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Doyt Perry 
Sport(s) Football Biographical details Born January 6, 1910 Place of birth Croton, Ohio Died February 10, 1992 (aged 82) Place of death Bowling Green, Ohio Playing career 1929–1931 Bowling Green Coaching career (HC unless noted) 1943
1946–1950
1951–1954
1955–1964Upper Arlington HS (OH)
Upper Arlington HS (OH)
Ohio State (backfield)
Bowling GreenAdministrative career (AD unless noted) 1965–1970 Bowling Green Head coaching record Overall 77–11–5 (college) Bowls 0–1 Statistics College Football Data Warehouse Accomplishments and honors Championships 5 MAC (1956, 1959, 1961–1962, 1964) College Football Hall of Fame
Inducted in 1988 (profile)Doyt L. Perry (January 10, 1910 – February 10, 1992) was an American football player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He served as head football coach at Bowling Green State University from 1955 to 1964, compiling a record of 77–11–5, and then became the athletic director for the university. During his tenure as coach, Perry led the Bowling Green Falcons to five Mid-American Conference titles and one small college national championship in 1959. One of the most successful coaches in school history, Perry was elected to College Football Hall of Fame in 1988. The team's football stadium, Doyt Perry Stadium, is named in his honor.
Before coming to Bowling Green, Perry was a backfield coach at Ohio State University from 1951 to 1954, serving on the same staff as Woody Hayes and Bo Schembechler. He coached the 1954 Buckeyes, who won the 1955 Rose Bowl and a national championship. Perry was also the head coach at Upper Arlington High School in Upper Arlington, Ohio in 1943 and from 1946 to 1950.
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Head coaching record
College
Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs Bowling Green Falcons (Mid-American Conference) (1955–1964) 1955 Bowling Green 7–1–1 4–1–1 2nd 1956 Bowling Green 8–0–1 5–0–1 1st 1957 Bowling Green 6–1–2 3–1–2 2nd 1958 Bowling Green 7–2 4–2 3rd 1959 Bowling Green 9–0 6–0 1st 1960 Bowling Green 8–1 5–1 2nd 1961 Bowling Green 8–2 5–1 1st L Mercy 1962 Bowling Green 7–1–1 5–0–1 1st 1963 Bowling Green 8–2 4–2 3rd 1964 Bowling Green 9–1 5–1 1st Bowling Green: 77–11–5 46–8–5 Total: 77–11–5 National Championship Conference Title Conference Division Title References
External links
- Doyt Perry at the College Football Hall of Fame
- Doyt Perry at the College Football Data Warehouse
- Doyt Perry: A Coach For Life, WBGU-PBS documentary
Bowling Green Falcons head football coaches John Stitt (1919) • Walter Jean (1920) • Earl Krieger (1921) • Allen Snyder (1922) • R. B. McCandless (1923) • Warren Steller (1924–1934) • Harry Ockerman (1935–1940) • Robert Whittaker (1941–1954) • Doyt Perry (1955–1964) • Bob Gibson (1965–1967) • Don Nehlen (1968–1976) • Denny Stolz (1977–1985) • Moe Ankney (1986–1990) • Gary Blackney (1991–2000) • Urban Meyer (2001–2002) • Gregg Brandon (2003–2008) • Dave Clawson (2009– )
Ohio State Buckeyes Football 1954 AP National Champions Hubert Bobo | Howard Cassady | Dave Leggett | Jim Parker | Bobby Watkins | Tad Weed
Head Coach Woody Hayes
Coaches Gene Fekete | Ernie Godfrey | Bill Hess | Doyt PerryCategories:- 1910 births
- 1992 deaths
- Bowling Green Falcons baseball players
- Bowling Green Falcons football players
- Bowling Green Falcons football coaches
- Ohio State Buckeyes football coaches
- College athletic directors in the United States
- High school football coaches in the United States
- College Football Hall of Fame inductees
- People from Licking County, Ohio
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