Hershel B. Northcutt

Hershel B. Northcutt
Biographical details
Born	September 12, 1892
Died	February 24, 1971 (aged 78)
Alma mater	Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.
Playing career
1915	Vanderbilt
Position(s)	Quarterback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1920	Columbia Military Academy (TN)
1922–1923	Hendrix
Men's basketball
1922–1924	Hendrix
Women's basketball
1922–1924	Hendrix
Head coaching record
Overall	9–10 (football); 20–9 (men's basketball); 10–2–1 (women's basketball)

Hershel B. "Cutter" Northcutt (September 12, 1892 – February 24, 1971) was an American football and basketball coach and college athlete.

College athlete

As a college athlete at the Vanderbilt University, Northcutt was part of the 1915 squad that won the 1915 SIAA conference championship under head coach Dan McGugin.^[1]

Northcutt then spent time as the head football coach at Columbia Military Academy in Columbia, Tennessee^[2] before becoming the head football and women's basketball coach at Hendrix College in Conway, Arkansas for two seasons.^[3]

Northcutt founded East End Lumber Co. in 1925. He died on February 24, 1971, at a hospital in Memphis, Tennessee.^[4]


Year	Team	Overall
Hendrix Bulldogs (Independent) (1922–1923)
1922	Hendrix	4–6
1923	Hendrix	5–4
Hendrix:		9–10
Total:		9–10

^ The Sigma Chi Fraternity Manual and Directory. 1917. Retrieved January 31, 2018.
^ The Official National Collegiate Athletic Association Football Guide. National Collegiate Athletic Association. 1920. Retrieved January 31, 2018.
^ "Hendrix Women's Basketball History" (PDF). hendrix.edu. Retrieved January 31, 2018.
^ "H. B. Northcutt". The Commercial Appeal. Memphis, Tennessee. February 26, 1971. p. 26. Retrieved July 22, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .