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Fisher DeBerry is the former head football coach at the United States Air Force Academy, a position he held for 23 years. He has led 17 of his 22 teams to winning records and 12 have captured a bowl bid. His career record of 169-107-1 is the best in school history in terms of games won and winning percentage. He retired on December 15, 2006 as the winningest head football coach in Air Force history. Image File history File links Fisher_DeBerry. ...
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Defensive back (DB) is a player in American football whose role is primarily pass coverage; that is, the defensive back will stay near a receiver and try to deflect or intercept any passes thrown to him. ...
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Coach DeBerry was born in Cheraw, South Carolina in 1938. In high school, DeBerry was a four-sport varsity letter winner, lettering five times in baseball, three times each in football and basketball and twice in track. He was also an all-state selection in baseball and football. DeBerry graduated in 1960 from Wofford College in Spartanburg, South Carolina, where he lettered in football and baseball. Historic Town Hall in downtown Cheraw. ...
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Year 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ...
A varsity letter (or monogram) is an award earned in the United States by regular participation or excellence in a school sport. ...
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Wofford Colleges Buildings Wofford College is a liberal arts college located in Spartanburg, South Carolina. ...
Spartanburg is a city in and the county seat of Spartanburg CountyGR6 in South Carolina, a state of the United States of America, and is the second largest city of the three primary cities in the Upstate region. ...
Official language(s) English Capital Charleston(1670-1789) Columbia(1790-present) Largest city Columbia Largest metro area Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson Area Ranked 40th - Total 34,726 sq mi (82,965 km²) - Width 200 miles (320 km) - Length 260 miles (420 km) - % water 6 - Latitude 32°430N to 35...
United States simply as football, is a competitive team sport that is both fast-paced and strategic. ...
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After six years of coaching and teaching in the South Carolina high school ranks, DeBerry returned to Wofford, where he coached for two years as an assistant when Wofford won 21 consecutive games and was ranked first in the NAIA. For the next nine years (71-79), DeBerry was an assistant coach at Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina. While DeBerry was there, Appalachian State was ranked in the top 10 nationally in either rushing, total offense or scoring offense three times. In 1974, the team ranked sixth nationally in pass defense when he was defensive coordinator. Official language(s) English Capital Charleston(1670-1789) Columbia(1790-present) Largest city Columbia Largest metro area Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson Area Ranked 40th - Total 34,726 sq mi (82,965 km²) - Width 200 miles (320 km) - Length 260 miles (420 km) - % water 6 - Latitude 32°430N to 35...
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Wofford Colleges Buildings Wofford College is a liberal arts college located in Spartanburg, South Carolina. ...
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Air Force football Ken Hatfield hired DeBerry in 1980 as the Air Force Academy quarterbacks coach. The next year, DeBerry was promoted to offensive coordinator. By 1982, Air Force posted an 8-5 record and beat Vanderbilt in the Hall of Fame Bowl while averaging 30.4 points per game. After the 1983 season, Hatfield left Air Force for Arkansas after the Falcons' 10-2 season and Independence Bowl victory. DeBerry was promoted to head coach. Ken Hatfield is an American football head coach. ...
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During DeBerry's tenure as head coach, Air Force won at least eight games 11 different seasons. DeBerry's first team, in 1984, was 8-4 and beat Virginia Tech in the Independence Bowl. The next year, the Falcons won 12 games, and were ranked as high as No. 4 nationally until a 28-21 loss at BYU. In the final Associated Press poll, the Falcons ranked eighth. DeBerry has coached the Falcons to three conference championships, winning the Western Athletic Conference championship in 1985, 1995, and 1998. The 1998 team's 12-1 record completed the first back-to-back 10-win seasons in school history, and finished the season ranked 10th nationally. This article or section should include material from Virginia Bioinformatics Institute. ...
The PetroSun Independence Bowl is a post-season NCAA-sanctioned Division I college football bowl game that is played annually at Independence Stadium in Shreveport, Louisiana, so named because it was inaugurated in the United States bicentennial year, 1976. ...
