Donald E. Fuoss
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | February 19, 1923 Altoona, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Died | June 25, 2014 (aged 91) |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1940–1941 | Catawba |
| 1946 | Catawba |
| Position | 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 |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1971–1975 | Sacramento State |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 20–27–2 (college football) 28–36 (college basketball) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| Football 1 WVIAC (1955) | |
Donald Eugene 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. From 1971 to 1975, he was the athletic director at California State University, Sacramento.[2][3]
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 | 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
- ↑ "Donald E. Fuoss". worldcat.org. Retrieved December 6, 2018.
- ↑ "Don Fuoss is on the move again". Altoona Mirror. August 21, 1971. Retrieved May 4, 2026.
- ↑ "Wright gets promition, interim AD". The Spokesman-Review. August 27, 1975. Retrieved May 4, 2026.
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