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{{short description|American football coach}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox college coach
| name = Don Ault
| image = Dadshoulders.jpg
| alt =
| caption =
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1929|7|17}}
| birth_place = [[Bellaire, Ohio]], U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2021|2|25|1929|7|17}}
| death_place =
| alma_mater = [[West Liberty State College|West Liberty]] (1951)
| player_years1 = 1949–1950
| player_team1 = [[West Liberty Hilltoppers football|West Liberty]]
| coach_years1 = 1966
| coach_team1 = [[Bellaire High School (Ohio)|Bellaire HS (OH)]]
| coach_years2 = 1967
| coach_team2 = [[Marshall Thundering Herd football|Marshall]] (assistant)
| coach_years3 = 1973–1981
| coach_team3 = [[Bethany Bison football|Bethany (WV)]]
| coach_years4 = 1982–1986
| coach_team4 = [[Slippery Rock football|Slippery Rock]]
| overall_record = 70–58–2 (college)
| bowl_record =
| tournament_record = 0–1 (NCAA D-III playoffs)
| championships = 2 [[Presidents' Athletic Conference|PAC]] (1975, 1980)
| awards =
| coaching_records =
}}
'''E. Donald Ault''' (July 17, 1929 – February 25, 2021) was an [[American football]] coach.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.timesleaderonline.com/sports/local-sports/2018/05/sherwood-named-new-ad-at-bellaire/|title=Sherwood named new AD at Bellaire|date=May 16, 2018|first=Bubba|last=Kapral|newspaper=[[Martins Ferry Times Leader|The Times Leader]]|access-date=May 12, 2019}}</ref> He served as the head football coach at [[Bethany College (West Virginia)|Bethany College]] in [[Bethany, West Virginia]] from 1973 to 1981 and [[Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania]] from 1982 to 1986, compiling a career [[college football]] coaching record of 70–58–2.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://hilltoppersports.com/hof.aspx?hof=139|title=Don Ault|publisher=West Liberty University Athletics|access-date=May 12, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1981/12/18/Bethany-WVa-College-football-coach-Don-Ault-has-been/3690377499600/|title=Bethany (W.Va.) College football coach Don Ault has been named the new head football coach at Slippery Rock State College|date=December 18, 1981|publisher=[[United Press International]]|access-date=May 12, 2019}}</ref>
The football field at Bethany College was named in Ault's honor in 2021. Ault died on February 25, 2021.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Bethany Mourns Death Of Hall of Famer Don Ault |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-commercial-appeal/129571620/ |newspaper=[[The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register]] |location=[[Wheeling, West Virginia]] |date=February 27, 2021 |access-date=November 18, 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=<!--Not stated--> |title=Don Ault |url=https://tulsahurricane.com/documents/2022/8/19/TU_FB22_MediaGuide_Web_220819.pdf |publisher=Bauknecht-Altmeyer Funeral Homes & Cremator |access-date=November 18, 2023 }}</ref>
==Head coaching record==
===College===
{{CFB Yearly Record Start | type = coach | team = | conf = | bowl = | poll = no }}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name      = [[Bethany Bison football|Bethany Bison]]
| conf      = [[Presidents' Athletic Conference]]
| startyear = 1973
| endyear   = 1981
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year         = [[1973 NCAA Division III football season|1973]]
| name         = Bethany
| overall      = 3–5–1
| conference   = 2–5
| confstanding = T–6th
| bowlname     =
| bowloutcome  =
| bcsbowl      =
| ranking      = no
| ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year         = [[1974 NCAA Division III football season|1974]]
| name         = Bethany
| overall      = 5–3–1
| conference   = 4–3
| confstanding = 3rd
| bowlname     =
| bowloutcome  =
| bcsbowl      =
| ranking      = no
| ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year         = [[1975 NCAA Division III football season|1975]]
| name         = Bethany
| overall      = 5–4
| conference   = 5–1
| confstanding = 1st
| bowlname     =
| bowloutcome  =
| bcsbowl      =
| ranking      = no
| ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year         = [[1976 NCAA Division III football season|1976]]
| name         = Bethany
| overall      = 4–5
| conference   = 4–3
| confstanding = 4th
| bowlname     =
| bowloutcome  =
| bcsbowl      =
| ranking      = no
| ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year         = [[1977 NCAA Division III football season|1977]]
| name         = Bethany
| overall      = 2–7
| conference   = 2–5
| confstanding = 7th
| bowlname     =
| bowloutcome  =
| bcsbowl      =
| ranking      = no
| ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year         = [[1978 NCAA Division III football season|1978]]
| name         = Bethany
| overall      = 2–6
| conference   = 2–5
| confstanding = 7th
| bowlname     =
| bowloutcome  =
| bcsbowl      =
| ranking      = no
| ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year         = [[1979 NCAA Division III football season|1979]]
| name         = Bethany
| overall      = 6–2
| conference   = 5–2
| confstanding = T–2nd
| bowlname     =
| bowloutcome  =
| bcsbowl      =
| ranking      = no
| ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year         = [[1980 NCAA Division III football season|1980]]
| name         = Bethany
| overall      = 9–1
| conference   = 7–0
| confstanding = 1st
| bowlname     = [[NCAA Division III Football Championship|NCAA Division III Quarterfinal]]
| bowloutcome  = L
| bcsbowl      =
| ranking      = no
| ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year         = [[1981 NCAA Division III football season|1981]]
| name         = Bethany
| overall      = 7–2
| conference   = 5–2
| confstanding = T–2nd
| bowlname     =
| bowloutcome  =
| bcsbowl      =
| ranking      = no
| ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name       = Bethany
| overall    = 43–35–2
| confrecord = 36–26
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name      = [[Slippery Rock football|Slippery Rock Rockets]]
| conf      = [[Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference]]
| startyear = 1982
| endyear   = 1986
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year         = [[1982 NCAA Division II football season|1982]]
| name         = Slippery Rock
| overall      = 7–3
| conference   = 4–2
| confstanding = T–2nd <small>(West)</small>
| bowlname     =
| bowloutcome  =
| bcsbowl      =
| ranking      = no
| ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year         = [[1983 NCAA Division II football season|1983]]
| name         = Slippery Rock
| overall      = 6–4
| conference   = 3–3
| confstanding = 5th <small>(West)</small>
| bowlname     =
| bowloutcome  =
| bcsbowl      =
| ranking      = no
| ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year         = [[1984 NCAA Division II football season|1984]]
| name         = Slippery Rock
| overall      = 6–4
| conference   = 3–3
| confstanding = 5th <small>(West)</small>
| bowlname     =
| bowloutcome  =
| bcsbowl      =
| ranking      = no
| ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year         = [[1985 NCAA Division II football season|1985]]
| name         = Slippery Rock
| overall      = 5–5
| conference   = 2–4
| confstanding = 5th <small>(West)</small>
| bowlname     =
| bowloutcome  =
| bcsbowl      =
| ranking      = no
| ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year         = [[1986 NCAA Division II football season|1986]]
| name         = Slippery Rock
| overall      = 3–7
| conference   = 3–3
| confstanding = T–3rd <small>(West)</small>
| bowlname     =
| bowloutcome  =
| bcsbowl      =
| ranking      = no
| ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name       = Slippery Rock
| overall    = 27–23
| confrecord = 15–15
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record End
| overall  = 70–58–2
| bowls    = no
| poll     = no
| polltype =
}}
==References==
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[[Category:1929 births]]
[[Category:2021 deaths]]
[[Category:Bethany Bison football coaches]]
[[Category:Marshall Thundering Herd football coaches]]
[[Category:Slippery Rock football coaches]]
[[Category:West Liberty Hilltoppers football players]]
[[Category:High school football coaches in Ohio]]
[[Category:People from Bellaire, Ohio]]