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Steve Sloan is all smiles as he meets the press and supporters during a press conference Feb. 15, 1973, which he was introduce as the new head football coach for the Vanderbilt Commodores.
Steve Sloan, who posted a winning career record as a Vanderbilt football coach, died Sunday. He was 79 and had been in memory care in Orlando, Florida, the past three months. according to an obituary written by former Alabama sports information director Wayne Atcheson,
Sloan, a native of Austin, Texas, who grew up in Cleveland, Tennessee, coached the Commodores two seasons from 1973-74 and posted a career record of 12-9-2. Vanderbilt was 5-6 in 1973 and 7-3-2 in 1974. The only other Vanderbilt coach to post a winning career record since 1952 is James Franklin, who was 24-15 from 2011-2013.
Under Sloan the Commodores earned a berth in the 1974 Peach Bowl, in which they tied Texas Tech 6-6. It was Vanderbilt’s first bowl game since 1955 and only its second in history. Sloan was named the SEC coach of the year in 1974.
Vanderbilt coach Steve Sloan walks a dejected path along the sidelines as he team is taking a beating at the hands of Alabama on Sept. 29, 1973. The fifth-ranked Crimson Tide defeated Vanderbilt 44-0 before 34,000 at Dudley Field.
Sloan left Vanderbilt after the 1974 season to become the coach at Texas Tech. Fred Pancoast replaced Sloan as Vanderbilt’s coach in 1975.
Sloan returned to Vanderbilt as offensive coordinator in 1990 on coach Watson Brown’s staff.
Sloan was inducted into the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame in 2000.
Sloan was an all-state quarterback on the Bradley Central football team, guard on the basketball team and among the top high school golfers in Tennessee in 1961. He signed to play football for Bear Bryant at Alabama.
Sloan backed up Joe Namath at quarterback early in his career at Alabama. He replaced…
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Author : The Tennessean
Publish date : 2024-04-15 11:42:23
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