Donald Russell

Donald M. Russell is an American former football coach He served as the head football coach at Wesleyan University from 1964 to 1970, compiled a record of 37–19. He has the highest winning percentage (.661) of any head coach in the history of Wesleyan Cardinals football program with a tenure longer than two seasons.

Early years A native of Quincy, Massachusetts, Russell graduated from Bates College in Lewiston, Maine in 1951. He played offensive and defensive tackle for the Bates College football team. After Daniels took a sabbatical, Russell took over as the head football coach in June 1964. He also became Wesleyan's athletic director and chairman of the physical education department in 1968. His best season at Wesleyan was in 1969 when he led the Wesleyan Cardinals football team to an undefeated, untied 8–0 record and a Little Three championship. The 1969 Cardinals also shared the Lambert Cup with Delaware as the best small college team in the East, and Russell was selected as the 1969 New England small college coach of the year. He also led Wesleyan to Little Three football championships in 1966 and 1970. His winning percentage of .661 is the highest among all Wesleyan football coaches with more than two years on the job and is the highest among all football coaches since 1920.

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