Fielding Yost
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| Date of birth | April 30, 1871 | |
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| Place of birth | Fairview, West Virginia, USA | |
| Date of death | August 20, 1946 | |
| Place of death | Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA | |
| Sport | Football | |
| Title | Head coach | |
| Overall Record | 190-34-11 | |
| Championships won |
6 National Championships 10 Big Ten titles |
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| Coaching Stats | College Football DataWarehouse | |
| Schools as a coach | ||
| 1898 1899 1900 1901-23, 1925-26 |
University of Nebraska University of Kansas Stanford University University of Michigan |
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Fielding Harris Yost (April 30, 1871–August 20, 1946) was an American football coach best known for his long tenure at the University of Michigan. He was born in Fairview, West Virginia.
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[edit] Coaching career
After three single-season stints at Nebraska, Kansas, and Stanford, Yost served as the head football coach for the Michigan Wolverines football team from 1901 through 1923, and again in 1925 and 1926. He was a resounding success at Michigan, winning 165 games, losing only 29, and tying 10 for a winning percentage of .833. Under Yost, Michigan won four straight national championships from 1901-04 and two more in 1918 and 1923.
Yost's first Michigan team in 1901 outscored its opposition by a margin of 550-0 en route to a perfect season and victory in the inaugural Rose Bowl on January 1, 1902 over Stanford, the school Yost had coached the year before. From 1901 to 1904, Michigan did not lose a game, and was tied only once in a legendary game with the University of Minnesota that led to the establishment of the Little Brown Jug, college football's oldest trophy. Before Michigan finally lost a game to Amos Alonzo Stagg's University of Chicago squad at the end of the 1905 season, they had gone 56 straight games without a defeat, the second longest such streak in college football history. During their first five seasons under Yost, Michigan outscored its opponents 2,821 to 42, earning the nickname "Point-a-Minute."
[edit] Legacy
After retiring from coaching, Yost remained at Michigan as the school's athletic director, a position he held until 1942. Under his leadership, Michigan Stadium and Yost Fieldhouse, now Yost Ice Arena, were constructed. Yost invented the position of linebacker, co-created the first ever bowl game, the 1902 Rose Bowl, with then legendary UM athletic director Charles Baird, and invented the fieldhouse concept that bears his name.
Arguably no one has left a larger mark on University of Michigan athletics than Fielding Yost. A longtime football coach and athletic director, his career was marked with great achievements both on and off the field. He reportedly has the most defensive shutouts of any coach in collegiate history and is thus responsible for the Michigan tradition of solid swarming defenses that have made the Wolverines famous and the winningest team in college football history. Yost was also a successful business person, lawyer, author, and a leading figure in pioneering the explosion of college football into a national phenomenon. A devout Christian, he nevertheless was among the first coaches to allow Jewish players on his teams, including star Benny Friedman.
Yost was also known for a series of admonitions to his players beginning with the words, "Hurry up," for example, "Hurry up and be the first man down the field on a punt or kick-off." This inclination earned him the nickname, "Hurry up" Yost. A native of West Virginia, Yost's unusual pronunciation of the school's name, "MEE-she-gan," is affectionately carried on by many Michigan football fans and often referenced by ESPN sportscaster Chris Fowler.
Yost died at age 75 in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and was among the inaugural class of inductees to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1951.
[edit] Coaching record
| Nebraska | |
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| Year | Overall |
| 1898 | 8-3 |
| Total | 8-3 (.727) |
| Kansas | |
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| Year | Overall |
| 1899 | 10-0 |
| Total | 10-0 (1.000) |
| Michigan | ||
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| Year | Overall | (Big Ten/place) |
| 1901 | 11-0* | (4-0/1st) |
| 1902 | 11-0* | (5-0/1st) |
| 1903 | 11-0-1* | (3-0-1/1st) |
| 1904 | 10-0* | (2-0/1st) |
| 1905 | 12-1 | (2-1/2nd) |
| 1906 | 4-1 | (1-0/1st) |
| 1907 | 5-1 | N/A |
| 1908 | 5-2-1 | N/A |
| 1909 | 6-1 | N/A |
| 1910 | 3-0-3 | N/A |
| 1911 | 5-1-2 | N/A |
| 1912 | 5-2 | N/A |
| 1913 | 6-1 | N/A |
| 1914 | 6-3 | N/A |
| 1915 | 4-3-1 | N/A |
| 1916 | 7-2 | N/A |
| 1917 | 8-2 | (0-1/8th) |
| 1918 | 5-0* | (2-0/1st) |
| 1919 | 3-4 | (1-4/7th) |
| 1920 | 5-2 | (2-2/6th) |
| 1921 | 5-1-1 | (2-1-1/5th) |
| 1922 | 6-0-1 | (4-0/1st) |
| 1923 | 8-0* | (4-0/1st) |
| 1925 | 7-1 | (5-1/1st) |
| 1926 | 7-1 | (5-0/1st) |
| Total | 165-29-10 (.833) | 42-10-2 (.778) |
*Claimed national championship.
Note: Michigan did not compete in Big Ten Conference play from 1907-1916.
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| Preceded by Wylie G. Woodruff |
University of Kansas Head Football Coach 1899 |
Succeeded by Charles Boynton |
| Preceded by Langdon Lea |
University of Michigan Head Football Coach 1901-1923 |
Succeeded by George Little |
| Preceded by George Little |
University of Michigan Head Football Coach 1925-1926 |
Succeeded by Elton Wieman |
| Nebraska Cornhuskers Head Football Coaches |
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| Frothingham • Lyman • Williams • Crawford • Thomas • Robinson • Yost • Branch • Booth • Foster • Cole • Stiehm • Stewart • Kline • Schulte • Dawson • Bearg • Bible • Jones • Presnell • Lewandowski • Clark • Masterson • Glassford • Elliott • Jennings • Devaney • Osborne • Solich • Pelini (interim) • Callahan |
| Kansas Jayhawks Head Football Coaches |
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| Hopkins • Shepard • Cowan • Woodruff • Yost • Boynton • Outland • Curtis • Weeks • A. R. Kennedy • Sherwin • Mosse • Wheaton • Olcott • Bond • McCarty • Allen • Clark • Cappon • Hargiss • Lindsey • Henry • Schenk • Sauer • Sikes • Mather • Mitchell • Rodgers • Fambrough • Moore • Gottfried • Valesente • Mason • Allen • Hayes • Mangino |
| Stanford Cardinal Head Football Coaches |
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| Camp • Bliss • Camp • Cross • Brooke • Cross • Chamberlain • Yost • Fickert • Clemans • Lanagan • Presley • Brown • Wylie • Evans • Powell • Van Gent • Kerr • Warner • Thornhill • Shaughnessy • Schwarz • Taylor • Curtice • Ralston • Christiansen • Walsh • Dowhower • Wiggin • Elway • Green • Walsh • Willingham • Teevens • Harris |
| Michigan Wolverines Head Football Coaches |
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| Murphy • Crawford • Barbour • McCauley • Ward • Ferbert • Lea • Yost • Little • Yost • Wieman • Kipke • Crisler • Oosterbaan • Elliott • Schembechler • Moeller • Carr |
