Active coaches are eligible when they reach the age of 75. He must have been a head football coach for at least ten years and coached at least 100 games with a winning percentage of at least.600. Only the current athletics director, head coach, or sports information director (SID) of a potential candidate's collegiate institution may make a nomination. The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) receives nearly all nominations and selects the final class. The first player inducted was Dr. James "Jim" Taylor, who played baseball for Cumberland College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania from 1872-1875. He went on to earn a medical degree from Philadelphia University in 1877 and began his career as a physician. He was also an outfielder for the Alleghenys/Indians from 1876-1877 and a member of the team that won the inaugural American League championship in 1896. The second player inducted was Edward Daniel "ED" White, who played basketball for Penn State University from 1895-1899. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in civil engineering in 1900. After ending his playing career, he became an assistant professor at Penn State until he was offered a position as head coach of the school's new college football program. He led the Nittany Lions to their first undefeated season in 1903 and had more wins than any other coach in school history before quitting to take over as head coach for the United States Navy. He died at the age of 44 after suffering from tuberculosis.