Jim Tait
{{Short description|American football player, coach, and administrator (1935–2011)}}
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{{Infobox college coach
| name = Jim Tait
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1935|11|6}}
| birth_place =
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2011|5|20|1935|11|6}}
| death_place = Richmond, Virginia, U.S.
| alma_mater =
| player_years1 = 1955–1956
| player_team1 = Mississippi State
| player_positions = Halfback
| coach_years1 = 1957
| coach_team1 = Mississippi State (asst. fr.)
| coach_years2 = 1960
| coach_team2 = Mississippi State (asst. fr.)
| coach_years3 = 1961–1963
| coach_team3 = Meridian HS (MS) (assistant)
| coach_years4 = 1964–1965
| coach_team4 = Meridian HS (MS)
| coach_years5 = 1966–1973
| coach_team5 = Richmond (assistant)
| coach_years6 = 1974–1979
| coach_team6 = Richmond
| overall_record = 21–44 (college)
9–9–1 (high school)
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| tournament_record =
| championships = 1 SoCon (1975)
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Jim Tait (November 6, 1935 – May 20, 2011) was an American football player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He was head football coach at the University of Richmond from 1974 until 1979, compiling a record of 21–44. In 1975, Richmond won the Southern Conference championship. Tait was fired after the 1979 season, and then hired by Virginia Tech as an assistant athletic director under Bill Dooley.[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=vAgdAAAAIBAJ&sjid=5p4EAAAAIBAJ&pg=6859,392154&dq=athletic-director+virginia-tech&hl=en Tait Gets Job With Va. Tech], The Tuscaloosa News, February 3, 1980. Tait was a native of New Rochelle, New York. He played college football at Mississippi State University and began his coaching career there in 1957. He died on May 20, 2011, in Richmond, Virginia.{{cite news | title=Former UR football coach Jim Tait dies at 75 | first=John | last=O'Connor | url=http://www.richmond.com/news/article_b9a2ecf4-1e24-52f3-b904-a9d77a20071c.html | newspaper=Richmond Times-Dispatch | date=May 20, 2011 | accessdate=May 20, 2011}}
Head coaching record
=College=
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Richmond Spiders
| conf = Southern Conference
| startyear = 1974
| endyear = 1975
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1974
| name = Richmond
| overall = 5–5
| conference = 3–3
| confstanding = T–3rd
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year = 1975
| name = Richmond
| overall = 5–6
| conference = 5–1
| confstanding = 1st
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Richmond Spiders
| conf = NCAA Division I/I-A independent
| startyear = 1976
| endyear = 1979
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
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| year = 1976
| name = Richmond
| overall = 5–6
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1977
| name = Richmond
| overall = 3–8
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1978
| name = Richmond
| overall = 3–8
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1979
| name = Richmond
| overall = 0–11
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Richmond
| overall = 21–44
| confrecord = 8–4
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record End
| overall = 21–44
| bowls = no
| poll = no
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| legend = no
}}
References
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Category:American football halfbacks
Category:Mississippi State Bulldogs football coaches
Category:Mississippi State Bulldogs football players
Category:Richmond Spiders football coaches
Category:Virginia Tech Hokies athletic directors
Category:High school football coaches in Mississippi
Category:Players of American football from New Rochelle, New York
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