Gene_Corum

Gene Corum

Gene Corum

American football player and coach (1921–2010)

Earl Eugene 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 began his coaching career at Point Marion High School in Point Marion, Pennsylvania for two seasons before returning to West Virginia as an assistant coach in 1950.[1]

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Corum was inducted into the West Virginia University Sports Hall of Fame in 1984. He died on January 2, 2010, in Frederick, Maryland.[2]

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    "Gene Corum Appointed As Acing Head Coach". Beckley Post-Herald. Beckley, West Virginia. Associated Press. April 19, 1960. p. 8. Retrieved February 16, 2023 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
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    "Earl Eugene {Gene} Corum". Stauffer Funeral Homes. Retrieved February 16, 2023.
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