Bob Kappes
{{Short description|American football player and coach}}
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{{Infobox college coach
| name = Bob Kappes
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| player_years1 = 1946–1949
| player_team1 = Miami (OH)
| player_positions = Center
| coach_years1 = 1950–1957
| coach_team1 = Western Hills HS (OH)
| coach_years2 = 1958–1977
| coach_team2 = Ohio (assistant)
| coach_years3 = 1978
| coach_team3 = Ohio (interim HC)
| coach_years4 = 1979–?
| coach_team4 = Ohio (assistant)
| overall_record = 3–8 (college)
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Bob Kappes is a former American football player and coach.{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/coaches/bob-kappes-1.html|title=Bob Kappes|publisher=Sports-Reference College Football|access-date=April 21, 2019}} He served as the interim head football coach at Ohio University for one season, in 1978, compiling a record of 3–8.{{cite web|url=http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/ohio/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/Sec-6.pdf|title=Ohio Bobcats Football Media Guide|publisher=Ohio Bobcats football|access-date=April 21, 2019|archive-date=November 5, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131105234655/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/ohio/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/Sec-6.pdf|url-status=dead}} Kappes played college football at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio under head coaches Woody Hayes and Sid Gillman.{{cite web|url=https://miamiredhawks.com/news/2013/6/24/1985_Miami_Athletics_Hall_of_Fame_Class.aspx|title=1985 Miami Athletics Hall of Fame|publisher=Miami RedHawks|access-date=April 21, 2019}} After graduating from Miami in 1950, Kappes became the head football coach that fall at Western Hills High School in Cincinnati, Ohio. He remained there until 1958, when he was hired as an assistant football coach at Ohio University.{{cite news |author= |title=Post Left—By Bob Cappes—West Hi Grid Boss Goes To Ohio University As Line Mentor |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30899651/the_cincinnati_enquirer/ |newspaper=The Cincinnati Enquirer |location= Cincinnati, Ohio |date=February 16, 1958 |page=60 |access-date=April 23, 2019 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }} Kappes is the father of Stephen Kappes, the former Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency.{{cite news|url=https://www.athensnews.com/news/campus/cia-s-possible-no-man-attended-athens-high-and-ohio/article_d3e4e5a4-8b34-5ec0-9926-99cd1d866092.html|title=CIA's possible No. 2 man attended Athens High and Ohio University|date=May 11, 2006|publisher=The Athens News|access-date=April 21, 2019}}
Head coaching record
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Ohio Bobcats
| conf = Mid-American Conference
| startyear = 1978
| endyear = single
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1978
| name = Ohio
| overall = 3–8
| conference = 3–5
| confstanding = T–5th
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Ohio
| overall = 3–8
| confrecord = 3–5
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record End
| overall = 3–8
| bowls = no
| poll = no
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| legend = no
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