Don Fambrough

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Don Fambrough

Sport(s)	Football
Biographical details
Born	(1922-10-19)October 19, 1922 Longview, Texas
Died	September 3, 2011(2011-09-03) (aged 88) Lawrence, Kansas
Playing career
1941–1942 1946–1947	Texas Kansas
Position(s)	Guard
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1948–1953 1954–1956 1957 1958–1970 1971–1974 1979–1982	Kansas (assistant) East Texas State (assistant) Wichita State (assistant) Kansas (assistant) Kansas Kansas
Head coaching record
Bowls	0–2
Statistics College Football Data Warehouse

Donald Preston "Don" Fambrough (October 19, 1922 – September 3, 2011) was an American football player and coach. He was the head coach at the University of Kansas.

Early life

Fambrough was born on October 19, 1922 in Longview, Texas to Ivey and Willie Whittington Fambrough. He attended Longview High School.

College football/military career

Fambrough played college football at Texas in 1941 and 1942 before serving in the US Army Air Corps during World War II.^[1] After returning home from the war, he and his wife moved to Lawrence, Kansas. While in Lawrence, he chose to play football at the University of Kansas.

Coaching career

His first coaching job was at Kansas as assistant from 1948 to 1953. After that, he served as an assistant at East Texas State and Wichita State. Fambrough eventually found his way back to Kansas as assistant coach under Jack Mitchell from 1958. Following the 1970 season, he got his dream job as the head coach at Kansas before the 1971. He served as the coach of Kansas from 1971 to 1974 and again from 1979 to 1982 and compiled a 37–48–5 record as a head coach.

Later life

Fambrough remained involved in Kansas football leading up to his death, and would occasionally take part in team practices. The school dedicated a bench overlooking Memorial Stadium to him in 2007.^[2] Fambrough is known for his hatred of rival Missouri^[3] and gave an annual anti-Missouri speech to the football team before each Border War game.^[4]

Personal life

He married his wife, Delfred Few, on October 4, 1941. Del Fambrough, who taught English for many years at Lawrence High School, preceded him in death on November 17, 2001. The couple had two children, sons Robert and Preston.

Death

Farmbrough died September 3, 2011 at his home in Lawrence, Kansas from head injuries sustained in a fall.^[5] He was survived by two children, four grandchildren, and one great-grandchild.

Head coaching record

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs	Coaches^#	AP^°
Kansas Jayhawks (Big Eight Conference) (1971–1974)
1971	Kansas	4–7	2–5	T–5th
1972	Kansas	4–7	2–5	T–6th
1973	Kansas	7–4–1	4–2–1	T–2nd	L Liberty	15	18
1974	Kansas	4–7	1–6	T–7th
Kansas Jayhawks (Big Eight Conference) (1979–1982)
1979	Kansas	3–8	2–5	T–5th
1980	Kansas	4–5–2	3–3–1	4th
1981	Kansas	8–4	4–3	T–3rd	L Hall of Fame Classic
1982	Kansas	2–7–2	1–5–1	T–6th
Kansas:		37–48–5	20–33–3
Total:		37–48–5
^#Rankings from final Coaches' Poll.

References

External links

Don Fambrough at the College Football Data Warehouse

Kansas Jayhawks head football coaches

Will Coleman (1890)
Edwin Mortimer Hopkins (1891)
A. W. Shepard (1892–1893)
Hector Cowan (1894–1896)
Wylie G. Woodruff (1897–1898)
Fielding H. Yost (1899)
L. W. Boynton (1900)
John H. Outland (1901)
Arthur Hale Curtis (1902)
Boss Weeks (1903)
A. R. Kennedy (1904–1910)
Ralph W. Sherwin (1911)
Arthur Mosse (1912–1913)
H. M. Wheaton (1914)
Herman Olcott (1915–1917)
Jay Bond (1918)
Leon McCarty (1919)
Phog Allen (1920)
George Clark (1921–1925)
Franklin Cappon (1926–1927)
Homer Woodson Hargiss (1928–1932)
Adrian Lindsey (1933–1938)
Gwinn Henry (1939–1942)
Henry Shenk (1943–1945)
George Sauer (1946–1947)
Jules V. Sikes (1948–1953)
Chuck Mather (1954–1957)
Jack Mitchell (1958–1966)
Pepper Rodgers (1967–1970)
Don Fambrough (1971–1974)
Bud Moore (1975–1978)
Don Fambrough (1979–1982)
Mike Gottfried (1983–1985)
Bob Valesente (1986–1987)
Glen Mason (1988–1996)
Terry Allen (1997–2001)
Mark Mangino (2002–2009)
Turner Gill (2010–2011)
Charlie Weis (2012– )

Persondata
Name	Fambrough, Don
Alternative names	Fambrough, Donald Preston
Short description	American football player and coach
Date of birth	October 19, 1922
Place of birth	Longview, Texas
Date of death	September 3, 2011
Place of death	Lawrence, Kansas

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