Hall of Fame
From 1932 to 1941 and also in 1946, Dr. Gene McMurray led the Bucs as the head coach of the baseball, basketball, football and track teams. He led the Bucs to national prominence as head football coach, posting a 51-32-5 mark, the best winning percentage in school history. In 1936, he led his team to an unbeaten and unscored upon record in the first six games of the season. McMurray, although impressionable in his coaching, made a bigger impression on ETSU by being credited with naming the school’s athletic teams the Buccaneers. He was rewarded for his achievements in 1979, when he was inducted into the ETSU Hall of Fame.
