Jeremiah Warren “Jerry” Gwin Sr. (February 25, 1880 – February 5, 1959) was an American college football coach and engineer. He served as the head football coach at Mississippi Agricultural & Mechanical College—now known as Mississippi State University—for one season, in 1902, compiling a record of 1–4–1.[1]
Gwin graduated from Alabama Polytechnic Institute—now known as Auburn University—in 1902. He later worked an engineer for the Tennessee Coal and Iron Division of U.S. Steel and then for Jefferson County, Alabama. Gwin died on February 5, 1959, at a hospital in Birmingham, Alabama.[2]
Head coaching record
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi A&M Aggies (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1902) | |||||||||
| 1902 | Mississippi A&M | 1–4–1 | 0–4–1 | ||||||
| Mississippi A&M: | 1–4–1 | 0–4–1 | |||||||
| Total: | 1–4–1 | ||||||||
References
- ^ “They Teach The Kicking Game”. The Commercial Appeal. Memphis, Tennessee. October 9, 1902. p. 12. Retrieved December 24, 2025 – via Newspapers.com
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- ^ “Former county official, J. W. Gwin Sr., dies”. The Birmingham News. Birmingham, Alabama. February 5, 1959. p. 44. Retrieved December 24, 2025 – via Newspapers.com .
- ^ “NCAA Statistics; Coach; L. Gwinn”. National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved December 24, 2025.
