Rufus Gilbert

For the American surgeon and inventor, see Rufus Henry Gilbert.

Rufus W. Gilbert (December 8, 1884 – 1962)^[1] was an American football, basketball, and baseball player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Kalamazoo College (1905, 1907–1908), Bradley Polytechnic Institute—now known as Bradley University (1909–1911), and at Rose Polytechnic Institute—now known as Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology (1915, 1917–1920). Gilbert was also the head basketball coach at Rose Polytechnic from 1913 to 1921, tallying a mark of 39–67. His son, Louis, played college football at the University of Michigan from 1925 to 1927.

Rufus Gilbert

Biographical details
Born	(1884-12-08)December 8, 1884 Warren, Minnesota, U.S.
Died	1962
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1905	Kalamazoo
1907–1908	Kalamazoo
1909–1911	Bradley
1915	Rose Polytechnic
1917–1920	Rose Polytechnic
Basketball
1913–1921	Rose Polytechnic
Head coaching record
Overall	20–39–2 (football, excluding Bradley) 39–67 (basketball)

Head coaching record

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
Kalamazoo (Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1905)
1905	Kalamazoo	3–6	3–3	T–3rd
Kalamazoo (Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1907–1908)
1907	Kalamazoo	0–6	0–5	5th
1908	Kalamazoo	2–7–1	0–4–1	5th
Kalamazoo:		5–19–1	3–12–1
Total:		5–19–1

See also

• List of college football head coaches with non-consecutive tenure