Craig Fouhy Explained

Craig Fouhy
Player Years1:1972–1975
Player Team1:Pacific Lutheran
Player Positions:Offensive tackle
Coach Years1:1976–1977
Coach Team1:Lake Roosevelt HS (WA)
Coach Years2:1978
Coach Team2:Coupeville HS (WA)
Coach Years3:1979–1981
Coach Team3:Sumner HS (WA) (assistant)
Coach Years4:1982
Coach Team4:Montana (assistant OL)
Coach Years5:1983–1984
Coach Team5:Tahoma HS (WA)
Coach Years6:1985
Coach Team6:Montana (RB)
Coach Years7:1987–1988
Coach Team7:North Park
Coach Years8:1991
Coach Team8:Bothell HS (WA)
Overall Record:1–17 (college)
16–38 (high school)

Craig Fouhy is an American sports broadcaster and former football player and coach. He presently is the sports director and sports anchor for KNXV-TV in Phoenix, Arizona.[1]

Playing career

Fouhy played college football at Pacific Lutheran from 1972 to 1975 as a three-time All-Conference, All-District, All-West Coast, and Honorable Mention All-American offensive tackle under College Football Hall of Fame coach Frosty Westering. He was selected a Team Captain and Most Inspirational player in 1975.[2]

Coaching career

Fouhy's coaching career spanned 13 seasons in high school football and six at the college level. Towards the end, he also had a two-year run as a middle school basketball coach.

Before entering the college coaching ranks as the assistant offensive line coach at the University of Montana in 1982, Fouhy spent six years as an assistant and head coach on the high school level in Washington, where he returned between his two one-year stints with the Grizzlies. From 1987 to 1988, he compiled a 1–17 record as head football coach of at North Park College—now known as North Park University—in Chicago, where he also coached the golf team.

Following his two-year tenure at North Park, Fouhy again returned to Washington, where he taught and coached basketball at Explorer Middle School from 1990–91 and coached football at Bothell High School in 1991. Prior to the 1991 season, Fouhy was named head coach of the Juanita High School football team, only to resign one week later.[3]

During his six seasons as a high school head football coach in the state of Washington, Fouhy compiled a 16–38 (.296) record.

Broadcasting career

Fouhy was hired by KNXV-TV in Phoenix, Arizona, in 1998 after coaching high school and college football for 18 years and middle school basketball for two. He has also worked as a play-by-play announcer and color commentator for college football on television and radio. He also served as a Public Address Announcer for the Arizona Cardinals, Milwaukee Brewers, Seattle Pacific University, Arizona State University and the University of Washington. He was part of the Arizona Cardinals Radio Team for 5 seasons in the early 2000.

Head coaching record

College

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Craig Fouhy (bio). KNXV-TV. October 26, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20140218025656/http://www.abc15.com/dpp/about_us/staff/craig-fouhy. February 18, 2014. dead.
  2. Web site: Frosty The Showman-Pacific Lutheran coach Frosty Westering proves you can have fun and win. Sports Illustrated. October 31, 1994. David. Guterson. November 8, 2013.
  3. Web site: Juanita's Loss, Bothell's Gain -- Bothell Tabs Fouhy For Head Football Job. Seattle Times. October 26, 2017. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20171027074709/http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19910516&slug=1283555. October 27, 2017.