Former Marshall University football coach Red Dawson (right) poses with actor Matthew Fox, who played Dawson in the film “We Are Marshall,” at the film’s December 2006 premiere in Los Angeles. Dawson will be the grand marshal for Marshall’s homecoming parade on Oct. 13.
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) – Former Marshall assistant football coach Red Dawson will be the grand marshal in Marshall University’s homecoming parade this month.
The parade will be held Oct. 13 in downtown Huntington.
Dawson was an assistant coach in 1970 when a plane crash carrying Marshall’s football team, coaches and supporters crashed near the Huntington airport while returning from a game at East Carolina.