Samuel D. Burton

American football and basketball coach (1887–1933)

Samuel D. Burton
Biographical details
Born	(1887-12-18)December 18, 1887 Weatherford, Oklahoma, U.S.
Died	June 7, 1933(1933-06-07) (aged 45) Canyon, Texas, U.S.
Playing career
Football
1910	Oklahoma
1912	Oklahoma

Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1916–1917	Southwestern Normal (OK)
1921–1924	West Texas State
1931–1932	West Texas State
Basketball
1921–1933	West Texas State
Track
?–1933	West Texas State

Administrative career (AD unless noted)
?–1933	West Texas State

Head coaching record
Overall	26–37–4 (football) 210–42 (basketball)

Samuel David Burton (December 18, 1887 – June 7, 1933) was an American football and basketball coach. He served as the head football coach at Southwestern Oklahoma State University from 1916 to 1917 and at West Texas State Teachers College—now known as West Texas A&M University–from 1921 to 1924 and 1931 to 1932, compiling a career college football coaching record of 26–37–4.^[1]^[2] Burton was also the head basketball coach at West Texas State from 1921 to 1933, tallying mark of 210–42. He played college football at the University of Oklahoma in 1910 and 1912.^[3]

Head coaching record

Football


Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
Southwestern Normal Bulldogs (Oklahoma Intercollegiate Conference) (1916–1917)
1916	Southwestern Normal	2–7
1917	Southwestern Normal	1–4
Southwestern Normal:		3–11
West Texas State Buffaloes (Independent) (1921)
1921	West Texas State	2–5–1
West Texas State Buffaloes (Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1922–1924)
1922	West Texas State	2–8	0–2	T–9th
1923	West Texas State	4–4–1	1–3	10th
1924	West Texas State	5–4	2–2	T–6th
West Texas State Buffaloes (Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1931–1932)
1931	West Texas State	6–3	2–2	T–3rd (Western)
1932	West Texas State	4–2–2	3–0–1	T–2nd
West Texas State:		23–26–4	8–9–1
Total:		26–37–4

Men's basketball

Statistics overview
Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Postseason
West Texas State Buffaloes (Independent) (1921–1926)
1921–22	West Texas State	12–4
1922–23	West Texas State	12–4
1923–24	West Texas State	13–3
1924–25	West Texas State	20–3
1925–26	West Texas State	14–3
West Texas State Buffaloes (Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1926–1932)
1926–27	West Texas State	23–3	9–1
1927–28	West Texas State	19–4	9–1
1928–29	West Texas State	21–5	7–3
1929–30	West Texas State	17–4	9–1
1930–31	West Texas State	18–2	8–1
1931–32	West Texas State	20–3	6–0	AAU National Tournament
West Texas State Buffaloes (Independent) (1932–1933)
1932–33	West Texas State	19–4
West Texas State:		208–42 (.832)	48–7 (.873)
Total:		208–42 (.832)
National champion Postseason invitational champion Conference regular season champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion Division regular season champion Division regular season and conference tournament champion Conference tournament champion

^[4]

References

^ "Samuel Burton". kidsinc.org. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
^ "Records" (PDF). West Texas A&M Buffaloes football. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
^ "2018 Football Media Guide". Oklahoma Sooners football. 2018. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
^ "2023–24 West Texas A&M Buffaloes Men's Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). West Texas A&M University. November 1, 2023. Retrieved June 1, 2024.

External links

Samuel D. Burton at Find a Grave

Southwestern Oklahoma State Bulldogs head football coaches

Len Whitcomb (1905–1906)
Edward J. Hickox (1907)
No team (1908)
Adolph Schulz (1909)
Moses Gaskell (1910–1912)
Howard Cross (1913)
Claude Reeds (1914–1915)
Samuel D. Burton (1916–1917)
John Lance (1918–1921)
Carl M. Voyles (1922–1924)
Dewey Luster (1925)
Joe Milam (1926–1931)
Rankin Williams (1932–1937)
Jake Spann (1938–1941)
No team (1942–1945)
Jake Spann (1946–1948)
Keith Ransport (1949–1950)
Bill Whiteside (1951)
Joe Metcalf (1952–1957)
J. W. Cole (1958–1963)
Otis Delaporte (1964–1977)
Bob Mazie (1978–1985)
Paul Sharp (1986–2004)
Ryan Held (2005–2008)
Dan Cocannouer (2009–2017)
Chet Pobolish (2018–2019)
No team (2020)
Chet Pobolish (2021)
Josh Kirkland (2022)
Ruzell McCoy # (2023)
Andrew Rice (2024– )

# denotes interim head coach

v t e West Texas A&M Buffaloes head football coaches
Jim G. Miller (1910–1911) No team (1912) Douglas A. Shirley (1913–1917) Alonzo P. George (1918) Walter Willy (1919) Wayne McCorkle (1920) Samuel D. Burton (1921–1924) Ox Eckhardt (1925–1927) W. Mitchell Jones (1928) Claude Reeds (1929–1930) Samuel D. Burton (1931–1932) Al Baggett (1933–1939) Jack Curtice (1940–1941) Gus Miller (1942) No team (1943) Gus Miller (1944–1946) Windy Nicklaus (1946) Frank Kimbrough (1947–1957) Clark Jarnagin (1958–1959) Joe Kerbel (1960–1970) Gene Mayfield (1971–1976) Bill Yung (1977–1981) Don Davis (1982–1984) Bill Kelly (1985–1987) Steve Graf (1988–1990) No team (1991) Ron Steele (1992–1993) Morris Stone (1994–1996) Stan McGarvey (1997–2001) Ronnie Jones (2002–2004) Don Carthel (2005–2012) Mike Nesbitt (2013–2016) Hunter Hughes (2017–2022) Josh Lynn (2023– )

West Texas A&M Buffaloes head football coaches