Samford Hall of Fame Members
Biography
Virgil Ledbetter served Samford as both a student-athlete and coach. He played multiple sports at Samford (then Howard College) from 1939-42. During his coaching career, Ledbetter coached football, basketball and baseball at Samford. In football, he was an assistant coach in 1956 and again from 1959-62, and he was the program's head coach from 1957-58. Ledbetter was the school's head basketball coach from 1955-59, and again from 1963-65, and he was the school's head baseball coach from 1956-65. In 1964, Ledbetter authored a book, Coaching Baseball, which is still found in many libraries. He also served as a professional scout for the Brooklyn Dodgers. As a tribute to Ledbetter, Samford established the Virgil Ledbetter Fund in 1988 to assist the baseball program in various ways. As a further tribute, Ledbetter was inducted into the Samford Baseball Hall of Fame in 2006.
