Don Cross
American football player and coach (1925–2003)
Biographical details | |
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Born | (1925-01-26)January 26, 1925 Sesser, Illinois, U.S. |
Died | November 29, 2003(2003-11-29) (aged 78) Kimberling City, Missouri, U.S. |
Playing career | |
1947–1949 | Southern Illinois |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1951–1952 | Caruthersville HS (MO) |
1953–1959 | Cairo HS (IL) |
1960–1965 | Southern Illinois (OL) |
1966–1968 | Illinois State (OL/DL) |
1969–1975 | Southwest Missouri State |
1976–1981 | Western Illinois (OL) |
Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
1953–1960 | Cairo Unified School District 1 |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 23–45–3 (college) |
Donald Ray "Red" Cross (January 26, 1925 – November 29, 2003) was an American football player and coach.[1] He served as the head football coach at Southwest Missouri State University—now known as Missouri State University—in Springfield, Missouri from 1969 to 1975, compiling a record of 23–45–3.
Head coaching record
College
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Southwest Missouri State Bears (Missouri Intercollegiate Athletics Association) (1969–1976) | |||||||||
1969 | Southwest Missouri State | 0–10 | 0–5 | 6th | |||||
1970 | Southwest Missouri State | 2–7–1 | 1–4–1 | 6th | |||||
1971 | Southwest Missouri State | 1–8–1 | 1–4–1 | 7th | |||||
1972 | Southwest Missouri State | 4–6 | 2–4 | 5th | |||||
1973 | Southwest Missouri State | 3–7 | 3–3 | T–3rd | |||||
1974 | Southwest Missouri State | 7–3 | 4–2 | T–3rd | |||||
1975 | Southwest Missouri State | 6–4–1 | 3–3 | T–3rd | |||||
Southwest Missouri State: | 23–45–3 | 14–25–2 | |||||||
Total: | 23–45–3 |
References
- ^ Scranton, Lyndal (October 24, 2014). "Longtime Missouri State coach, associate AD succumbs to cancer". Springfield News-Leader. Retrieved October 27, 2019.
External links
- Donald Ray “Red” Cross at Find a Grave
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Missouri State Bears head football coaches
- Walter Langston (1909)
- Corliss Buchanan (1910–1911)
- Arthur W. Briggs (1912–1917)
- Paul Andrews (1918)
- Arthur W. Briggs (1919–1933)
- Andrew McDonald (1934–1937)
- Red Blair (1938–1942)
- No team (1943–1944)
- Red Blair (1945–1946)
- Tommy O'Boyle (1947–1948)
- Fred Thomsen (1949–1952)
- Bill Dellastatious (1953–1954)
- Harold Stratton (1955)
- Aldo Sebben (1956–1960)
- Orville Pottenger (1961–1964)
- Jim Mentis (1965–1968)
- Don Cross (1969–1975)
- Rich Johanningmeier (1976–1985)
- Jesse Branch (1986–1994)
- Del Miller (1995–1998)
- Randy Ball (1999–2005)
- Terry Allen (2006–2014)
- Dave Steckel (2015–2019)
- Bobby Petrino (2020–2022)
- Ryan Beard (2023– )