Frank Gorton

Frank Gorton

Gorton pictured in The Bomb 1915, VMI yearbook
Biographical details
Born	c. 1876
Died	March 20, 1939 (aged 62) Lexington, Virginia
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1906–1907	Rutgers
1908–1910	Occidental
1914–1916	VMI
1934	Rochester (NY) (assistant)
Basketball
1906–1908	Rutgers
1914–1917	VMI
1917–1918	Otterbein
Baseball
1907	Rutgers
Head coaching record
Overall	22–18–4 (football) 34–30 (basketball)

Frank H. Gorton (c. 1876 – March 20, 1939) was an American football, basketball, baseball, and track and field coach. He served as the head football coach at Rutgers University from 1906 to 1907 and at the Virginia Military Institute from 1914 to 1916, compiling a career college football record of 22–18–4. Gorton was also the head basketball coach at Rutgers from 1906 to 1909, at VMI from 1914 to 1917, and at Otterbein College during the 1917–18 season, amassing a career college basketball mark of 33–31. In addition, he served as the head baseball coach at Rutgers in 1907. Gorton died at the age of 62 of a heart attack in Lexington, Virginia on March 20, 1939.

Head coaching record

Football

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
Rutgers Queensmen (Independent) (1906–1907)
1906	Rutgers	5–2–2
1907	Rutgers	3–5–1
Rutgers:		8–7–3
VMI Keydets (Independent) (1914–1916)
1914	VMI	4–4
1915	VMI	6–2–1
1916	VMI	4–5
VMI:		14–11–1
Total:		22–18–4
†Indicates Bowl Coalition, Bowl Alliance, BCS, or CFP / New Years' Six bowl.

Basketball

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Rutgers Queensmen (Independent) (1906–1907)
1906–07	Rutgers	0–3
1907–08	Rutgers	4–11
Rutgers:		4–14
VMI Keydets (Independent) (1914–1917)
1914–15	VMI	8–2
1915–16	VMI	9–3
1916–17	VMI	9–5
VMI:		26–10
Otterbein Cardinals (Independent) (1917–1918)
1917–18	Otterbein	4–6
Otterbein:		4–6
Total:		34–30

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