Donald E. Fuoss
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | February 19, 1923 Altoona, Pennsylvania |
| 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) | |
Donald E. Fuoss (February 19, 1923 – June 25, 2014) was an American football and basketball coach.[1] 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.[2] Fuoss was also the head basketball coach at Shepherd from 1953 to 1956, tallying a mark of 28–36.
Head coaching record
College football
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bethany Bison (West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (1951–1952) | |||||||||
| 1951 | Bethany | 3–5 | |||||||
| 1952 | Bethany | 1–6 | |||||||
| Bethany: | 4–11 | ||||||||
| Shepherd Rams (West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (1953–1955) | |||||||||
| 1953 | Shepherd | 2–5–1 | 1–1 | ||||||
| 1954 | Shepherd | 5–2–1 | 2–1–1 | ||||||
| 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
- ^ "Donald Fuoss". Find a Grave. Retrieved December 6, 2018.
- ^ "Donald E. Fuoss". worldcat.org. Retrieved December 6, 2018.
External links
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Categories:
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- Bethany Bison football coaches
- Catawba Indians football players
- Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football coaches
- Purdue Boilermakers football coaches
- Shepherd Rams football coaches
- Shepherd Rams men's basketball coaches
- College track and field coaches in the United States
- High school football coaches in New Jersey
- High school football coaches in West Virginia
- Sportspeople from Altoona, Pennsylvania
- Players of American football from Pennsylvania