George Welsh is an American former college football player and coach. He served the head football coach of the Navy Midshipmen football team of the United States Naval Academy from 1973 to 1981, and the Virginia Cavaliers football team of the University of Virginia from 1982 to 2000. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 2004. Welsh was born in Coaldale, Pennsylvania. He played for the Navy Midshipmen from 1952 to 1954, and was a first-team All-American at quarterback in 1955. After graduating from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1956, he served as an assistant coach under Rip Engle and Joe Paterno at Penn State from 1963 to 1972. Welsh began his head coaching career at the U.S. Naval Academy in 1973. He inherited a Navy Midshipmen football program that had only had one winning season since the end of the Roger Staubach era. He led the Midshipmen to three bowl game appearances and their first nine-win season in 16 years. In nine seasons, Welsh compiled a record of 55-46-1, making him the service academy's most successful coach. In 1982, Welsh left Navy to become the head coach of the Virginia Cavaliers. 

August 26th, 1933 in Coaldale  /  Died:   Jan 2nd, 2019