Scott Fountain (born February 28, 1966) is an American

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coach who is the special teams coordinator at the

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. Prior to being hired at Arkansas, he was the special teams coordinator at the

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Early life

Fountain was born in East Brewton, Alabama on February 28, 1966, where he grew up and graduated from W.S. Neal High School in 1984. He later went on to play football as an offensive lineman for Samford University from 1984 to 1987.

Coaching career

High school coaching

Scott began his career in coaching after graduating from Samford at the high school level. He made four stops throughout Alabama high school football, including Flomaton HS 1988 and W.S. Neal HS 1989, his alma mater. He became a head coach for the first time at Frisco City HS 1990-1992 and made his final stop at the high school level in 1993 at Monroe County.

Florida State

In the beginning of Fountain's collegiate coaching career, he was asked by

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to join the Seminoles as an offensive

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1994 The year 1994 was designated as the " International Year of the Family" and the "International Year of Sport and the Olympic Ideal" by the United Nations. In the Line Islands and Phoenix Islands of Kiribati, 1994 had only 364 days, omitti ...

where he remained until the end of the

1996 1996 was designated as: * International Year for the Eradication of Poverty Events January * January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

season

UCF

Fountain continued his coaching career on the collegiate level when he joined the UCF Golden Knights staff in

1997 Events January * January 1 – The Emergency Alert System is introduced in the United States. * January 11 – Turkey threatens Cyprus on account of a deal to buy Russian S-300 missiles, prompting the Cypriot Missile Crisis. * January 1 ...

as the team's offensive line coach and recruiting coordinator a position he held until the end of the

2003 2003 was designated by the United Nations as the International Year of Fresh water, Freshwater. In 2003, a Multi-National Force – Iraq, United States-led coalition 2003 invasion of Iraq, invaded Iraq, starting the Iraq War. Demographic ...

season.

Middle Tennessee

For the

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...

and

2005 2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ...

seasons, Fountain coached at Middle Tennessee State University as the team's offensive line coach

Georgia Southern

In the

2006 2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification. Events January * January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute. * January 12 – A stampede during t ...

season Scott coached at Georgia Southern as the team's offensive line coach and assistant head coach.

Iowa State

2007 2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year. Events January * January 1 **Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...

Fountain began coaching at Iowa State as the Cyclones‘ tight ends coach and recruiting coordinator under

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. He remained there until after the

2008 2008 was designated as: *International Year of Languages *International Year of Planet Earth *International Year of the Potato *International Year of Sanitation The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...

season.

Auburn

2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

Scott returned to Alabama, following Chizik over from Iowa State, Fountain was taken off the field and given the title of Director of Player Personnel which allowed him to have a major hand in the team's administrative and recruiting efforts until the completion of the

2012 2012 was designated as: *International Year of Cooperatives *International Year of Sustainable Energy for All Events January *January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins. * January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...

season. During his time in this position, Fountain helped the "Tigers sign three consecutive Top 10 recruiting classes n the nation. Helping the Tigers win the 2011 BCS National Championship over the

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. After the head coaching change from Gene Chizik to

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, Fountain stepped back out to the field as Special Teams Coordinator/Tight Ends Coach from the

2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...

season to the

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

season. During the first season of Fountain's return to the field, Gus Malzahn led the Tigers to the

2014 BCS National Championship Game The 2014 BCS National Championship Game (branded as the 2014 Vizio BCS National Championship Game for sponsorship reasons) was the national championship game of the 2013 college football season, which took place on Monday, January 6, 2014, whi ...

game where they came up short to beating Jimbo Fisher's Florida State Seminoles. The Tigers did not come up completely empty handed as many impressive feats occurred during the season for the Tigers. In the 2013 season, the Tigers had "the second biggest turn around in college football" with an overall record of 3–9 in 2012 (0-8 SEC) to an overall record of 12–2 in 2013 (8-1 SEC). Fountain was a major part of that success as special teams for the Tigers was able to return two kick off returns and return one punt return for touchdowns. Another major success of the 2013 special teams was the dubbed, Kick Six. In the 78th Iron Bowl, Chris Davis caught a missed 57-yard field goal by the University of Alabama, and returned the ball for a 109-yard field goal return for a touchdown to clinch the SEC Western Division.

Georgia (first stint)

2017 2017 was designated as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly. Events January * January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...

Scott worked as a special teams analyst for

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and the Georgia Bulldogs.

Mississippi State

2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...

Fountain worked as the special teams coordinator for Mississippi State.

Georgia (second stint)

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returned to Georgia as the team's special teams coordinator.

Arkansas

For the

2020 The year 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, social and Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of even ...

season Scott joined Arkansas as the team's assistant head coach and special teams coordinator under

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References

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