Cal McCombs
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Cal McCombs is a former American football
player and coach. He was the 29th head football coach for the Virginia Military Institute Keydets
located in Lexington, Virginia
and he held that position for seven seasons, from 1999 until 2005. His career coaching record at VMI was 19 wins, 60 losses, and 0 ties. This ranks him sixth at VMI in total wins and 25th at VMI in winning percentage.
American football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
player and coach. He was the 29th head football coach for the Virginia Military Institute Keydets
Virginia Military Institute
The Virginia Military Institute , located in Lexington, Virginia, is the oldest state-supported military college and one of six senior military colleges in the United States. Unlike any other military college in the United States—and in keeping with its founding principles—all VMI students are...
located in Lexington, Virginia
Lexington, Virginia
Lexington is an independent city within the confines of Rockbridge County in the Commonwealth of Virginia. The population was 7,042 in 2010. Lexington is about 55 minutes east of the West Virginia border and is about 50 miles north of Roanoke, Virginia. It was first settled in 1777.It is home to...
and he held that position for seven seasons, from 1999 until 2005. His career coaching record at VMI was 19 wins, 60 losses, and 0 ties. This ranks him sixth at VMI in total wins and 25th at VMI in winning percentage.