Francis Hoover
![]() Hoover pictured in The Rhododendron 1946, Appalachian State yearbook
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Sport(s) | Football, basketball, baseball, tennis, golf |
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Biographical details | |
Born | Statesville, North Carolina |
November 15, 1914
Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Boone, North Carolina |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1945 | Appalachian State |
Basketball | |
1945–1946 | Appalachian State |
1947–1957 | Appalachian State |
Baseball | |
1948 | Appalachian State |
Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
1960–1961 | NAIA (president) |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 1–6 (football) 133–128 (basketball) |
Statistics | |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
Basketball 2 North State Conference (1948, 1950) |
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Awards | |
Basketball North State Conference Coach of the Year (1950) |
Francis Lentz Hoover (November 15, 1914 – March 19, 2002) was an American college sports coach and administrator. He coached American football, basketball, baseball, and tennis at Appalachian State Teachers College—now known as Appalachian State University—located in Boone, North Carolina. Hoover was the eighth head football coach, serving for one season in 1945, and the seventh basketball coach, serving for 11 seasons between 1945 and 1957, at Appalachian State.[1] He led the Appalachian State Mountaineers men's basketball to two North State Conference championships. Hoover was the president of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) for the 1960–61 academic year.
Head coaching record
Football
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Appalachian State Mountaineers (North State Conference) (1945) | |||||||||
1945 | Appalachian State | 1–6 | 1–3 | 3rd | |||||
Appalachian State: | 1–6 | 1–3 | |||||||
Total: | 1–6 |
Basketball
Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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Appalachian State Mountaineers (North State Conference) (1945–1946) | |||||||||
1945–46 | Appalachian State | 11–8 | |||||||
Appalachian State Mountaineers (North State Conference) (1947–1957) | |||||||||
1947–48 | Appalachian State | 20–8 | |||||||
1948–49 | Appalachian State | 14–6 | |||||||
1949–50 | Appalachian State | 21–9 | |||||||
1950–51 | Appalachian State | 16–8 | |||||||
1951–52 | Appalachian State | 18–6 | |||||||
1952–53 | Appalachian State | 5–18 | |||||||
1953–54 | Appalachian State | 4–20 | |||||||
1954–55 | Appalachian State | 12–12 | |||||||
1955–56 | Appalachian State | 8–13 | |||||||
1956–57 | Appalachian State | 4–20 | |||||||
Appalachian State: | 133–128 | 91–87 | |||||||
Total: | 133–128 | ||||||||
National champion Postseason invitational champion |
References
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