George Ford (coach)
George Michael Ford was an American football player and coach and education administrator.Playing and coaching career
Ford was a member of the first football team at West Virginia University in 1891.
Ford served as the head football coach and head baseball coach from 1903 to 1904 at Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia. He was the school's first football coach.Education career
From 1897 to 1900, Ford was the principal of Concord College, now known as Concord University, in Athens, West Virginia.
Ford was a superintendent at various school's across the state of West Virginia, including Bluefield, Beaver Pond, Brown's Creek, and Dunbar. He was also a principal at Terra Alta, Grafton, and Benwood.
Ford served as the West Virginia State Superintendent of Schools from 1921 to 1929.Football
