George Levene

George Levene
Biographical details
Levene pictured on the 1906 Penn football team
Sport(s)	Football
Born	(1885-05-01)May 1, 1885
Died	November 12, 1930(1930-11-12) (aged 45)
Playing career
1905–1906	Penn
Position(s)	End
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1907–1909	Tennessee
1920	Penn (ends)
1922	Wake Forest
Head coaching record
Overall	18–15–5

Israel George "Izzy" Levene (May 1, 1885 – November 12, 1930) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at the University of Tennessee from 1907 to 1909 and at Wake Forest University in 1922, compiling a career record of 18–15–5.

Player career

Levene played college football at the University of Pennsylvania, and was named an All-American in 1905 and 1906. In 1905, Penn went 12–0–1. Levene was known for being a football player who worked hard to help out his team, as well as one of the first good pass catching ends. The forward pass was legalized for the 1906 season.^[1]

Assistant coaching career

Levene coached under head coach John Heisman at the University of Pennsylvania.^[1]

Head coaching career

During his three-year tenure at Tennessee, Levene compiled a 15–10–3 record. His best season came in 1907, when his team went 7–2–1. His worst season came in 1909, when his team went 1–6–2, with the one win coming against Transylvania University. In 1922, Levene served as the head coach at Wake Forest. He compiled a 3–5–2 record there.

Later life

After coaching, Levene was a football official and wrote a book, Twenty Modern Football Plays.

Head coaching record

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
Tennessee Volunteers (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1907–1909)
1907	Tennessee	7–2–1	3–2–1	T–5th
1908	Tennessee	7–2	4–2	5th
1909	Tennessee	1–6–2	0–5	13th
Tennessee:		15–10–3	7–9–1
Wake Forest Demon Deacons (Independent) (1922)
1922	Wake Forest	3–5–2
Wake Forest:		3–5–2
Total:		18–15–5

References

1 2 "Izzy Levene". Jews in Sports. Retrieved 2010-04-23.

External links

George Levene at the College Football Data Warehouse

Tennessee Volunteers head football coaches

J. A. Pierce (1899–1900)
Gilbert Kelly (1901)
Hubert Fisher (1902–1903)
S. D. Crawford (1904)
James DePree (1905–1906)
George Levene (1907–1909)
Lex Stone (1910)
Zora G. Clevenger (1911–1915)
John R. Bender (1916–1920)
M. B. Banks (1921–1925)
Robert Neyland (1926–1934)
W. H. Britton (1935)
Robert Neyland (1936–1940)
John Barnhill (1941–1945)
Robert Neyland (1946–1952)
Harvey Robinson (1953–1954)
Bowden Wyatt (1955–1962)
Jim McDonald (1963)
Doug Dickey (1964–1969)
Bill Battle (1970–1976)
Johnny Majors (1977–1992)
Phillip Fulmer (1992–2008)
Lane Kiffin (2009)
Derek Dooley (2010–2012)
Jim Chaney # (2012)
Butch Jones (2013– )

Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.

Wake Forest Demon Deacons head football coaches

W. C. Dowd & W. C. Riddick (1888)
W. C. Riddick (1889)
No team (1890)
E. Walter Sikes (1891–1893)
No team (1894)
No coach (1895)
No team (1896–1907)
A. P. Hall, Jr. (1908)
A. T. Myers (1909)
Reddy Rowe (1910)
Frank Thompson (1911–1913)
Wilbur C. Smith (1914–1915)
G. M. Billings (1916)
E. T. MacDonnell (1917)
Harry Rabenhorst (1918–1919)
James L. White (1920–1921)
George Levene (1922)
Hank Garrity (1923–1925)
James A. Baldwin (1926–1927)
Stan Cofall (1928)
Pat Miller (1929–1932)
Jim Weaver (1933–1936)
Peahead Walker (1937–1950)
Tom Rogers (1951–1955)
Paul Amen (1956–1959)
Billy Hildebrand (1960–1963)
Bill Tate (1964–1968)
Cal Stoll (1969–1971)
Tom Harper (1972)
Chuck Mills (1973–1977)
John Mackovic (1978–1980)
Al Groh (1981–1986)
Bill Dooley (1987–1992)
Jim Caldwell (1993–2000)
Jim Grobe (2001–2013)
Dave Clawson (2014– )

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