Gene Corum

Gene Corum
Biographical details
Corum pictured in The Monticola 1963, West Virginia yearbook
Sport(s)	Football
Born	(1921-05-29)May 29, 1921 Huntington, West Virginia
Died	January 2, 2010(2010-01-02) (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

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West Virginia Mountaineers head football coaches

Frederick Lincoln Emory (1891)
No team (1892)
F. William Rane (1893–1894)
Harry McCrory (1895)
Thomas Trenchard (1896)
George Krebs (1897)
Harry Anderson (1898)
Lewis Yeager (1899)
John Ethan Hill (1900)
Lewis Yeager (1901–1902)
Harry E. Trout (1903)
Anthony Chez (1904)
Carl Forkum (1905–1906)
Clarence W. Russell (1907)
Charles Augustus Lueder (1908–1911)
William P. Edmunds (1912)
Edwin Sweetland (1913)
Sol Metzger (1914–1915)
Mont McIntire (1916–1917)
No team (1918)
Mont McIntire (1919–1920)
Clarence Spears (1921–1924)
Ira Rodgers (1925–1930)
Greasy Neale (1931–1933)
Charles Tallman (1934–1936)
Marshall Glenn (1937–1939)
Bill Kern (1940–1942)
Ira Rodgers (1943–1945)
Bill Kern (1946–1947)
Dudley DeGroot (1948–1949)
Art Lewis (1950–1959)
Gene Corum (1960–1965)
Jim Carlen (1966–1969)
Bobby Bowden (1970–1975)
Frank Cignetti Sr. (1976–1979)
Don Nehlen (1980–2000)
Rich Rodriguez (2001–2007)
Bill Stewart (2007–2010)
Dana Holgorsen (2011– )

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