Theron Judson Fouts Sr. (July 5, 1893WWI Draft Registration Card, National Archives – April 28, 1954) was an

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player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He served as head football coach at North Texas State Normal College—renamed as North Texas State Teachers' College in 1923, and now known as the

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—from 1920 to 1924. Fouts amassed a 23–14–2 record. He also started the school's

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program and initiated the drive to build the 20,000-seat Eagle Stadium on campus. The venue was named

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in his honor. Born in

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, Fouts was a football player at

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, where he lettered for four years (1914–1917). He died of a heart attack on April 28, 1954, in

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. Fouts was married to Leslie Vann Sams Fouts and had two daughters and a son: Mary Lee Fouts (born October 20, 1920, in Crockett, TX), Dorthy Nell Fouts Crockett (born November 7, 1924, in Denton), and Theron Judson Fouts Jr. (born March 3, 1926, in Denton).

Head coaching record

Football

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