| George Ford | |
| Birth Date: | 7 January 1871 |
| Birth Place: | Kasson, West Virginia, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Huntington, West Virginia, U.S. |
| Alma Mater: | West Virginia (1892, AB) WVU Law (1896, LLB) |
| Player Sport1: | Football |
| Player Years2: | 1891 |
| Player Team2: | West Virginia |
| Player Years3: | 1895 |
| Player Team3: | West Virginia |
| Player Positions: | Line |
| Coach Sport1: | Football |
| Coach Years2: | 1903–1904 |
| Coach Team2: | Marshall |
| Coach Sport3: | Baseball |
| Coach Years4: | 1903–1904 |
| Coach Team4: | Marshall |
| Overall Record: | 4–4–4 (football) 3–3 (baseball) |
George Michael Ford (January 7, 1871 – August 21, 1941) was an American college football player and coach and education administrator.
Ford was a member of the first football team at West Virginia University in 1891.[1] [2]
Ford served as the head football coach and head baseball coach from 1903 to 1904 at Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia. He was the school's first football coach.[3]
From 1897 to 1900, Ford was the principal of Concord College, now known as Concord University, in Athens, West Virginia.[4]
Ford was a superintendent at various school's across the state of West Virginia, including Bluefield, Beaver Pond, Brown's Creek, and Dunbar. He was also a principal at Terra Alta, Grafton, and Benwood.[5]
Ford served as the West Virginia State Superintendent of Schools from 1921 to 1929.[6]