Charles S. Firth was an American football player and coach of football, basketball, and baseball. He served as the head football coach at Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute (VPI)âÂÂnow known as Virginia TechâÂÂfor one season in 1897 and at Hillsdale College for one season in 1913, compiling a career college football coaching record of 7âÂÂ5âÂÂ1. Firth was an alumnus of the University of Chicago.