Gus Dorais
American football player, coach, and administrator (1891–1954)
Biography
Charles Emile "Gus" Dorais (July 2, 1891 – January 3, 1954) was an American football player, coach, and athletics administrator.
Dorais played college football at the University of Notre Dame, where he was an All-American in 1913 at quarterback, and then played professionally with the Fort Wayne Friars and Massillon Tigers. He was the head football coach at Dubuque College (now known as Loras College) in Dubuque, Iowa from 1914 to 1917, Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington from 1920 to 1925, and the University of Detroit (now known as the University of Detroit Mercy) from 1925 to 1942, compiling a career college football head coaching record of 151–70–12 (.674). He was also the head coach of the National Football League (NFL)'s Detroit Lions from 1943 to 1947, tallying a mark of 20–31–2 (.396). In addition, Dorais was the head basketball coach at Notre Dame, Gonzaga, and Detroit and the head baseball coach at Notre Dame and Gonzaga. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 1954.
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Career highlights
Teams
- Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
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