List of faculty and alumni of Fairmont State University

This is a list of notable people associated with Fairmont State University in Fairmont, West Virginia, United States.

Faculty

Administration

• Janet Dudley-Eshbach, former president
• Stacey Franklin Jones, vice president
• Luella Mundel, former head of the art department
• Joseph Rosier, former president

Academics

• Gayle Conelly Manchin, faculty member
• Louise McNeill, former professor
• Ruth Ann Musick, former professor, noted folklorist and author
• Beulah Boyd Ritchie, former professor, a founding member of the Fairmont Woman Suffrage Club (later the Fairmont Political Equality Club)

Athletics

Basketball

• Jerrod Calhoun, former head basketball coach ^[1]
• Jasper Colebank, former head basketball coach and athletic director ^[2]
• Joe Mazzulla, former assistant basketball coach ^[3]
• Squibb Wilson, former assistant basketball coach and athletic director

Football

• Ty Clarke, former head football coach
• Mike Compton, former offensive line coach
• Jovan Dewitt, former running back coach ^[4]
• Travis Everhart, former offensive line coach

Alumni

Athletics

Basketball

• Taiwo Badmus, small forward for Valur
• Stevie Browning, former shooting guard for Ovarense Basquetebol
• Shawn Finney, former head coach of Tulane Green Wave men's basketball
• Leroy Loggins, American professional basketball player in Australia
• Thad McFadden, point guard for Basket Zaragoza
• Jamel Morris, shooting guard for Élan Chalon
• RJ Sunahara, former college basketball player under Joe Mazzulla

Football

C. J. Goodwin

Bill Stewart

• Harold "Deacon" Duvall, former head coach for Fairmont State Fighting Falcons
• C. J. Goodwin, cornerback for Dallas Cowboys ^[5]
• Fabian Guerra, wide receiver for San Antonio Gunslingers
• Ed Hodgkiss, former head coach for Los Angeles Avengers, former offensive coordinator for Indiana Firebirds
• Mike Kellar, football head coach for Glenville State Pioneers, former for Lenoir–Rhyne Bears football and Concord Mountain Lions
• Jim Lipinski, former defensive lineman for Calgary Stampeders
• Dewey McDonald, former NFL linebacker for Seattle Seahawks ^[6]
• Jim Mertens, former American Football League wide receiver for the Miami Dolphins
• Don Overton, former NFL running back for Detroit Lions
• Jacob Owens, former NFL defensive lineman for New York Jets
• Bill Stewart, former head football coach at West Virginia University
• Luc Tousignant, former NFL quarterback for Buffalo Bills
• Jason Woodman, football head coach for Morehead State ^{[7] [8] [9] [10]}
• Fielding H. Yost, former football head coach for Michigan Wolverines football, Kansas Jayhawks football, Nebraska Cornhuskers football, and Stanford Cardinal football
• Chandler Zavala, NFL guard for Carolina Panthers

Other

• Perry Baker, current U.S. international rugby sevens player and two-time World Rugby Sevens Player of the Year

Entertainment

• Luke Gallows, former WWE wrestler ^[11]
• Guy McElroy, African-American art historian and curator, known for the major exhibition titled Facing History: The Black Image in American Art, 1710-1940
• Herbert Morrison, radio reporter whose voice is heard in the footage of the Hindenburg Disaster

Politics

Robert E. Lee Allen

Stuart F. Reed

• Robert E. Lee Allen, former US representative for West Virginia
• William O. Atkeson, former US representative for Missouri
• Bob Beach, former member of West Virginia Senate and West Virginia House of Delegates
• Wendell R. Beitzel, member of Maryland House of Delegates
• Belinda Biafore, former chair of West Virginia Democratic Party
• Larry J. Edgell, former member of West Virginia Senate
• George C. Edwards, member of Maryland State Senate
• Danny Hamrick, former member of West Virginia House of Delegates
• Frank Cruise Haymond, former Justice, Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia
• Richard Iaquinta, former member of West Virginia House of Delegates
• David Koon, former member of New York State Assembly
• Thomas Demetrios Lambros, former chief judge of United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio
• Linda Longstreth, former member of West Virginia House of Delegates
• Ephraim F. Morgan, former governor of West Virginia
• Alberta Ramage Neely, former first lady of West Virginia
• Jack Robert Nuzum, former circuit judge of Randolph County, West Virginia
• Stuart F. Reed, former US representative, West Virginia Senate, and Secretary of State of West Virginia
• Thomas S. Riley, former Attorney General of West Virginia
• Ira E. Robinson, former West Virginia politician and judge, first chairman of the Federal Radio Commission
• Roxann Robinson, former member of Virginia House of Delegates
• James Shaner, former member of Pennsylvania House of Representatives
• Charles Sheedy, member of the West Virginia House of Delegates
• John Taylor, former member of Iowa Senate
• Ryan Weld, Majority Whip of the West Virginia Senate
• Bob Williams, former member of West Virginia Senate
• John M. Wolverton, former US representative for West Virginia

Other

• William Jaco, mathematician who is known for his role in the Jaco–Shalen–Johannson decomposition theorem and efficient triangulations of 3-manifolds
• Mark Manchin, former president of Glenville State University
• Howard Llewellyn Swisher, former, businessperson, real estate developer, orchardist, editor, writer, and historian ^[12]

References

1. "Fairmont State University Fighting Falcons Athletics - 2014-15 Men's Basketball Coaching Staff". Fairmont State University. Retrieved July 30, 2024.
2. Who's Who in American Sports. National Biographical Society. 1928. pp. 156–157. Retrieved July 30, 2024.
3. "Former WVU guard Joe Mazzulla named new Fairmont State men's basketball coach". Charleston Gazette-Mail . March 28, 2017. Retrieved July 30, 2024.
4. "Jovan Dewitt". fausports.com. Florida Atlantic University SID. Retrieved July 30, 2024.
5. "Fairmont State University Athletics:Charaun Goodwin".
6. Cullen, Garrett (May 16, 2014). "Former Jefferson standout McDonald getting NFL shot with Indianapolis". West Virginia MetroNews . Retrieved July 30, 2024.
7. "Jason Woodman talks QB battle and overall youth of his team at MEC Media Day". WBOY.com. August 11, 2021. Retrieved July 30, 2024.
8. Virginian, Duane CochranFor the Times West. "Woodman introduced as FSU football coach". Times West Virginian. Retrieved July 30, 2024.
9. "Welcome Reception Planned for Coach Jason Woodman". www.fairmontstate.edu. Retrieved July 30, 2024.
10. "Jason Woodman - Head Football Coach - Football Coaches". Fairmont State University Athletics. Retrieved July 30, 2024.
11. "Luke Gallows on getting busted by college football coach". September 16, 2019.
12. Fairmont State Normal School (1912–1916). Catalogue of the Fairmont State Normal School. Fairmont, West Virginia: Fairmont State Normal School. p. 67. OCLC   61330120.