Don Ault
American football coach
Biographical details | |
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Born | (1929-07-17)July 17, 1929 Bellaire, Ohio, U.S. |
Died | February 25, 2021(2021-02-25) (aged 91) |
Alma mater | West Liberty (1951) |
Playing career | |
1949–1950 | West Liberty |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1966 | Bellaire HS (OH) |
1967 | Marshall (assistant) |
1973–1981 | Bethany (WV) |
1982–1986 | Slippery Rock |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 70–58–2 (college) |
Tournaments | 0–1 (NCAA D-III playoffs) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
2 PAC (1975, 1980) | |
E. Donald Ault (July 17, 1929 – February 25, 2021) was an American football coach.[1] He served as the head football coach at Bethany College in Bethany, West Virginia from 1973 to 1981 and Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania from 1982 to 1986, compiling a career college football coaching record of 70–58–2.[2][3]
The football field at Bethany College was named in Ault's honor in 2021. Ault died on February 25, 2021.[4][5]
Head coaching record
College
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Bethany Bison (Presidents' Athletic Conference) (1973–1981) | |||||||||
1973 | Bethany | 3–5–1 | 2–5 | T–6th | |||||
1974 | Bethany | 5–3–1 | 4–3 | 3rd | |||||
1975 | Bethany | 5–4 | 5–1 | 1st | |||||
1976 | Bethany | 4–5 | 4–3 | 4th | |||||
1977 | Bethany | 2–7 | 2–5 | 7th | |||||
1978 | Bethany | 2–6 | 2–5 | 7th | |||||
1979 | Bethany | 6–2 | 5–2 | T–2nd | |||||
1980 | Bethany | 9–1 | 7–0 | 1st | L NCAA Division III Quarterfinal | ||||
1981 | Bethany | 7–2 | 5–2 | T–2nd | |||||
Bethany: | 43–35–2 | 36–26 | |||||||
Slippery Rock Rockets (Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference) (1982–1986) | |||||||||
1982 | Slippery Rock | 7–3 | 4–2 | T–2nd (West) | |||||
1983 | Slippery Rock | 6–4 | 3–3 | 5th (West) | |||||
1984 | Slippery Rock | 6–4 | 3–3 | 5th (West) | |||||
1985 | Slippery Rock | 5–5 | 2–4 | 5th (West) | |||||
1986 | Slippery Rock | 3–7 | 3–3 | T–3rd (West) | |||||
Slippery Rock: | 27–23 | 15–15 | |||||||
Total: | 70–58–2 | ||||||||
National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth |
References
- ^ Kapral, Bubba (May 16, 2018). "Sherwood named new AD at Bellaire". The Times Leader. Retrieved May 12, 2019.
- ^ "Don Ault". West Liberty University Athletics. Retrieved May 12, 2019.
- ^ "Bethany (W.Va.) College football coach Don Ault has been named the new head football coach at Slippery Rock State College". United Press International. December 18, 1981. Retrieved May 12, 2019.
- ^ "Bethany Mourns Death Of Hall of Famer Don Ault". The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register. Wheeling, West Virginia. February 27, 2021. Retrieved November 18, 2023.
- ^ "Don Ault" (PDF). Bauknecht-Altmeyer Funeral Homes & Cremator. Retrieved November 18, 2023.
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Bethany Bison head football coaches
- Halford A. Watson (1894–1898)
- Unknown (1899)
- Eugene Y. Willis (1900)
- No team (1901)
- Alexander C. Chapman (1902)
- Aiken (1903)
- Clark Schrontz (1904)
- Stauffer (1905)
- No team (1906)
- Worth B. Yancey (1907–1908)
- Harry Smith (1909)
- J. M. Townsend (1910)
- William S. Shuttleworth (1911)
- Harry Smith (1912)
- Alexander Hogarty (1913)
- Chester J. Roberts (1914)
- E. E. Tarr (1915)
- Fred Heyman (1916)
- Boyd Chambers (1917)
- Wilbur H. Cramblet (1918)
- Herman R. Beckelheimer (1919)
- Harry M. Buland (1920–1921)
- Katy Easterday (1922–1923)
- Ray B. McCandless (1924)
- Furman Nuss (1925–1928)
- David C. Morrow (1929)
- John J. Knight (1930–1944)
- No team (1945)
- Don L. Phillips (1946–1947)
- Glenn Johnson (1948–1950)
- Donald E. Fuoss (1951–1952)
- John J. Knight (1953–1962)
- Bob Goin (1963–1972)
- Don Ault (1973–1981)
- Wally Neel (1982–1989)
- Don Turner (1990–1992)
- Steve Campos (1993–2001)
- Chris Snyder (2002–2003)
- Steve Lee (2004–2005)
- Tim Weaver (2006–2012)
- Bill Garvey (2013–2021)
- Brandon Robinson (2022– )