Gerry Faust

Gerard Anthony "Gerry" Faust (born May 21, 1935) is a former American football player and coach in the United States. He served as the head football coach at the University of Notre Dame from 1981 to 1985 and at the University of Akron from 1986 to 1994, compiling a career college football record of 73–79–4. From 1962 to 1980, Faust was the head football coach at Moeller High School in Cincinnati, Ohio, where he tallied a mark of 178–23–2 and won four High School Football National Championships. Before coaching, Faust enjoyed a successful stint as a quarterback at the University of Dayton, where he played under former Notre Dame coach Hugh Devore. Faust was offered a partial scholarship to Notre Dame, but enrolled at Dayton, where he graduated in 1958.

Coaching career

Moeller High School

Faust had a highly successful run at Moeller High School in Cincinnati, Ohio from 1962 to 80, where he built the program from scratch. The Crusaders under Faust had a 178–23–2 record and included seven unbeaten seasons, four national prep titles, and five Ohio state titles in his last six seasons.Jerry Crowe, , Los Angeles Times, November 24, 2008, Accessed November 24, 2008. One of Faust's linebackers at Moeller was John Boehner, who would later become a United States Congressman and 61st Speaker of the United States House of...
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