Floyd Gass
Floyd Gass (January 31, 1927 β March 3, 2006) was an American football and basketball player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Austin College from 1961 to 1968, having previously been offensive coordinator, and at Oklahoma State UniversityβStillwater from 1969 to 1971, compiling a career college football record of 56β46β2. He was voted the Big Eight Conference Coach of the Year in 1969. His record was 13β18β1 in his three seasons at Oklahoma State. Gass was also the head basketball coach at Austin College from 1955 to 1962, tallying a mark of 71β80, and served as athletic director. He was an alumnus of Oklahoma State, and played football and basketball while attending the university. Gass was one of three head football coaches at Oklahoma State to have played for Oklahoma State, along with Jim Lookabaugh and current head coach Mike Gundy. Gass served as athletics director at OSU from 1971 through 1978, when he left OSU to pursue other business opportunities. Gass died on March 3, 2006, at the age of 79.[1]
Biographical details | |
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Born | Hominy, Oklahoma | January 31, 1927
Died | March 3, 2006 79) | (aged
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1955β1960 | Austin (offensive assistant) |
1961β1968 | Austin |
1969β1971 | Oklahoma State |
Basketball | |
1955β1962 | Austin |
Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
1958β1969 | Austin |
1971β1978 | Oklahoma State |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 56β46β2 (football) 71β80 (basketball) |
Head coaching record
Football
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Austin Kangaroos (NCAA College Division independent) (1961β1968) | |||||||||
1961 | Austin | 2β7 | |||||||
1962 | Austin | 5β4 | |||||||
1963 | Austin | 3β5β1 | |||||||
1964 | Austin | 6β3 | |||||||
1965 | Austin | 7β2 | |||||||
1966 | Austin | 6β3 | |||||||
1967 | Austin | 6β3 | |||||||
1968 | Austin | 8β1 | |||||||
Austin: | 43β28β1 | ||||||||
Oklahoma State Cowboys (Big Eight Conference) (1969β1971) | |||||||||
1969 | Oklahoma State | 5β5 | 3β4 | Tβ5th | |||||
1970 | Oklahoma State | 4β7 | 2β5 | Tβ6th | |||||
1971 | Oklahoma State | 4β6β1 | 2β5 | Tβ5th | |||||
Oklahoma State: | 13β18β1 | 7β14 | |||||||
Total: | 56β46β2 |