Fielding Harris Yost (1871-1946) was an American football coach best known for his long tenure at the University of Michigan. Yost was a lawyer, author, and businessman in addition to being a well known football coach. After four single-season stints at Ohio Wesleyan, Nebraska, Kansas, and Stanford, Yost served as the head football coach for the Michigan Wolverines football team from 1901 through 1923, and again in 1925 and 1926. After retiring from coaching, Yost remained at Michigan as the school's athletic director, a ...
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Fielding Harris Yost (1871-1946) was an American football coach best known for his long tenure at the University of Michigan. Yost was a lawyer, author, and businessman in addition to being a well known football coach. After four single-season stints at Ohio Wesleyan, Nebraska, Kansas, and Stanford, Yost served as the head football coach for the Michigan Wolverines football team from 1901 through 1923, and again in 1925 and 1926. After retiring from coaching, Yost remained at Michigan as the school's athletic director, a position he held until 1942. Yost initiated the concept of coaching as an actual profession near the turn of the century when he was paid as much as a UM professor. His works include: Football for Player and Spectator (1905).
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