The Tusculum Pioneers football team represents Tusculum University in college football at the NCAA Division II level. The Pioneers are members of the South Atlantic Conference (SAC), fielding its team in the SAC since 1998. The Pioneers play their home games at Pioneer Field in Tusculum, Tennessee.

Their head coach was Jerry Odom from 2016 to 2023.

Conference affiliations

Independent (1901–1926) Smoky Mountain Conference (1927–1940) Independent (1941–1948) Smoky Mountain Conference (1949–1950) Mid-South Conference (1991–1995) South Atlantic Conference (1998–present)

List of head coaches Key

Coaches + List of head football coaches showing season(s) coached, overall records and conference records No. Name Season(s) GC OW OL OT O% CW CL CT C% 1 Unknown 1901–1902, 1904–1906, 1909, 1913–1914, 1917–1918 2913124 – – – – 2 Stephen Andrew Lynch 1903 2110 – – – – 3 Fitzhugh W. Gregg 1908 4031 – – – – 4 J. Bruce Anderson 1915–1916 10541 – – – – 5 Sam Doak 1919–1921, 1928–1936 88314116 12 23 7 6 Hal Blair 1922 8440 – – – – 7 George Downing 1923 6150 – – – – 8 Tom McCann 1924 8440 – – – – 9 Sam Graham 1925 7250 – – – – 10 Carlton Palmer 1926–1927 16682 – – – – 11 Ty Disney 1937 8053 0 5 2 12 Johnny Faulds 1938–1939 170152 0 10 0 13 Laird Holt 1940–1941 174130 0 4 0 14 Marion Edens 1946 8170 – – – – 15 Tom Armstrong 1947–1950 336261} 0 7 1 16 Tom Bryant 1991–1994 4016240 7 14 0 17 Dewayne Wells 1995–1997 306240 3 5 0 18 Frankie DeBusk 1998–2015 196961000 50 70 0 19 Jerry Odom 2016–2023 8942470 32 32 0 20 Billy Taylor 2024–present202180 1 15 0

Year-by-year results National championsConference championsBowl game berthPlayoff berth

SeasonYearHead coachAssociationDivisionConferenceRecordPostseasonFinal rankingOverallConferenceWinLossTieFinishWinLossTieTusculum Pioneers 1901 1901Unknown——Independent—— 1902 1902010—— 1903 1903Stephen Andrew Lynch110—— 1904 1904Unknown210—— 1905 1905100—— 1906 1906IAAUS221——No team in 1907 1908 1908Fitzhugh W. GreggIAAUS—Independent031—— 1909 1909Unknown031——No team from 1910 to 1912 1913 1913UnknownNCAA—Independent120—— 1914 1914211—— 1915 1915J. Bruce Anderson311—— 1916 1916230—— 1917 1917Unknown221—— 1918 1918300—— 1919 1919Sam Doak231—— 1920 1920150—— 1921 1921034—— 1922 1922Hal Blair440—— 1923 1923George Downing150—— 1924 1924Tom McCann440—— 1925 1925Sam Graham250—— 1926 1926Carlton Palmer630—— 1927 1927SMC052—— 1928 1928Sam Doak4223rd221—— 1929 1929233—— 1930 19302516th131—— 1931 19316113rd211—— 1932 19325203rd320—— 1933 19332324th122—— 1934 19345212nd321—— 1935 19352518th051—— 1936 1936070T–8th060—— 1937 1937Ty Disney0538th052—— 1938 1938Johnny Faulds0818th050—— 1939 19390716th050—— 1940 1940Laird Holt1706th040—— 1941 1941360——No team from 1942 to 1945 1946 1946Marion EdensNCAA—170—— 1947 1947Tom Armstrong080—— 1948 1948270—— 1949 1949SMC2515th031—— 1950 19502605th040——No team from 1951 to 1990 1991 1991Tom BryantNAIADivision IIMSC01007th060—— 1992 19924604th230—— 1993 1993550T–3rd230—— 1994 1994730T–2nd320—— 1995 1995Dewayne Wells3606th350—— 1996 1996———190—— 1997 1997290—— 1998 1998Frankie DeBuskNCAADivision IISAC560—000—— 1999 19992909th080—— 2000 20007404th430—— 2001 20018202nd530—18 2002 20027405th340—— 2003 2003920T–1st610Conference co-champions— 2004 2004640T–2nd430—— 2005 20053708th160—— 2006 2006650T–5th340—— 2007 2007650T–3rd420—— 2008 2008940T–1st520L NCAA Division II Second Round16 2009 2009370T–6th250—— 2010 20106507th250—— 2011 2011380T–6th250—— 2012 2012290T–7th160—— 2013 2013470T–6th250—— 2014 20146503rd430—— 2015 20154707th250—— 2016 2016Jerry Odom470T–4th340—— 2017 2017550T–4th340—— 2018 2018550T–3rd430—— 2019 2019560T–4th440——2020–212020–214101st (Mountain)200Conference champion— 2021 20215607th350—— 2022 20228302nd (Mountain)630—— 2023 2023650T–1st (Mountain)620—— 2024 2024Billy Taylor190T–5th (Mountain)170—— 2025 202519010th080——

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