Theron J. Fouts

Theron J. Fouts
Fouts pictured in The Yucca 1922, North Texas State Normal yearbook
Sport(s)	Football, basketball, baseball, track and field
Biographical details
Born	(1893-07-05)July 5, 1893 Gonzales, Texas
Died	April 28, 1954(1954-04-28) (aged 60) Denton, Texas
Playing career
1914–1917	Baylor
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football 1920–1924 Basketball 1920–1921 Baseball 1920	North Texas State Normal/Teachers North Texas State Normal North Texas State Normal
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1948–1954	North Texas State
Head coaching record
Overall	23–14–2 (football) 5–3 (basketball) 4–2 (baseball)
Statistics College Football Data Warehouse

Theron Judson Fouts, Sr. (July 5, 1893^[1] – April 28, 1954) was an American football player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He served as head football coach at North Texas State Normal College—renamed as North Texas State Teachers' College in 1923, and now known as the University of North Texas—from 1920 to 1924. Fouts amassed a 23–14–2 record. He also started the school's track and field program and initiated the drive to build the 20,000-seat Eagle Stadium on campus. The venue was named Fouts Field in his honor.

Born in Gonzales, Texas,^[1] Fouts was a football player at Baylor University, where he lettered for four years (1914–1917). He died of a heart attack on April 28, 1954 in Denton, Texas.^[2] Fouts was married to Leslie Vann Sams Fouts and had two daughters and a son: Mary Lee Fouts (born October 20, 1920 in Crockett, TX), Dorthy Nell Fouts Crockett (born November 7, 1924 in Denton), and Theron Judson Fouts, Jr. (born March 3, 1926 in Denton).

Head coaching record

Football

Year	Team	Overall
North Texas State Normal/Teachers Eagles (Independent) (1920–1924)
1920	North Texas State Normal	7–1
1921	North Texas State Normal	3–3
1922	North Texas State Normal	5–2–1
1923	North Texas State Teachers	3–5
1924	North Texas State Teachers	5–3–1
North Texas State Normal/Teachers:		23–14–2
Total:		23–14–2

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 WWI Draft Registration Card, National Archives
↑ AP (April 29, 1954). "Theron J. Fouts". The New York Times. Retrieved February 19, 2011.

External links

Theron J. Fouts at the College Football Data Warehouse

North Texas Eagles / Mean Green head football coaches

J. W. Pender (1913–1914)
James W. St. Clair (1915–1919)
Theron J. Fouts (1920–1924)
John B. Reid (1925–1928)
Jack Sisco (1929–1941)
Lloyd Russell (1942)
No team (1943–1945)
Odus Mitchell (1946–1966)
Rod Rust (1967–1972)
Hayden Fry (1973–1978)
Jerry Moore (1979–1980)
Bob Tyler (1981)
Corky Nelson (1982–1990)
Dennis Parker (1991–1993)
Matt Simon (1994–1997)
Darrell Dickey (1998–2006)
Todd Dodge (2007–2010)
Mike Canales # (2010)
Dan McCarney (2011– )

Pound sign (#) denotes interim coach.

North Texas Eagles / Mean Green men's basketball head coaches

James W. St. Clair (1916–1920)
Theron J. Fouts (1920–1921)
James W. St. Clair (1921–1924)
John B. Reid (1924–1929)
Terrance Myracle (1929–1933)
Jack Sisco (1933–1935)
Pete Shands (1935–1959)
Charles Johnson (1959–1965)
Dan Spika (1965–1970)
Harry Miller (1970–1971)
Gene Robbins (1971–1975)
Bill Blakeley (1975–1983)
Tommy Newman (1983–1986)
Jimmy Gales (1986–1993)
Tim Jankovich (1993–1997)
Vic Trilli (1997–2001)
Johnny Jones (2001–2012)
Tony Benford (2012– )

North Texas Mean Green athletic directors

Theron J. Fouts (1948–1954) Emmett F. Cambron (1960) Jess E. Cearley (1962–1969) Rod Rust (1970–1972) Fred McCain (1972–1973) Hayden Fry (1973–1978) Fred McCain (1979) Bob Tyler (1981–1982) Fred McCain (1982–1986) Jim White (1987) Richard McDuffie (1987–1988) Corky Nelson (1989–1990) Steve Sloan (1991–1993) Craig Helwig (1994–2000) Rick Villarreal (2001– )