Chaump, 8 others named to Marshall Hall of Fame

Published 2:07 am Tuesday, May 14, 2013

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) — Former Marshall football coach George Chaump will be among nine inductees in the university’s Athletics Hall of Fame this fall.

Chaump went 33-16-1 as Marshall’s football coach from 1986-89. He led the Thundering Herd to their first Division I-AA championship game appearance in 1987. Marshall won its first Southern Conference football championship the following season with an 11-2 record.

Others in the 2013 induction class are football players Chris Crocker and Cecil Fletcher; women’s basketball player Sheila Johnson, volleyball star Jill Mussman O’Brien, track athletes Casey Batey and Erin Compton, men’s golf coach and assistant athletic director Buddy Graham, and swimmer Glenn Hartway.

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An induction dinner is scheduled for Sept. 6 on the Marshall University Memorial Student Center.