| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | April 18, 1935 Dover, Ohio, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 1953–1956 | Ohio State |
| Position(s) | Quarterback, end |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1957 | Dover HS (OH) (assistant) |
| 1958 | Ohio State (assistant) |
| 1959–1961 | Air Force (assistant) |
| 1962–1964 | Ohio State (assistant) |
| 1965–1974 | Ohio (assistant) |
| 1975–1978 | Marshall |
| 1996 | Georgia Southern |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1990–1995 | Georgia Southern (sr. assoc. AD) |
| 1995 | Georgia Southern (interim AD) |
| 1996–1998 | Georgia Southern (sr. assoc. AD) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 14–41 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
Frank Ellwood (born April 18, 1935)[1] is a former American football player, coach, and college athletic administrator. He served as the head football coach at Marshall University from 1975 to 1978 and at Georgia Southern University in 1996, compiling a record of 14–41 in five seasons.[2] He was previously an assistant coach at the Ohio State University and at Ohio University. He won a national championship as a player at Ohio State in 1954. Ellwood served as a senior associate athletic director at Georgia Southern from 1990 until his retirement in 1998. He was the school's interim athletic director from July 25 to December 31, 1995.[3]
Head coaching record
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marshall Thundering Herd (NCAA Division I independent) (1975–1976) | |||||||||
| 1975 | Marshall | 2–9 | |||||||
| 1976 | Marshall | 4–7 | |||||||
| Marshall Thundering Herd (Southern Conference) (1977–1978) | |||||||||
| 1977 | Marshall | 2–9 | 0–5 | 7th | |||||
| 1978 | Marshall | 1–10 | 0–5 | 7th | |||||
| Marshall: | 10–34 | 0–10 | |||||||
| Georgia Southern Eagles (Southern Conference) (1996) | |||||||||
| 1996 | Georgia Southern | 4–7 | 2–6 | T–6th | |||||
| Georgia Southern: | 4–7 | 2–6 | |||||||
| Total: | 14–41 | ||||||||
References
- ^ Field of Dreams: Marshall University. Huntington, West Virginia: The Herald Dispatch. September 6, 1991. p. 71.
- ^ "College Football Warehouse". Archived from the original on 2010-08-24. Retrieved 2012-04-06.
- ^ "Overtime: Southern's Ellwood retires". The Augusta Chronicle. Augusta, Georgia. August 18, 1998. Archived from the original on March 15, 2017. Retrieved March 14, 2017.
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