Joe Bush (American football)

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Joe Bush
Sport(s) Football
Playing career
1962–1965 VMI
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1970–1984 VMI (assistant)
1985 Bridgewater
1986–1996 Hampden–Sydney
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1986–2010 Hampden–Sydney
Head coaching record
Overall 62–56–1

Joe Bush is a retired American football coach and athletic director. He served as the head coach at Bridgewater College in Bridgewater, Virginia for one season in 1985 before moving to Hampden–Sydney College in Hampden Sydney, Virginia where he was the head coach for 11 seasons (1986–1996). [1]

American football Team field sport

American football, referred to as football in the United States and Canada and also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, which is the team controlling the oval-shaped football, attempts to advance down the field by running with or passing the ball, while the defense, which is the team without control of the ball, aims to stop the offense's advance and aims to take control of the ball for themselves. The offense must advance at least ten yards in four downs, or plays, and otherwise they turn over the football to the defense; if the offense succeeds in advancing ten yards or more, they are given a new set of four downs. Points are primarily scored by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone for a touchdown or kicking the ball through the opponent's goalposts for a field goal. The team with the most points at the end of a game wins.

Bridgewater College

Bridgewater College is a private liberal-arts college in Bridgewater, Virginia. Established in 1880, Bridgewater College admitted both men and women from the time of its founding and was the first private, co-educational, liberal arts college in Virginia to do so. Approximately 1,800 students are enrolled.

Bridgewater, Virginia Town in Virginia, United States

Bridgewater is an incorporated town in Rockingham County, Virginia, United States. The population was 5,644 at the 2010 census. It is included in the Harrisonburg, Virginia Metropolitan Statistical Area. Bridgewater is also home to Bridgewater College.

A 1965 graduate of VMI, Bush served as an assistant for his alma mater from 1970 to 1984. After his final season as the head coach at Hamden–Sydney, he served as the school's athletic director until his retirement in 2010. [2]

Virginia Military Institute state-supported military college in Lexington, Virginia, USA

Founded 11 November 1839 in Lexington, Virginia, the Virginia Military Institute (VMI) is the oldest state-supported military college and the first public Senior Military College in the United States. In keeping with its founding principles and unlike any other Senior Military College in the United States, VMI enrolls cadets only and awards baccalaureate degrees exclusively. VMI offers its students, all of whom are cadets, strict military discipline combined with a physically and academically demanding environment. The Institute grants degrees in 14 disciplines in engineering, the sciences and liberal arts, and all VMI students are required to participate in one of the four ROTC programs.

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References

  1. "Hall of Fame, Joe Bush". hscathletics.com. Retrieved December 31, 2017.
  2. Carter, Dennis (December 9, 2010). "Joe Bush Retiring as Hampden-Sydney A.D." WSET. Retrieved December 31, 2017.