This is a list of notable people associated with Fairmont State University in Fairmont, West Virginia, United States of America.
Faculty
editAdministration
edit- Janet Dudley-Eshbach, former president
- Stacey Franklin Jones, vice president
- Luella Mundel, former head of the art department
- Joseph Rosier, former president
Academics
edit- Gayle Conelly Manchin, faculty member
- Louise McNeill, former professor
- Ruth Ann Musick, former professor, noted folklorist and author
- Beulah Boyd Ritchie, former professor, a founding member of the Fairmont Woman Suffrage Club (later the Fairmont Political Equality Club)
Athletics
editBasketball
edit- Jerrod Calhoun, former head basketball coach[1]
- Jasper Colebank, former head basketball coach and athletic director[2]
- Joe Mazzulla, former assistant basketball coach[3]
- Squibb Wilson, former assistant basketball coach and athletic director
Football
edit- Ty Clarke, former head football coach
- Mike Compton, former offensive line coach
- Jovan Dewitt, former running back coach[4]
- Travis Everhart, former offensive line coach
Alumni
editAthletics
editBasketball
edit- Taiwo Badmus, small forward for Valur
- Stevie Browning, former shooting guard for Ovarense Basquetebol
- Shawn Finney, former head coach of Tulane Green Wave men's basketball
- Leroy Loggins, an American professional basketball player in Australia
- Thad McFadden, point guard for Basket Zaragoza
- Jamel Morris, shooting guard for Élan Chalon
- RJ Sunahara, former college basketball player under Joe Mazzulla
Football
edit- Harold "Deacon" Duvall, former head coach for Fairmont State Fighting Falcons
- C. J. Goodwin, cornerback for Dallas Cowboys[5]
- Fabian Guerra, wide receiver for San Antonio Gunslingers
- Ed Hodgkiss, former head coach for Los Angeles Avengers, former offensive coordinator for Indiana Firebirds
- Mike Kellar, football head coach for Glenville State Pioneers, former for Lenoir–Rhyne Bears football and Concord Mountain Lions
- Jim Lipinski, former Defensive lineman for Calgary Stampeders
- Jim Mertens, former American Football League wide receiver for the Miami Dolphins
- Dewey McDonald, former NFL linebacker for Seattle Seahawks[6]
- Don Overton, former NFL running back for Detroit Lions
- Jacob Owens, former NFL defensive lineman for New York Jets
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- Bill Stewart, former head football coach at West Virginia University
- Luc Tousignant, former NFL quarterback for Buffalo Bills
- Jason Woodman, football head coach for Morehead State[7][8][9][10]
- Fielding H. Yost, former football head coach for Michigan Wolverines football, Kansas Jayhawks football, Nebraska Cornhuskers football, and Stanford Cardinal football.
- Chandler Zavala, NFL guard for Carolina Panthers
Other
edit- Perry Baker, current U.S. international rugby sevens player and two-time World Rugby Sevens Player of the Year
Entertainment
edit- D.C. Banks, fitness influencer, social media marketer, trainer, content creator
- Luke Gallows, former WWE wrestler[11]
- Herbert Morrison, radio reporter whose voice is heard in the footage of the Hindenburg Disaster
- Guy McElroy, african american art historian and curator, known for the major exhibition titled Facing History: The Black Image in American Art, 1710-1940.
Politics
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- Robert E. Lee Allen, former U.S. House of Representatives representing West Virginia
- William O. Atkeson, former U.S. House of Representatives representing Missouri
- Bob Beach, former West Virginia Senate and West Virginia House of Delegates
- Wendell R. Beitzel, member of Maryland House of Delegates
- Belinda Biafore, former chair of West Virginia Democratic Party
- Larry J. Edgell, former West Virginia Senate
- George C. Edwards, member of Maryland State Senate
- Danny Hamrick, former West Virginia House of Delegates
- Frank Cruise Haymond, former Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia
- Richard Iaquinta, former West Virginia House of Delegates
- David Koon, former New York State Assembly
- Thomas Demetrios Lambros, former chief judge of United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio
- Linda Longstreth, former West Virginia House of Delegates
- Ephraim F. Morgan, former governor of West Virginia
- Alberta Ramage Neely, former first-lady of West Virginia
- Jack Robert Nuzum, former circuit judge of Randolph County, West Virginia
- Stuart F. Reed, former U.S. House of Representatives, West Virginia Senate, and Secretary of State of West Virginia
- Thomas S. Riley, former Attorney General of West Virginia
- Ira E. Robinson, former West Virginia politician and judge, first chairman of the Federal Radio Commission
- Roxann Robinson, former Virginia House of Delegates
- James Shaner, former Pennsylvania House of Representatives
- Charles Sheedy - Member of the West Virginia House of Delegates
- John Taylor, former Iowa Senate
- Ryan Weld, Majority Whip of the West Virginia Senate
- Bob Williams, former West Virginia Senate
- John M. Wolverton, former U.S. Representative representing West Virginia
Other
edit- William Jaco, mathematician who is known for his role in the Jaco–Shalen–Johannson decomposition theorem and efficient triangulations of 3-manifolds
- Mark Manchin, former president of Glenville State University
- Howard Llewellyn Swisher, former, businessperson, real estate developer, orchardist, editor, writer, and historian[12]
References
edit- ^ "Fairmont State University Fighting Falcons Athletics - 2014-15 Men's Basketball Coaching Staff". Fairmont State University. Retrieved July 30, 2024.
- ^ Who's Who in American Sports. National Biographical Society. 1928. pp. 156–157. Retrieved July 30, 2024.
- ^ "Former WVU guard Joe Mazzulla named new Fairmont State men's basketball coach". Charleston Gazette-Mail. March 28, 2017. Retrieved July 30, 2024.
- ^ "Jovan Dewitt". fausports.com. Florida Atlantic University SID. Retrieved July 30, 2024.
- ^ "Fairmont State University Athletics:Charaun Goodwin".
- ^ Cullen, Garrett (May 16, 2014). "Former Jefferson standout McDonald getting NFL shot with Indianapolis". West Virginia MetroNews. Retrieved July 30, 2024.
- ^ "Jason Woodman talks QB battle and overall youth of his team at MEC Media Day". WBOY.com. 2021-08-11. Retrieved July 30, 2024.
- ^ Virginian, Duane CochranFor the Times West. "Woodman introduced as FSU football coach". Times West Virginian. Retrieved July 30, 2024.
- ^ "Welcome Reception Planned for Coach Jason Woodman". www.fairmontstate.edu. Retrieved July 30, 2024.
- ^ "Jason Woodman - Head Football Coach - Football Coaches". Fairmont State University Athletics. Retrieved July 30, 2024.
- ^ "Luke Gallows on getting busted by college football coach". September 16, 2019.
- ^ Fairmont State Normal School 1912–1916, p. 67.