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Doug Weaver Sport(s) Football Biographical details Born 1930 Playing career 1950–1952 Michigan State Position(s) Center Coaching career (HC unless noted) 1956–1957
1958–1959
1960–1966
1970
1974–1975Michigan State (assistant)
Missouri (assistant)
Kansas State
Kansas (assistant)
Southern IllinoisAdministrative career (AD unless noted) 1976–1979
1979–1989Georgia Tech
Michigan StateHead coaching record Overall 11–78–2 Statistics College Football Data Warehouse Douglas W. Weaver (born 1930) is a former American football player, coach, and college sports administrator. He served as the head football coach at Kansas State University from 1960 to 1966 and at Southern Illinois University Carbondale from 1974 to 1975, compiling a career college football record of 11–78–2. His Kansas State Wildcats teams posted two of the longest losing streaks in college football history.[citation needed] Weaver was also the athletic director at the Georgia Institute of Technology from 1976 to 1979 and at Michigan State University from 1979 to 1989.
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Career
Weaver starred at center on Michigan State's great teams of the early 1950s. After graduation, he served as an assistant on Duffy Daugherty's staff at his alma mater, and at the University of Missouri under Dan Devine. Prior to the 1960 season, he was hired as the head coach at Kansas State at age 29.
Kansas State
In seven seasons at Kansas State, he compiled a 8–60–1 record. His final two seasons went without a win. His 1961 and 1962 teams posted a losing streak of 18 games—tied for the 20th-longest streak in college football history.[citation needed] Weaver's best season at K-State came in 1964, when his team went 3–7, with the three wins coming by a combined six points, but he retained his sense of humor. According to a Sports Illustrated article, after he was hanged in effigy at K-State, he said: "I'm glad it happened in front of the library. I've always emphasized scholarship." He was fired following the 1966 season. His career record was 8–60–1 including a 4–43 record in conference play.
Southern Illinois
After being fired from Kansas State, Weaver attended law school at the University of Kansas. He returned to coaching football after earning his law degree, serving as an assistant coach at Kansas under Pepper Rodgers for the 1970 season. In 1973, he was named athletic director at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. In 1974, he named himself as head football coach at Southern Illinois, where he posted records of 2–9 and 1–9–1 during the 1974 and 1975 seasons.
Georgia Tech and Michigan State
In 1976, he left Southern Illinois to take over as athletic director at the Georgia Institute of Technology. He was succeeded as athletic director at Southern Illinois by Gale Sayers. While athletic director at Georgia Tech, Weaver fired his old boss, Rodgers, from his position as football coach.
In 1979, Weaver returned to his alma mater, Michigan State, as athletic director, a position he held for a decade until he retired in 1989. Michigan State's indoor practice facility is named in his honor.
Head coaching record
Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs Kansas State Wildcats (Big Eight Conference) (1960–1966) 1960 Kansas State 1–9 0–7 8th 1961 Kansas State 2–8 0–7 8th 1962 Kansas State 0–10 0–7 8th 1963 Kansas State 2–7 1–5 7th 1964 Kansas State 3–7 3–4 T–5th 1965 Kansas State 0–10 0–7 8th 1966 Kansas State 0–9–1 0–6–1 T–7th Kansas State: 8–60–1 4–43–1 Southern Illinois Salukis (Independent) (1974–1975) 1974 Southern Illinois 2–9 1975 Southern Illinois 2–9–1 Southern Illinois: 4–18–1 Total: 11–78–1 References
Additional sources
- Fitzgerald, Tim. (1996) Kansas State Wildcats Handbook: Stories, Stats and Stuff About K-State Sports (ISBN 1-880652-62-5)
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Kansas State Wildcats head football coaches Ira Pratt (1896) • Jub Ehrsam (1897) • Billy P. Williamson (1898) • Albert Hansen (1899) • Fay Moulton (1900) • Wade Moore (1901) • Cyrus E. Dietz (1902) • G. O. Dietz (1903) • Reuben F. Booth (1904) • Mike Ahearn (1905–1910) • Guy Lowman (1911–1914) • John R. Bender (1915) • Zora G. Clevenger (1916–1919) • Charlie Bachman (1920–1927) • Bo McMillin (1928–1933) • Pappy Waldorf (1934) • Wesley Fry (1935–1939) • Hobbs Adams (1940–1941) • Ward Haylett (1942–1944) • Lud Fiser (1945) • Hobbs Adams (1946) • Sam Francis (1947) • Ralph Graham (1948–1950) • Bill Meek (1951–1954) • Bus Mertes (1955–1959) • Doug Weaver (1960–1966) • Vince Gibson (1967–1974) • Ellis Rainsberger (1975–1977) • Jim Dickey (1978–1985) • Stan Parrish (1986–1988) • Bill Snyder (1989–2005) • Ron Prince (2006–2008) • Bill Snyder (2009– )
Southern Illinois Salukis head football coaches William McAndrew (1913–1916) • Sam Patterson (1917) • William Lodge (1919) • William McAndrew (1921–1938) • Glenn Martin (1939–1949) • Bill Waller (1950–1951) • William O'Brien (1952–1954) • Albert Kawal (1955–1958) • Carmen Piccone (1959–1963) • Don Shroyer (1964–1965) • Ellis Rainsberger (1966) • Dick Towers (1967–1973) • Doug Weaver (1974–1975) • Rey Dempsey (1976–1983) • Ray Dorr (1984–1987) • Rick Rhoades (1988) • Bob Smith (1989–1993) • Shawn Watson (1994–1996) • Jan Quarless (1997–2000) • Jerry Kill (2001–2007) • Dale Lennon (2008– )
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