Eddie McLane

Who was Eddie McLane?

Lovick Pierce "Eddie" McLane was a football, basketball, and baseball coach at Anniston High School, Samford University, and Louisiana Tech University. All three schools where McLane coached are nicknamed the Bulldogs. He produced an overall record of 78 wins, 45 losses, and 10 ties as a head football coach; 64 wins and 84 losses as a head basketball coach; and 20 wins and 15 losses as a head baseball coach. His career combined record as a head coach is 162 wins, 144 losses, and 10 ties. In McLane's final football season at Samford in 1933, his Bulldogs were Dixie Conference Champions.