University of Michigan Hall of Honor
Yost, Fielding H.
Fielding H. Yost
- Induction:
- 1979
No coach, in any sport, enjoyed a better debut than Michigan's Fielding Yost . . . and it was one that lasted five years! From 1901-05, Michigan's football record under Yost was 51-1-1, as the "Point-a-Minute" Wolverines outscored their opponents by an amazing margin of 2,821 points to just 42. Ironically, Michigan can thank a fellow Big Ten institution for ultimately allowing Yost to wind his way to Ann Arbor. After brief stints at Ohio Wesleyan, Nebraska and Kansas, Yost went to Champaign to talk to University of Illinois athletic director George Huff about his job opening for a football coach. The Mini A.D. informed Yost that the job had already been filled, and the young West Virginian headed to California to coach Stanford. After just one season on the West Coast, Yost began to make his way back east. At this same time, U-M athletic director Charles Baird was looking for a coach for his school's football team. He called upon Huff, his old friend at Illinois, and was forwarded Yost's name. Thus, the Yost-Michigan tandem came to be. It was a marriage that remained for the next 40 years and brought Michigan to the forefront of collegiate sports. Yost served 25 years as the football coach of the Wolverines, winning 10 conference titles, six national championships and 165 games. But Yost was more than just a football coach. He served as Michigan's athletic director from 1921-1941 and his "athletics for all" philosophy transformed U-M's athletic campus into what it is today.
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