Doug Porter, the longtime HBCU soccer coach and School Soccer Corridor of Famer, died at age 94.

Porter went 163-106-5 because the coach at Mississippi Valley State, Howard and Fort Valley State. Most of these wins got here in 17 seasons at Fort Valley State, the place Porter went 112-66-3 and gained 4 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Convention titles. He was named the SIAC’s Coach of the Yr seven occasions and spent 16 years serving as Fort Valley’s athletic director.

“Doug Porter was a exceptional individual, crafting a formidable profession in teaching and athletics administration among the many HBCU ranks,” Nationwide Soccer Basis chairman Archie Manning mentioned in a press release. “A terrific soccer thoughts, he was a top-flight recruiter who cared deeply about his gamers and put them able to succeed.”

Porter started his profession as an assistant coach at Father Bertrand Excessive Faculty in Tennessee in 1954, working for his father, W.P. Porter, earlier than turning into the backfield coach at Xavier College of Louisiana. His first head teaching job got here at Mississippi Valley State in 1961.

After 5 seasons at MVSU, Porter spent eight seasons underneath fellow Corridor of Fame coach Eddie Robinson as an assistant at Grambling State earlier than returning to a head teaching position at Howard for the 1974 season. Porter was named the Mid-Jap Athletic Convention Coach of the Yr in 1974 after main Howard to an 8-2-1 document. Following his tenure at Fort Valley State, he returned to Grambling as an adviser and helped create the college’s Eddie G. Robinson Museum.

Porter was inducted into the School Soccer Corridor of Fame in 2008 and was the oldest residing member earlier than his dying.