Gene Corum Explained

Gene Corum
Birth Date:29 May 1921
Birth Place:Huntington, West Virginia, U.S.
Death Place:Frederick, Maryland, U.S.
Player Years1:1941–1942
Player Team1:West Virginia
Player Years2:1945
Player Team2:Fort Benning
Player Years3:1946–1947
Player Team3:West Virginia
Player Positions:Guard
Coach Years1:1948–1949
Coach Team1:Point Marion HS (PA)
Coach Years2:1950–1959
Coach Team2:West Virginia (ends)
Coach Years3:1960–1965
Coach Team3:West Virginia
Overall Record:29–30–2 (college)
Bowl Record:0–1
Championships:2 SoCon (1964–1965)

Earl Eugene Corum (May 29, 1921 – January 2, 2010) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at West Virginia University from 1960 to 1965, compiling a record of 29–30–2. Corum played college football as a guard at West Virginia in the 1940s and graduated in 1948. He began his coaching career at Point Marion High School in Point Marion, Pennsylvania for two seasons before returning to West Virginia as an assistant coach in 1950.[1]

Corum was inducted into the West Virginia University Sports Hall of Fame in 1984. He died on January 2, 2010, in Frederick, Maryland.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. News: . Gene Corum Appointed As Acing Head Coach . . . . April 19, 1960 . 8 . February 16, 2023 . .
  2. Web site: Earl Eugene Corum . Stauffer Funeral Homes . February 16, 2023 .