Career
He served as head football coach at North Texas State Normal College—renamed as North Texas State Teachers" College in 1923, and now known as the University of North Texas—from 1920 to 1924. Fouts amassed a 23–14–2 record. He also started the school"s track and field program and initiated the drive to build the 20,000-seat Eagle Stadium on campus.
The venue was named Fouts Field in his honor.
Born in Gonzales, Texas, Fouts was a football player at Baylor University, where he lettered for four years (1914–1917). He died of a heart attack on April 28, 1954 in Denton, Texas.
