Walter Fortune

[hawgtuff]

What is Walter's overall coaching record and where has he been a head coach.?

[slim shady]

I would venture to say his overall record is a losing one.......he had one good year at tarkington where they went 7-3, and the rest were bad.........his second tenure at t-town they won 1 district game in like 4 years.....never made the playoffs as a HC.....he is a great guy though and a family oriented man

[jdb44]

Walter coached my son in Livingston, and had he been given time, he would have been successful there. He has also coached the past few years in Livingston with Coach Rowe. Walter is a great guy and very good coach.

[hawgtuff]

I did not say he wasnt a good coach i was just curious of his record and places he coached. Maybe wosgrad can help me?

[WOSgrad]

Based upon what I have found, his head coaching experience comes from two stints at Tarkington, 1998-2001 and 2005-2009.  There is report that he was HC at Livingston during 2002 and 2003 seasons.

Here are his record for those seasons:

1998: 4-6
1999: 4-6
2000: 4-6
2001: 7-3
2002: 4-6
2003: 2-8
2005: 4-5
2006: 2-7
2007: 0-10
2008: 2-7
2009: 2-8

Total: 35-72

But we must remember, this is at Tarkington.  The last time Tarkington was in the playoffs, Dwight D. Eisenhower was President of the United States.

[liltex]

??? ;D

[hawgtuff]

I thought he might have been the head coach at livingston or shepherd too

[WOSgrad]

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I thought he might have been the head coach at livingston or shepherd too
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An article that I ran across only referenced head coaching stints in Tarkington.

[liltex]

WF 30-67 ain't to shabby cause 10 yrs prior Horns were 26-71-3 ???

[idk]

He wasn't a H/C in Shepherd but he did coach there. From what I can remember he was a very good coach who really care about the kids and made them do the right thing on the field and in the classroom. And as far as his record at Tarkington, if you win four games in one year then it was a very good year.

[jdb44]

Walter was the HC in Livingston in, and I can't remember, either 2003 or 2004.

[bjimbo]

So I'm curious to know what was the point in starting a thread about this gentleman?  Was is to prove that he hasn't been a very succesful head coach OR to prove that he is the most winningest coach in quite possibly one of the worst 3a schools football has to offer in texas high school history???  Take it whichever way you want but I think the hornets are lucky to have him!!!

[Mike_Honcho]

maybe so but i think as fans we need to know.

[Go-rilla]

Walt was the head coach at Livingston in 2002 and 2003.

He did not go 1-9 in 2002 at Tarkington.

[WOSgrad]

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Walt was the head coach at Livingston in 2002 and 2003.

He did not go 1-9 in 2002 at Tarkington.
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No offense, but show me the source because I have serached all over the place and found NO reference to any coaching record at Livingston.  Not saying it didn't happen, but I haven't found it.

[Go-rilla]

dont know what the record was. but he was head coach those years.

[White Boy]

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Based upon what I have found, his head coaching experience comes from two stints at Tarkington, 1998-2002 and 2005-2009.

Here are his record for those seasons:

1998: 4-6
1999: 4-6
2000: 4-6
2001: 7-3
2002: 1-9

2005: 4-5
2006: 2-7
2007: 0-10
2008: 2-7
2009: 2-8

Total: 30-67

But we must remember, this is at Tarkington.  The last time Tarkington was in the playoffs, Dwight D. Eisenhower was President of the United States.
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Fantastic record btw...

[jdb44]

It happened, my son played for him his Jr and Sr season. In Livingston.

[WOSgrad]

Assuming that he was HC at Livingston for the 2002 and 2003 seasons, his record would have been 6-14 (4-6 in 2002 and 2-8 in 2003).

[puddleofmudd]

I have been reading this thread for the last couple days and I wanted to add my two cents in. There are great coaches that run outstanding programs and despite all the best intent and effort the wins don't reflect what goes on. On the other hand there are unexperienced and poor coaches that slip into a program that have tremendous sucess. Why is that you ask? Well, sometimes a coach comes in after a good one just left. A lot of coaches use small schools as stepping stones for advancement, there is nothing wrong with that, but sometimes a school needs stability and a passionate coach to lead them and teach them. From what I hear Fortune is one of those kind of guys. Good luck to him and his program and I can see that they will get better with him.

[jdb44]

That sound about right. But what people aren't taking into consideration is this, he coached in Tarkington, and Livingston, both bad programs at the time. Plus he has worked under Rowe for what the past 5 years? Hardin got a good one. Walter will do a great job.

[Lions#80]

He was the coach at Livingston and I don't know what was the record both years. But to be fair it was not his fault, this was during the time when no football coach who came through Livingston could get the real athletes to play football because of the past politics in our program. I heard from many of the kids who played for him that he was a great coach wasn't his fault that in 2 years he couldn't change what the past had done.

[ncplaya]

Great Guy! Good coach! Dumb Thread! There has been ALOT of coaches go through T-Town and not win and win somewhere else.  Good Luck Hardin.

[bjimbo]

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Great Guy! Good coach! Dumb Thread! There has been ALOT of coaches go through T-Town and not win and win somewhere else.  Good Luck Hardin.
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Exactly!!!

[WOSgrad]

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[quote author=playa link=topic=97738.msg1200043#msg1200043 date=1332347729]
Great Guy! Good coach! Dumb Thread! There has been ALOT of coaches go through T-Town and not win and win somewhere else.  Good Luck Hardin.
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Exactly!!!
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I don't know why there is such defensiveness over this thread.  Folks want to gather information on the coach who will be leading their school's team.  There is nothing unusual about that.

Those folks who have seen his record while at Tarkington and at Livingston have not branded him a bad coach because of it.  In fact, I have seen quite the opposite on this thread.  And the Hardin ISD, who I am sure had Coach Fortune's full record in front of it found that he is a good coach with good ideas for the program...otherwise, they would not have offered him the job.

Of course, none of it means a hill of beans until early August anyway.