Morgan Hout
{{short description|American football coach}}
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| birth_date = 1947
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| death_date = {{Death date|2023|11|1}} (aged 76)
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| coach_years1 = 1974–1976
| coach_years2 = 1977–1979
| coach_team2 = Maryland (WR)
| coach_years3 = 1980–1983
| coach_team3 = Richmond (WR)
| coach_years4 = 1984–1988
| coach_team4 = Liberty
| coach_years5 = 1989
| coach_team5 = Baylor (volunteer WR)
| overall_record = 20–29–1
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Morgan Hout (born 1947 – November 1, 2023) was an American college football coach.{{cite web |title=In memory of Morgan Hout (1947-2023) |url=https://www.liberty.edu/champion/2023/11/in-memory-of-morgan-hout-1947-2023/ |publisher=Liberty Champion |access-date=11 November 2023}} He served as the football coach at Liberty University from 1984 to 1988, compiling a record of 20–29–1.
Coaching career
A graduate of Tennessee Temple University, Hout began his college coaching career working for three years as an unpaid assistant for head coach Jerry Claiborne at the University of Maryland, College Park. After a total of six years at Maryland, Hout spent several years as an assistant coach at University of Richmond.
In 1984, he was offered the head coaching job at Liberty University. He hired strength and conditioning coach Dave Williams from Texas A&M University. He coached a number of players who went on to National Football League (NFL), including Fred Banks, Kelvin Edwards, and Pro Bowlers Eric Green and Wayne Haddix.
In 1988, Hout posted his best ever record of 8–3, with all three losses by a combined total of five points. As a result of this breakthrough season, Hout was named Virginia Division I Coach of the Year. However, in a move that was widely questioned and criticized, Hout was "promoted" to assistant athletic director to make room for former NFL head coach Sam Rutigliano. Hout declined the "promotion" and instead accepted a position at Baylor University.{{cite news |title=Liberty Hires Rutigliano |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=940DE7D91E3AF932A15751C1A96E948260 |newspaper=The New York Times | date=December 21, 1988 |accessdate=February 17, 2008 }} Considering the success the Flames were enjoying on the field, Hout's removal caused a bit of controversy at the school.{{cite news |last=Jacobs |first=Barry |title=Building From the Ground Up; Falwell Sees Liberty as an Athletic Powerhouse |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=950DE4DE1F3DF932A15750C0A96F948260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all | newspaper=The New York Times | date=March 21, 1989 |access-date=February 17, 2008 }}
Head coaching record
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| name = Liberty Flames
| conf = NCAA Division II independent
| startyear = 1984
| endyear = 1987
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| year = 1984
| name = Liberty
| overall = 5–6
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| championship =
| year = 1985
| name = Liberty
| overall = 3–4–1
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
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| year = 1986
| name = Liberty
| overall = 1–9
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
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| year = 1987
| name = Liberty
| overall = 3–7
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| name = Liberty Flames
| conf = NCAA Division I-AA independent
| startyear = 1988
| endyear = single
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| year = 1988
| name = Liberty
| overall = 8–3
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| overall = 20–29–1
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{{CFB Yearly Record End
| overall = 20–29–1
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References
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