Background
He was born on October 24, 1929 in Brosville, Virginia. Fulton grew up in Danville, Virginia.
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He was born on October 24, 1929 in Brosville, Virginia. Fulton grew up in Danville, Virginia.
He attended George Washington High School and went on to the University of Tennessee to play football.
He was also the school"s head athletic director After one year, Fulton transferred to Hampden–Sydney College. At Hampden–Sydney, Fulton stood out at both baseball and football – he was captain of both teams by his senior year and was named an all-conference player in football each year that he played.
Fulton was also named a Little All-American in 1953.
Fulton was a brother and president of Pi Kappa Alpha, and admitted to Omicron Delta Kappa, the National Honorary Leadership Society. His senior year, Fulton was student body president
Subsequent to graduating in 1955, Fulton enlisted in the United States. Coast Guard for two years. By 1957, Fulton returned to Hampden–Sydney where he was hired as a line coach for the Tigers" football team
His second year working for Hampden–Sydney, Fulton was hired as an assistant for the baseball team
Fulton also took over the reigns of tennis coach in 1958 and created the first Hampden–Sydney wrestling team in 1959. In 1967, Stokeley Fulton became head coach of the Tigers" baseball team Fulton is best remembered for his coaching dexterity in football.
In 1960, he was hired as head football coach – a position he held for the next 25 years.
To this day he is the winningest football head coach at Hampden–Sydney (143–99–5) and the longest tenured head coach with 25 seasons. Fulton"s teams went to back-to-back Knute Rockne Bowls in 1970 and 1971, and made the Doctorate–III quarterfinals in 1977 following an undefeated regular season.
Fulton brought Tigers" football to national attention in both 1976 and 1980. In 1976, his squad was host to a premier telecast on American Broadcasting Company against the undefeated and number one-ranked James Madison Dukes.
Similarly, in 1980, the Tigers were again host to a nationally televised game on American Broadcasting Company against Salisbury State, in which they lost 28–13.
At the time of his retirement, Fulton placed eighth all-time in wins among active Division III coaches. Several months later he succumbed to cancer on July 13, 1985.
Fulton was a member of the American Football Coaches Association, served on the National Collegiate Athletic Association rules committee for baseball, and was the College"s Athletic Director from 1971 to 1980.