Walter Riggs

For the Olympic sailor, see Walter Riggs (sailor).

Walter Riggs
Biographical details

Sport(s)	Football
Born	January 24, 1873 (1873-01-24)^[1] Orangeburg, South Carolina
Died	January 22, 1924(1924-01-22) (aged 50) Washington, D.C.
Playing career
1892	Auburn
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1896, 1899	Clemson
Head coaching record
Overall	6-3

Walter Merritt Riggs (January 24, 1873 – January 22, 1924) was the president of Clemson University from 1910 to 1924 and the "father of Clemson football" coaching the first football team for what was then Clemson College. Riggs graduated from the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Alabama (now Auburn University) with a Bachelor of Science in engineering in 1892 and was a member of Auburn's first football team. He was also president of his class, director of the glee club, and a member of Phi Delta Theta fraternity while at Auburn. Riggs was the second president of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association, taking over for William Lofland Dudley in 1912.

Riggs Hall, which is the home of Clemson's College of Engineering and Science, is named in his honor.^[2]

Head coaching record

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
Clemson Tigers (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1896)
1896	Clemson	2–1	0–0
Clemson Tigers (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1899)
1899	Clemson	4–2	2–2	9th
Clemson:		6–3	2–2
Total:		6–3

References

↑ "Biographical Note". Walter M. Riggs Presidential Records. Clemson University Libraries Special Collections. Retrieved 22 August 2011.
↑ "Riggs Hall". Clemson Campus Album. Clemson University Libraries. Retrieved 22 August 2011.

Presidents of Clemson University

Strode (1890–1893)
Craighead (1893–1897)
Hartzog (1897–1902)
Hardin (acting) (1897, 1899, 1902)
Mell (1902–1910)
Riggs (1910–1924)
Earle (acting) (1919, 1924–1925)
Sikes (1925–1940)
Poole (1940–1958)
Edwards (1958–1979)
Atchley (1979–1985)
Cox (1985–1986)
Lennon (1986–1994)
Prince (1994–1995)
Curris (1995–1999)
Barker (1999–2013)
Clements (2013–present)

Clemson Tigers athletic directors

Walter Riggs (1896–1910) Frank Dobson (1910–1912) Bob Williams (1913–1915) Wayne Hart (1916) Edward Donahue (1917–1920) E. J. Stewart (1921–1922) Bud Saunders (1923–1926) Mutt Gee (1927–1930) Jess Neely (1931–1939) Frank Howard (1940–1971) Bill McLellan (1971–1985) Bobby Robinson (1985–2002) Terry Don Phillips (2002–2012) Dan Radakovich (2012– )

Clemson Tigers head football coaches

Walter Riggs (1896)
William M. Williams (1897)
John Penton (1898)
Walter Riggs (1899)
John Heisman (1900–1903)
Shack Shealy (1904)
Eddie Cochems (1905)
Bob Williams (1906)
Frank Shaughnessy (1907)
Stein Stone (1908)
Bob Williams (1909)
Frank Dobson (1910–1912)
Bob Williams (1913–1915)
Wayne Hart (1916)
Edward Donahue (1917–1920)
E. J. Stewart (1921–1922)
Bud Saunders (1923–1926)
Bob Williams (1926)
Josh Cody (1927–1930)
Jess Neely (1931–1939)
Frank Howard (1940–1969)
Hootie Ingram (1970–1972)
Red Parker (1973–1976)
Charley Pell (1977–1978)
Danny Ford (1979–1989)
Ken Hatfield (1990–1993)
Tommy West (1993–1998)
Tommy Bowden (1999–2008)
Dabo Swinney (2008– )

Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football

Conference presidents	W. L. Dudley (1894–1912) Walter Riggs (1912–1915) ? (1916) Buz M. Walker (1917) ? (1918) Henry D. Phillips (1919–1922) ? (1923–1926) J. W. Provine (1927–1942)

Former teams	Former SIAA teams

Championships & awards	SIAA football champions All-time standings All-Southern team

Seasons	1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942

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