Furman Nuss | |
Birth Date: | 2 February 1895 |
Birth Place: | Bristoria, Greene County, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Death Place: | Washington, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Player Sport1: | Football |
Player Years2: | late 1910s |
Player Team2: | Washington & Jefferson |
Coach Sport1: | Football |
Coach Years2: | 1924 |
Coach Team2: | Broaddus |
Coach Years3: | 1925–1928 |
Coach Team3: | Bethany (WV) |
Coach Team4: | Washington & Jefferson (assistant) |
Coach Sport6: | Basketball |
Coach Years7: | 1925–1930 |
Coach Team7: | Bethany (WV) |
Coach Team8: | Washington & Jefferson (assistant) |
Overall Record: | 53–29 (basketball) |
Furman Leon "Fitz" Nuss (February 2, 1895 – February 5, 1986) was an American football and basketball coach. He served as the head football coach at Alderson–Broaddus College—now known as Alderson Broaddus University—in Philippi, West Virginia for one season, in 1924, compiling a record of 3–4–2.[1]
Nuss graduated from Washington & Jefferson College in 1917.[2] [3]
In his later life, Nuss operated a tire shop and worked in the gas drilling industry. He died on February 5, 1986, at the Hubert Lane Health Care Center in Washington, Pennsylvania, after a long illness.[4]