page_title: Garland Nevitt
hierarchical_section_title: Garland Nevitt
caption_attribution_description: English: Garland Nevitt c, 1920
context_page_description: Garland "Chief" Nevitt was an American football, basketball, and baseball coach. He served as the head football coach at Central Michigan University for one season in 1919, compiling a record of 2–2–3. He also coached the basketball team at Central Michigan that year to a 10–5 record. A member of the Lenape tribe, Nevitt was born around 1890 in Oklahoma. He played Minor League Baseball with the Battle Creek Crickets of the Southern Michigan League from 1911 to 1913 and with the St. Thomas Saints of the Canadian League from 1914 to 1915.
context_section_description: Garland "Chief" Nevitt (c. 1890 – ?) was an American football, basketball, and baseball coach.  He served as the head football coach at Central Michigan University for one season in 1919, compiling a record of 2–2–3. He also coached the basketball team at Central Michigan that year to a 10–5 record.  A member of the Lenape tribe, Nevitt was born around 1890 in Oklahoma.  He played Minor League Baseball with the Battle Creek Crickets of the Southern Michigan League from 1911 to 1913 and with the St. Thomas Saints of the Canadian League from 1914 to 1915.
caption: Nevitt pictured in Chippewa 1920, Central Michigan yearbook
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