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DeBerry's Falcons have dominated the Commander in Chief's Trophy series with arch rivals Army and Navy. Air Force has won the trophy 14 times and shared it once in DeBerry's 21 seasons. He is a combined 34-8 against the Black Knights and Midshipmen and is the winningest coach in service academy history. Since the Commander-in-Chief's series began in 1972, Air Force has gone to 16 bowl games, compared to a combined 13 for Army and Navy. DeBerry has led the Academy to 12 of those bowl games and has a 6-6 record. The Commander-in-Chiefs Trophy is awarded to each seasons winner of the triangular college football series among the United States Military Academy (Army Black Knights), the United States Naval Academy (Navy Midshipmen), and United States Air Force Academy (Air Force Falcons). ...
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Although DeBerry has been portrayed a role-model for most of his career, he came under fire for controversial racial remarks made he made in October 2005 after a 48-10 loss to Texas Christian University (TCU). DeBerry said TCU "had a lot more Afro-American players than we did and they ran a lot faster than we did. Afro-American kids can run very well. That doesn't mean that Caucasian kids and other descents can't run, but it's very obvious to me that they run extremely well." Earlier that year, DeBerry had been criticized for a banner posted in the team's locker room that was interpreted by some as inappropriate religious proselytizing. Texas Christian University is a private, coeducational university located in Fort Worth, Texas. ...
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On December 15, 2006 DeBerry announced his retirement.
Other Positions and Awards Coach DeBerry has been named WAC Coach of the Year three times in his career, and in 1985, won the Paul "Bear" Bryant Award as NCAA college football's coach of the year. DeBerry has also been awarded the State Farm Coach of Distinction award in 2001, and has been inducted into the South Carolina Sports Hall of Fame. DeBerry received an honorary doctorate of humanities from Wofford during its graduation ceremony in 2003. It has been suggested that Western Athletic Conference Mens Basketball Tournament be merged into this article or section. ...
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In 1996, DeBerry served as president of the American Football Coaches Association, and is currently the chairman of the AFCA ethics committee. He was honored by the Independence Bowl as a member of its Hall of Fame. In 2005, DeBerry was honored with induction into the Colorado Springs Sports Hall of Fame. The American Football Coaches Association is an association of college football coaches on all levels and is responsible for the Coaches Poll that determines the national champion each year. ...
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Off the football field DeBerry and his wife, LuAnn, are notably active in church, charity and community affairs. Coach DeBerry gives motivational speeches to religious and corporate groups, and LuAnn is a volunteer with the Ronald McDonald House and the American Cancer Society. DeBerry has strong ties to the Fellowship of Christian Athletes and was inducted into the organizations’s Hall of Champions in 2005. He and LuAnn have assisted fund-raising efforts for Easter Seals, the March of Dimes, the Salvation Army and the American Heart Association. Parker Anderson-Stanley, four, visits with Olympic gold-medalist Cassie Campbell at Ronald McDonald House Southern Alberta in Calgary on Saturday, 2006-01-14. ...
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See also Presidents of the American Football Coaches Association are: 1921 - Charles D. Daly - United States Military Academy 1922 - Charles D. Daly - United States Military Academy 1923 - John W. Heisman - University of Pennsylvania 1924 - John W. Heisman - Rice Institute 1925 - Robert Zuppke - University of Illinois 1926 - Gilmour Dobie - Cornell University 1927 - William...
Ken Hatfield is an American football head coach. ...
The United States Air Force Academy (USAFA), located in Colorado Springs, Colorado, (, ), is an institution for the undergraduate education of officers in the United States Air Force. ...
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The United States Air Force Academy (USAFA), located in Colorado Springs, Colorado, (, ), is an institution for the undergraduate education of officers in the United States Air Force. ...
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External links - Air Force sports official bio
- DeBerry Out of Line for Proselytizing to his Players, SI.Com, May 26, 2005.
- DeBerry Reprimanded for Racial Comments, ESPN, October 27, 2005.
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