Gene Corum
 Corum pictured in The Monticola 1963, West Virginia yearbook | |
| Sport(s) | Football |
|---|---|
| Biographical details | |
| Born |
May 29, 1921 Huntington, West Virginia |
| Died |
January 2, 2010 (aged 88) Frederick, Maryland |
| Playing career | |
| 1941–1942 | West Virginia |
| 1946–1947 | West Virginia |
| Position(s) | Guard |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1948–1949 | Point Marion HS (PA) |
| 1950–1959 | West Virginia (assistant) |
| 1960–1965 | West Virginia |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 29–30–2 (college) |
| Bowls | 0–1 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 2 SoCon (1964–1965) | |
Gene 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 was inducted into the West Virginia University Sports Hall of Fame in 1984.
Head coaching record
College
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Virginia Mountaineers (Southern Conference) (1960–1965) | |||||||||
| 1960 | West Virginia | 0–8–2 | 0–2–1 | 9th | |||||
| 1961 | West Virginia | 4–6 | 2–1 | 4th | |||||
| 1962 | West Virginia | 8–2 | 4–0 | 2nd | |||||
| 1963 | West Virginia | 4–6 | 3–1 | 2nd | |||||
| 1964 | West Virginia | 7–4 | 5–0 | 1st | L Liberty | ||||
| 1965 | West Virginia | 6–4 | 4–0 | 1st | |||||
| West Virginia: | 29–30–2 | 18–4–1 | |||||||
| Total: | 29–30–2 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title | |||||||||
External links
- West Virginia University Athletic Hall of Fame profile
- Gene Corum at the College Football Data Warehouse
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