Craig Fouhy

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Craig Fouhy
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Fouhy in 2013
Playing career
1972–1975 Pacific Lutheran
Position(s) Offensive tackle
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1976–1977 Lake Roosevelt HS (WA)
1978 Coupeville HS (WA)
1979–1981 Sumner HS (WA) (assistant)
1982 Montana (assistant OL)
1983–1984 Tahoma HS (WA)
1985 Montana (RB)
1987–1988 North Park
1991 Bothell HS (WA)
Head coaching record
Overall1–17 (college)
16–38 (high school)

Craig Fouhy is an American sports broadcaster and former football player and coach. He presently is the sports director and sports anchor for KNXV-TV in Phoenix, Arizona. [1]

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Playing career

Fouhy played college football at Pacific Lutheran from 1972 to 1975 as an offensive tackle under College Football Hall of Fame coach Frosty Westering. [1] [2]

Coaching career

Fouhy's coaching career spanned 13 seasons in high school football and six at the college level. Towards the end, he also had a two-year run as a middle school basketball coach.

Before entering the college coaching ranks as the assistant offensive line coach at the University of Montana in 1982, Fouhy spent six years as an assistant and head coach on the high school level in Washington, where he returned between his two one-year stints with the Grizzlies. From 1987 to 1988, he compiled a 1–17 record as head football coach of at North Park College—now known as North Park University—in Chicago, where he also coached the golf team.

Following his two-year tenure at North Park, Fouhy again returned to Washington, where he taught and coached basketball at Explorer Middle School from 1990–91 and coached football at Bothell High School in 1991. Prior to the 1991 season, Fouhy was named head coach of the Juanita High School football team, only to resign one week later. [3]

During his six seasons as a high school head football coach in the state of Washington, Fouhy compiled a 16–38 (.296) record.

Broadcasting career

Fouhy was hired by KNXV-TV in Phoenix, Arizona, in 1998 after coaching high school and college football for 18 years and middle school basketball for two. He has also worked as a play-by-play announcer and color commentator for college football on television and radio. [1]

Head coaching record

College

YearTeamOverallConferenceStandingBowl/playoffs
North Park Vikings (College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin)(1987–1988)
1987 North Park0–90–89th
1988 North Park1–81–7T–8th
North Park:1–171–15
Total:1–17

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Craig Fouhy (bio)". KNXV-TV. Archived from the original on February 18, 2014. Retrieved October 26, 2017.
  2. Guterson, David (October 31, 1994). "Frosty The Showman-Pacific Lutheran coach Frosty Westering proves you can have fun and win". Sports Illustrated . Retrieved November 8, 2013.
  3. "Juanita's Loss, Bothell's Gain -- Bothell Tabs Fouhy For Head Football Job". Seattle Times. Archived from the original on October 27, 2017. Retrieved October 26, 2017.