Frank H. Gorton (1877 – March 20, 1939) was an American football, basketball, baseball, and track and field coach. He served as the head football coach at Rutgers University from 1906 to 1907, Occidental College from 1908 to 1910, the Virginia Military Institute (VMI) from 1914 to 1916, and Otterbein College—now known as Otterbein University—in 1917, compiling a career college football record of 38–29–6. Gorton was also the head basketball coach at Rutgers from 1906 to 1909, at VMI from 1914 to 1917, and at Otterbein College during the 1917–18 season, amassing a career college basketball mark of 33–31. In addition, he served as the head baseball coach at Rutgers in 1907. Gorton died at the age of 62 of a heart attack in Lexington, Virginia on March 20, 1939. Gorton had returned for a brief time to serve as the director of athletics at Virginia Military Institute. Head coaching record Football Basketball References External links 1877 births 1939 deaths Fisk Bulldogs football coaches Occidental Tigers football coaches Otterbein Cardinals men's basketball coaches Otterbein Cardinals football coaches Rochester Yellowjackets football coaches Rochester Yellowjackets track and field coaches Rutgers Scarlet Knights baseball coaches Rutgers Scarlet Knights football coaches Rutgers Scarlet Knights men's basketball coaches VMI Keydets athletic directors VMI Keydets football coaches VMI Keydets basketball coaches VMI Keydets track and field coaches