Donald E. Fuoss (February 19, 1923 – June 25, 2014) was an American football and basketball coach. He served as the head football coach at Bethany College in Bethany, West Virginia from 1951 to 1952, Shepherd University in Shepherdstown, West Virginia from 1953 to 1955, and Middle Tennessee State University in 1969.[1] Fuoss was also the head basketball coach at Shepherd from 1953 to 1956, tallying a mark of 28–36.
Biographical details | |
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Born | Altoona, Pennsylvania, U.S. | February 19, 1923
Died | June 25, 2014 | (aged 91)
Playing career | |
Football | |
1940–1941 | Catawba |
1946 | Catawba |
Position(s) | Center |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1948–1950 | Bethany (WV) (assistant) |
1951–1952 | Bethany (WV) |
1953–1955 | Shepherd |
1956–1959 | East Orange HS (NJ) |
1960–1968 | Purdue (assistant) |
1969 | Middle Tennessee |
Basketball | |
1953–1956 | Shepherd |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 20–27–2 (college football) 28–36 (college basketball) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
Football 1 WVIAC (1955) | |
Head coaching record
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editYear | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Bethany Bison (West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (1951–1952) | |||||||||
1951 | Bethany | 3–5 | 0–1 | NA | |||||
1952 | Bethany | 1–6 | 0–1 | NA | |||||
Bethany: | 4–11 | 0–2 | |||||||
Shepherd Rams (West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (1953–1955) | |||||||||
1953 | Shepherd | 2–5–1 | 1–1 | NA | |||||
1954 | Shepherd | 5–2–1 | 2–1–1 | 4th | |||||
1955 | Shepherd | 8–0 | 4–0 | 1st | |||||
Shepherd: | 15–7–2 | 7–2–1 | |||||||
Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders (Ohio Valley Conference) (1969) | |||||||||
1969 | Middle Tennessee | 1–9 | 1–6 | 8th | |||||
Middle Tennessee: | 1–9 | 1–6 | |||||||
Total: | 20–27–2 | ||||||||
National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth |
References
edit- ^ "Donald E. Fuoss". worldcat.org. Retrieved December 6, 2018.