The basics
Quick facts
Intro
Head college football coach for The Citadel Bulldogs
Gender:
Male
Work field:
Birth:
18 May 1882(McKenzie)
Death:
21 January 1955(Memphis)
The details
Biography
Samuel Cutter Costen (May 18, 1882 – January 21, 1955) was an American football player and coach. Costen was a quarterback for Dan McGugin's Vanderbilt Commodores of Vanderbilt University. As a player he weighed some 150 pounds. He was the third head college football coach for The Citadel Bulldogs located in Charleston, South Carolina and he held that position for two seasons, from 1909 until 1910. His career coaching record at The Citadel was 7–7–2. He also coached in Blytheville, Arkansas.
Costen graduated from Vanderbilt in 1908 with a LL.B degree. He was a member of Alpha Tau Omega.
Costen died in Memphis in 1955.