Earl Eugene Corum (May 29, 1921 – January 2, 2010) was an

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player and coach. He served as the head football coach at

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from 1960 to 1965, compiling a record of 29–30–2. Corum played

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as a

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at West Virginia in the 1940s and graduated in 1948. He began his coaching career at Point Marion High School in

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for two seasons before returning to West Virginia as an assistant coach in 1950. Corum was inducted into the West Virginia University Sports Hall of Fame in 1984. He died on January 2, 2010, in

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Head coaching record

College

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