Garrett Ford
August 28, 2008 03:11 PM | General
Associate Athletic Director for Student Services
Garrett.Ford@mail.wvu.edu
(304) 293-2008
Garrett Ford is responsible for providing educational guidance to the hundreds of male and female WVU student-athletes and monitoring their academic progress.
Ford is involved with career and personal counseling of WVU’s student-athletes and works with the certification of athletic eligibility. He is responsible for all areas of academics as WVU athletes work toward their goal of graduation and has been instrumental in the development of such projects as the Athletic Director’s Academic Honor Roll, the newly retooled Athletic Academic Performance Center in the WVU Coliseum, the Milan Puskar Center study area and helping former athletes return to school to complete their degrees.
He joined the Mountaineer staff in 1970 as an assistant football coach for Bobby Bowden. He was named academic counselor in 1977 and assistant athletic director in 1985.
Ford received a bachelor’s degree in physical education from WVU in 1969 and earned a master’s degree in guidance and counseling from WVU in 1973.
A relatable role model for all current Mountaineer student-athletes, Ford was an outstanding running back for WVU in the mid-1060s. His 1965 record for most all-purpose yards in a WVU game (356 yards) still stands as the top Mountaineer mark. Additionally, Ford holds WVU’s eighth-best non-touchdown run from scrimmage (67 yards), ninth-most career rushing attempts (453) and fourth-best freshman rushing season (148 carries for 733 yards).
Ford has been inducted into several all-time classes, including the 1960-69 All-Time WVU Football Team and the DeMatha Catholic High School Hall of Fame. He was inducted into the WVU Hall of Fame in 1995 and into the School of Physical Education Hall of Fame in 2004.
A native of Washington, D.C., and a graduate of DeMatha Catholic High School, Ford and his wife, Thelma, have two children – Tracie, a former WVU track stand-out married to Keith Wheaton, and Garrett Jr., also a past Mountaineer football player and married to Lauren Ford. Additionally, Ford and his wife have five grandchildren – Jullian (11), Bryce (8), Logan (5), Taryn (3) and Kendal (2).
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