Tink Gillam
M. Park "Tink" Gillam was a college football, baseball, and basketball coach. He won back-to-back Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association basketball titles as coach at Mercer, earning him the title "the Napoleon of Southern basketball".[1] He then was head baseball coach at Clemson. At both, he was an assistant on the football team.[2][3] He played as a halfback at Birmingham College.[4] He was inducted into the Birmingham–Southern Sports Hall of Fame in 1990.[5]
| Playing career | |
|---|---|
| 1915–1919 | Birmingham–Southern |
| Position(s) | Halfback |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1923–1924 | Mercer (assistant) |
| 1925–1927 | Clemson (assistant) |
| Basketball | |
| 1923–1925 | Mercer |
| Baseball | |
| 1927 | Clemson |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 11–13–1 (baseball) 36–12 (basketball) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| Basketball 2 SIAA (1924, 1925) | |
| Awards | |
| Birmingham–Southern Sports Hall of Fame | |
References
- "N.C. Declines To Play Bears For The Honor" (PDF). The Mercer Cluster. March 6, 1925. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 12, 2019. Retrieved April 16, 2022.
- Wilder, Robert E. (August 12, 2011). Gridiron Glory Days: Football at Mercer, 1892-1942. Mercer University Press. ISBN 9780881462678 – via Google Books.
- "Image 1 of the Kentucky Kernel, October 9, 1925 - Kentucky Digital Library". Archived from the original on 2019-08-12. Retrieved 2019-08-12.
- "Birmingham College Reporter". 1916.
- "Birmingham-Southern College - Official Athletics Website".
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