Donald Ray "Red" Cross (January 26, 1925 – November 29, 2003) was an American football player and coach.[1] He served as the head football coach at Southwest Missouri State University—now known as Missouri State University—in Springfield, Missouri from 1969 to 1975, compiling a record of 23–45–3.
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | January 26, 1925 Sesser, Illinois, U.S. |
| Died | November 29, 2003 (aged 78) Kimberling City, Missouri, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 1947–1949 | Southern Illinois |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1951–1952 | Caruthersville HS (MO) |
| 1953–1959 | Cairo HS (IL) |
| 1960–1965 | Southern Illinois (OL) |
| 1966–1968 | Illinois State (OL/DL) |
| 1969–1975 | Southwest Missouri State |
| 1976–1981 | Western Illinois (OL) |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1953–1960 | Cairo Unified School District 1 |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 23–45–3 (college) |
Head coaching record
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edit| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest Missouri State Bears (Missouri Intercollegiate Athletics Association) (1969–1976) | |||||||||
| 1969 | Southwest Missouri State | 0–10 | 0–5 | 6th | |||||
| 1970 | Southwest Missouri State | 2–7–1 | 1–4–1 | 6th | |||||
| 1971 | Southwest Missouri State | 1–8–1 | 1–4–1 | 7th | |||||
| 1972 | Southwest Missouri State | 4–6 | 2–4 | 5th | |||||
| 1973 | Southwest Missouri State | 3–7 | 3–3 | T–3rd | |||||
| 1974 | Southwest Missouri State | 7–3 | 4–2 | T–3rd | |||||
| 1975 | Southwest Missouri State | 6–4–1 | 3–3 | T–3rd | |||||
| Southwest Missouri State: | 23–45–3 | 14–25–2 | |||||||
| Total: | 23–45–3 | ||||||||
References
edit- ^ Scranton, Lyndal (October 24, 2014). "Longtime Missouri State coach, associate AD succumbs to cancer". Springfield News-Leader. Retrieved October 27, 2019.