Nate Pulsifer

Nathan Pulsifer (September 11, 1876 – August 5, 1950) was an American physician, minor league baseball player, and collegiate football player and coach. He was the head football coach at the Dean Academy before accepting the same role at Tufts University in 1908. He was also the head men's basketball coach at Tufts during the 1908–09 season.

Early life Pulsifer was born on September 11, 1876 in Auburn, Maine.

Coaching After graduating, Pulsifer coached at the Hebron Academy. His 1905 football team was not scored on. He left Dean to attend Cornell Medical College. He withdrew in 1908 and became the athletic director at Tufts. He had charge of all of the school's athletic teams, except for track. His 1908 football team amassed a 1–6–1 record and that season's basketball team went 10–5. He left Tufts after one year to return to medical school. Pulsifer was the head football coach at Lowell High School from 1914 to 1916 and later served as the team's physician.