Sport(s) Football | 1936–1940 Shaw HS (OH) Name Trevor Rees 1933–1935 Ohio State | |
Born October 22, 1913Dover, Ohio ( 1913-10-22 ) Died January 2, 1999, Naples, Florida, United States | ||
Trevor J. Rees (October 22, 1913 – January 2, 1999) was an American football player, coach, and college athletics administrator.
Rees was born on October 22, 1913 in Dover, Ohio. He attended Dover High School where he succeeded as a multi-sport star athlete, graduating in 1932. He played his college football for the Ohio State Buckeyes from 1933-1935.
Rees served as the head football coach at Kent State University from 1946 to 1963, compiling a record of 92–63–5. His 92 wins are the most of any head coach in the history of the Kent State Golden Flashes football program. Rees was also the athletic director at Kent State from 1946 to 1956. He entered the United States Navy in 1942 and worked as an ends coach with the Iowa Pre-Flight Seahawks under Bernie Bierman. He also established sports programs at four bases in South America during World War II.
He died on January 2, 1999 at his home in Naples, Florida.