Gene Fekete - Education Career

Education Career

Frustrated at not getting a head coaching job in the college ranks and wanting to spend more time with his family and two sons, Fekete left his Ohio State coaching job. He tried the insurance business,then became the coach of the Columbus team in the new minor-league United Football League (1961-1964),in 1961, but resigned the following year. He spent four years as a World History teacher and football coach at West High School in Columbus, Ohio. The 1965 Occident Yearbook p.88 states that Fekete "left after the first semester to become a cadet principal". He then moved on to North High School in Columbus as an assistant principal, followed by Franklin and Starling middle schools before serving as principal of Briggs High School for 13 years.

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