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American football and basketball coach (1923–2014)

Donald E. Fuoss
Biographical details
Born	(1923-02-19)February 19, 1923 Altoona, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died	June 25, 2014(2014-06-25) (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. 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. Fuoss was also the head basketball coach at Shepherd from 1953 to 1956, tallying a mark of 28–36.

Head coaching record


Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
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

v t e Bethany Bison head football coaches
Halford A. Watson (1894–1898) Unknown (1899) Eugene Y. Willis (1900) No team (1901) Alexander C. Chapman (1902) Aiken (1903) Clark Schrontz (1904) Stauffer (1905) No team (1906) Worth B. Yancey (1907–1908) Harry Smith (1909) J. M. Townsend (1910) William S. Shuttleworth (1911) Harry Smith (1912) Alexander Hogarty (1913) Chester J. Roberts (1914) E. E. Tarr (1915) Fred Heyman (1916) Boyd Chambers (1917) Wilbur H. Cramblet (1918) Herman R. Beckelheimer (1919) Harry M. Buland (1920–1921) Katy Easterday (1922–1923) Ray B. McCandless (1924) Furman Nuss (1925–1928) David C. Morrow (1929) John J. Knight (1930–1944) No team (1945) Don L. Phillips (1946–1947) Glenn Johnson (1948–1950) Donald E. Fuoss (1951–1952) John J. Knight (1953–1962) Bob Goin (1963–1972) Don Ault (1973–1981) Wally Neel (1982–1989) Don Turner (1990–1992) Steve Campos (1993–2001) Chris Snyder (2002–2003) Steve Lee (2004–2005) Tim Weaver (2006–2012) Bill Garvey (2013–2021) Brandon Robinson (2022– )

v t e Shepherd Rams head football coaches
A. D. Kenamond (1920) Withrow Legge (1921–1924) John Newcome (1925–1941) No team (1942–1945) Cleftus Lowe (1946–1947) Don L. Phillips (1948–1950) William M. Moore (1951–1952) Donald E. Fuoss (1953–1955) Jesse Riggleman (1956–1966) Roger Parker (1967–1970) Walter Barr (1971–1985) Mike Jacobs (1986) Monte Cater (1987–2017) Ernie McCook (2018– )

v t e Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders head football coaches
L. T. "Mutt" Weber (1911–1912) Alfred B. Miles (1913–1916) Johnny Floyd (1917) No team (1918) Alfred B. Miles (1919–1923) Guy Stephenson (1924–1925) Frank Faulkinberry (1926–1932) E. M. Waller (1933–1934) Johnny Floyd (1935–1938) Ernest Alley (1939) Elwin W. Midgett (1940–1942) No team (1943–1945) Elwin W. Midgett (1946) Charles M. Murphy (1947–1968) Donald E. Fuoss (1969) Bill Peck (1970–1974) Ben Hurt (1975–1978) Boots Donnelly (1979–1998) Andy McCollum (1999–2005) Rick Stockstill (2006–2023) Derek Mason (2024– )