| player_team2 = Marshall
| player_positions = Center, guard
| coach_sport1 = Football
| coach_years2 = 1942–1943
| coach_team2 = Charleston HS (WV) (assistant)
| coach_years3 = 1945
| coach_team3 = Charleston HS (WV)
| coach_years4 = 1946
| coach_team4 = Morris Harvey (assistant)
| coach_years5 = 1946–1956
| coach_team5 = Morris Harvey
| coach_sport6 = Basketball
| coach_years7 = 1946–1956
| coach_team7 = Morris Harvey
| admin_years1 = 1946–1957
| admin_team1 = Morris Harvey
| overall_record = 63–33–4 (college football)
| bowl_record = 3–1
| tournament_record =
| championships = Football
5 WVIAC (1948, 1950–1951, 1953–1954)
| awards =
| coaching_records =
}}
Carl Edward King (July 9, 1912 – August 12, 1963) was an American football and basketball coach, college athletics administrator, and educator. He served as the head football coach, head basketball coach, and athletic director at Morris Harvey College—now known as the University of Charleston—in Charleston, West Virginia from 1946 to 1957.
King attended Huntington High School in Huntington, West Virginia, where he was an all-state center in 1930. He then played college football at Marshall College—now known as Marshall University at the center and guard positions under head coach Cam Henderson. King later earned a master's degree from the University of Michigan in education and physical education.{{cite news |author= |title=Eagle Coach's Old School Too Strong |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/105898959/johnson-city-press/142772288/ |newspaper=Johnson City Press-Chronicle |location=Johnson City, Tennessee |date=November 22, 1951 |page=10 |access-date=March 5, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}{{cite news |author= |title=Eddie King Resigns Morris Harvey Post |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/105898959/beckley-post-herald-the-raleigh-register/142775401/ |newspaper=Post Herald and Register |location=Beckley, West Virginia |agency=Associated Press |date=April 28, 1956 |page=14 |access-date=March 5, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}
King came to Morris Harvey in 1946 as an assistant football coach under Alderson Propps. When Propps resigned in October of that year, King succeeded him as head football coach, first in an acting capacity and later on a permanent basis.{{cite news |author= |title=College Coach Quits |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/105898959/pittsburgh-sun-telegraph/ |newspaper=Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph |location=Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |agency=Associated Press |date=October 15, 1946 |page=22 |access-date=July 19, 2022 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}{{cite news |author= |title=Morris Harvey Names Eddie King Head Coach |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/105898959/the-indianapolis-star/142775346/ |newspaper=The Indianapolis Star |location=Indianapolis, Indiana |agency=Associated Press |date=November 18, 1946 |page=19 |access-date=March 5, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}
King died on August 12, 1963, at a hospital in Charleston, West Virginia, following an illness lasting six weeks.{{cite news |author= |title=Eddie King's Services Wed. |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/105898959/the-raleigh-register/142779267/ |newspaper=Raleigh Register |location=Beckley, West Virginia |agency=United Press International |date=August 13, 1963 |page=8 |access-date=March 5, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}
Head coaching record
=College football=
{{CFB Yearly Record Start | type = coach | team = | conf = | bowl = | poll = no }}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Morris Harvey Golden Eagles
| conf = West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
| startyear = 1946
| endyear = 1956
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1946
| name = Morris Harvey
| overall = 2–3{{#tag:ref|Alderson Propps resigned after the first two games of the 1946 season. King replaced him as head coach and led Morris Harvey for the final five games of the season. The Golden Eagles finished 2–5 overall and 2–3 in West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference play.|group=n|name=1946season}}
| confstanding = 7th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1947
| name = Morris Harvey
| overall = 4–5
| conference = 3–3
| confstanding = 7th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year = 1948
| name = Morris Harvey
| overall = 5–2–2
| conference = 3–0–1
| confstanding = 1st
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1949
| name = Morris Harvey
| overall = 7–2
| conference = 3–1
| confstanding = 3rd
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year = 1950
| name = Morris Harvey
| overall = 10–0
| conference = 5–0
| confstanding = T–1st
| bowlname = Tangerine
| bowloutcome = W
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year = 1951
| name = Morris Harvey
| overall = 6–3–1
| conference = 4–0
| confstanding = 1st
| bowlname = Burley
| bowloutcome = W
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1952
| name = Morris Harvey
| overall = 6–3
| conference = 4–0
| confstanding = 2nd
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year = 1953
| name = Morris Harvey
| overall = 6–4–1
| conference = 4–0
| confstanding = 1st
| bowlname = Elks
| bowloutcome = W
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year = 1954
| name = Morris Harvey
| overall = 8–2
| conference = 4–0
| confstanding = 1st
| bowlname = Cigar
| bowloutcome = L
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1955
| name = Morris Harvey
| overall = 4–5
| conference = 2–0
| confstanding = NA
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1956
| name = Morris Harvey
| overall = 5–4
| conference = 1–0
| confstanding = NA
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Morris Harvey
| overall = 63–33–4
| confrecord = 35–6–1
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record End
| overall = 63–33–4
| bowls = no
| poll = no
| polltype =
}}
Notes
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References
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