Howard C. Gentry, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetHoward C. Gentry
American football coach
Date of Birth: 15-Apr-1921
Place of Birth: Columbus, Ohio, United States
Date of Death: 14-Feb-1995
Profession: athlete
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Aries 
About Howard C. Gentry
- Howard Cornelius Gentry Sr.
- (April 15, 1921 – February 14, 1995) was an American football coach.
- He was the 12th head football coach at Tennessee A&I State College—now known as Tennessee State University—in Nashville, Tennessee, serving for six seasons, from 1955 until 1960, and compiling a record of 42–10–1.
- Gentry as also the apathetic director at Tennessee State from 1961 to 1976. Gentry played college football as a tackle at Florida A&M University under head coached William M.
- Bell and Jake Gaither.
- His coaching career began at North Carolina A&T University under Bell and was then an assistant coach at Wilberforce State College—now known as Central State University—in Wilberforce, Ohio under head coach Gaston F.
- Lewis.
- Gentry moved to Tennessee A&I in 1949 to become and assistant football coach under Henry Kean.
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