| Doug Fessenden | |
| Birth Date: | 7 September 1901 |
| Birth Place: | Onawa, Iowa, U.S. |
| Death Place: | San Francisco, California, U.S. |
| Player Sport1: | Track and field |
| Player Years2: | c. 1922 |
| Player Team2: | Illinois |
| Coach Sport1: | Football |
| Coach Years2: | 1925–1927 |
| Coach Team2: | Main Avenue HS (TX) |
| Coach Years3: | 1928–1929 |
| Coach Team3: | Brownville HS (TX) |
| Coach Years4: | 1930–1934 |
| Coach Team4: | Fenger Academy HS (IL) |
| Coach Years5: | 1935–1941 |
| Coach Team5: | Montana |
| Coach Years6: | 1945 |
| Coach Team6: | AAF Training Command |
| Coach Years7: | 1946–1948 |
| Coach Team7: | Montana |
| Admin Years1: | 1935–1949 |
| Admin Team1: | Montana |
| Overall Record: | 54–43–5 (college) |
| Bowl Record: | 0–1 |
| Tournament Record: | 1 AAF League (1945) |
| Awards: | Kaimin Man of the Year (1935) |
Douglas A. Fessenden (September 7, 1901 – June 11, 1970) was an American football coach and college athletics administrator.
Fessenden began his coaching career in 1925 at Main Avenue High School—now known as Fox Tech High School—in San Antonio, Texas. He moved to Brownsville High School in Brownsville, Texas in 1928.[1] Fessenden was head football coach at Fenger High School in Chicago from 1930 to 1934, before coming head coach at the University of Montana in April 1935. Fessenden served two separate stints as Montana's head coach, from 1935 to 1941 and again from 1946 to 1948.
The 1937 season included a then school record of six consecutive victories. Fessenden resigned as Montana's football coach after the 1948 season and received his doctors degree in physical education from Columbia University in 1949. Fessenden concluded his coaching career with Montana's best win and loss record.[2]
Fessenden died in San Francisco, California on June 11, 1970.[3]