Earl Lloyd Gartman (June 23, 1920 â March 8, 1995) was an American football, basketball, and baseball coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Howard CollegeâÂÂnow known as Samford UniversityâÂÂin Homewood, Alabama from 1949 to 1953, at Austin Peay State University from 1958 to 1959, and at Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas from 1967 to 1969, compiling a career college football record of 30âÂÂ61âÂÂ1. Gartman was also the head basketball coach at Howard from 1950 to 1955, tallying a mark of 71âÂÂ73. He was the head baseball coach at Howard from 1952 to 1955 and at the University of TexasâÂÂPan American from 1962 to 1963, amassing a career college baseball record of 60âÂÂ49.
Gartman graduated from Howard College and earned a master's degree at George Peabody College, now known as Peabody College, a part of Vanderbilt University.