Floyd Gass

Floyd Gass
Sport(s) Football, basketball
Biographical details
Born January 31, 1927
Died March 3, 2006 (aged 79)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
19551960
19611968
19691971

Basketball
19551962

Austin (offensive assistant)
Austin
Oklahoma State


Austin
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
19581969
19711978
Austin
Oklahoma State
Head coaching record
Overall 56462 (football)
7180 (basketball)

Floyd Gass (January 31, 1927 March 3, 2006) was an American football and basketball player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Austin College from 1961 to 1968, having previously been offensive coordinator, and at Oklahoma State University–Stillwater from 1969 to 1971, compiling a career college football record of 56462. He was voted the Big Eight Conference Coach of the Year in 1969. His record was 13181 in his three seasons at Oklahoma State. Gass was also the head basketball coach at Austin College from 1955 to 1962, tallying a mark of 7180, and served as athletic director. He was an alumnus of Oklahoma State, and played football and basketball while attending the university. Gass was one of three head football coaches at Oklahoma State to have played for Oklahoma State, along with Jim Lookabaugh and current head coach Mike Gundy. Gass served as athletics director at OSU from 1971 through 1978, when he left OSU to pursue other business opportunities. Gass died on March 3, 2006, at the age of 79. [1]

Head coaching record

Football

Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs
Austin Kangaroos () (1961–1968)
1961 Austin 27
1962 Austin 54
1963 Austin 351
1964 Austin 63
1965 Austin 72
1966 Austin 63
1967 Austin 63
1968 Austin 81
Austin: 43281
Oklahoma State Cowboys (Big Eight Conference) (1969–1971)
1969 Oklahoma State 55 34 T5th
1970 Oklahoma State 47 25 T6th
1971 Oklahoma State 461 25 T5th
Oklahoma State: 13181 714
Total: 56462

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