Francis Hoover

Francis Hoover

Hoover pictured in The Rhododendron 1946, Appalachian State yearbook
Sport(s)	Football, basketball, baseball, tennis, golf
Biographical details
Born	(1914-11-15)November 15, 1914 Statesville, North Carolina
Died	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 College Football Data Warehouse
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Basketball 2 North State Conference (1948, 1950)
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. 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
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
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         Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference tournament champion

External links

• Francis Hoover at the College Football Data Warehouse
• Francis Hoover at Find a Grave