Gene Corum | |
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Corum pictured in The Monticola 1961, West Virginia yearbook
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Sport(s) | Football |
Biographical details | |
Born | May 29, 1921 |
Place of birth | Huntington, West Virginia |
Died | January 2, 2010 | (aged 88)
Place of death | Frederick, Maryland |
Playing career | |
1941–1942 1946–1947 |
West Virginia West Virginia |
Position(s) | Guard |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1948–1949 1950–1959 1960–1965 |
Point Marion HS (PA) West Virginia (assistant) West Virginia |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 29–30–2 (college) |
Bowls | 0–1 |
Statistics | |
College Football Data Warehouse | |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
2 SoCon (1964–1965) |
Gene Corum (May 29, 1921 – January 2, 2010) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at West Virginia University from 1960 to 1965, compiling a record of 29–30–2. Corum played college football as a guard at West Virginia in the 1940s and graduated in 1948. He was inducted into the West Virginia University Sports Hall of Fame in 1984.
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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West Virginia Mountaineers (Southern Conference) (1960–1965) | |||||||||
1960 | West Virginia | 0–8–2 | 0–2–1 | 9th | |||||
1961 | West Virginia | 4–6 | 2–1 | 4th | |||||
1962 | West Virginia | 8–2 | 4–0 | 2nd | |||||
1963 | West Virginia | 4–6 | 3–1 | 2nd | |||||
1964 | West Virginia | 7–4 | 5–0 | 1st | L Liberty | ||||
1965 | West Virginia | 6–4 | 4–0 | 1st | |||||
West Virginia: | 29–30–2 | 18–4–1 | |||||||
Total: | 29–30–2 | ||||||||
National championship Conference title Conference division title |
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