Harry Hartsell

{{Short description|American college athlete and coach}}

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{{Infobox college coach

| name = Harry Hartsell

| image = Harry Hartsell.png

| alt =

| caption = Hartsell pictured in The Agromeck 1922, NC State yearbook

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1890|6|29}}

| birth_place = Asheville, North Carolina, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1955|2|14|1890|6|29}}

| death_place = Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S.

| alma_mater =

| player_sport1 = Football

| player_years2 = 1908–1911

| player_team2 = North Carolina A&M

| player_sport3 = Basketball

| player_years4 = 1910–1912

| player_team4 = North Carolina A&M

| player_sport5 = Baseball

| player_years6 = 1909–1912

| player_team6 = North Carolina A&M

| player_positions = End (football)
Shortstop (baseball)

| coach_sport1 = Football

| coach_years2 = 1917

| coach_team2 = North Carolina A&M

| coach_years3 = 1921–1923

| coach_team3 = NC State

| coach_sport4 = Basketball

| coach_years5 = 1916–1918

| coach_team5 = North Carolina A&M

| coach_years6 = 1921–1923

| coach_team6 = NC State

| coach_sport7 = Baseball

| coach_years8 = 1917–1918

| coach_team8 = North Carolina A&M

| coach_years9 = 1921–1923

| coach_team9 = NC State

| admin_years1 = 1916–1918

| admin_team1 = North Carolina A&M

| overall_record = 16–18–4 (football)
34–32 (basketball)
52–37–4 (baseball)

| bowl_record =

| tournament_record =

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}}

Harry Hartsell (June 29, 1890 – February 14, 1955) was an American football, basketball, and baseball player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at North Carolina State University—renamed from North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts in 1918—for four seasons, in 1917 and again from 1921 to 1923, compiling a record of 16–18–4. He was also the head basketball coach at NC State for four seasons (1916–1918, 1921–1923), tallying a mark of 34–32, and the head baseball coach at the school for five seasons (1917–1918, 1921–1923), amassing a record of 52–37–4. Hartsell was born on June 29, 1890, in Asheville, North Carolina.{{cite book |title=The Agromeck 1918 |year=1918 |publisher=North Carolina State College |page=170 |url=https://archive.org/stream/agromeck1918nort#page/170/mode/1up |access-date=November 14, 2011}} He died at the age of 64 on February 14, 1955, at a hospital in Charlottesville, Virginia.{{cite news |title=Harry Hartsell |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1955/02/16/83352551.pdf |newspaper=The New York Times |agency=Associated Press |date=February 16, 1955 |access-date=March 1, 2011}}

Head coaching record

=Football=

{{CFB Yearly Record Start | type = coach | team = | conf = | bowl = | poll = no }}

{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = North Carolina A&M Aggies

| conf = South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association

| startyear = 1917

| endyear = single

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1917

| name = North Carolina A&M

| overall = 6–2–1

| conference = 2–1–1

| confstanding = T–4th

| bowlname =

| bowloutcome =

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| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = NC State Aggies

| conf = South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association

| startyear = 1921

| endyear = single

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1921

| name = NC State

| overall = 3–3–3

| conference = 1–1–3

| confstanding = 11th

| bowlname =

| bowloutcome =

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| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = NC State Wolfpack

| conf = Southern Conference

| startyear = 1922

| endyear = 1923

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1922

| name = NC State

| overall = 4–6

| conference = 0–5

| confstanding = 20th

| bowlname =

| bowloutcome =

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1923

| name = NC State

| overall = 3–7

| conference = 1–4

| confstanding = 14th

| bowlname =

| bowloutcome =

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal

| name = North Carolina A&M / NC State

| overall = 16–18–4

| confrecord = 4–11–4

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record End

| overall = 16–18–4

| bowls = no

| poll = no

| polltype =

| legend = no

}}

=Baseball=

{{CBB yearly record start | type = coach }}

{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = North Carolina A&M Farmers

| conference= Independent

| startyear = 1917

| endyear = 1918

}}

{{CBB yearly record entry

| championship =

| season = 1917

| name = North Carolina A&M

| overall = 5–8

| conference =

| confstanding =

| postseason =

}}

{{CBB yearly record entry

| championship =

| season = 1918

| name = North Carolina A&M

| overall = 11–5–1

| conference =

| confstanding =

| postseason =

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = NC State Wolfpack

| conference= Independent

| startyear = 1921

| endyear = 1921

}}

{{CBB yearly record entry

| championship =

| season = 1921

| name = NC State

| overall = 10–10–2

| conference =

| confstanding =

| postseason =

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = NC State Wolfpack

| conference= Southern Conference

| startyear = 1922

| endyear = 1923

}}

{{CBB yearly record entry

| championship =

| season = 1922

| name = NC State

| overall = 13–7

| conference =

| confstanding =

| postseason =

}}

{{CBB yearly record entry

| championship =

| season = 1923

| name = NC State

| overall = 13–7–1

| conference =

| confstanding =

| postseason =

}}

{{CBB yearly record end

| overall = 52–37–4

| legend = no

}}

{{cite web|title=2012 NC State Baseball Yearbook|url=http://www.packyearbooks.com/2011-12-baseball-yearbook/files/2.html|work=PackYearbooks.com|publisher=NC State Sports Information|access-date=July 2, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131008201457/http://www.packyearbooks.com/2011-12-baseball-yearbook/files/2.html|archive-date=October 8, 2013|url-status=dead}}

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