Frank Ellwood (born April 18, 1935) is a former

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player, coach, and college athletic administrator. He served as the head football coach at

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from 1975 to 1978 and at

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in 1996, compiling a record of 14–41 in five seasons. He was previously an assistant coach at the

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and at

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. He won a national championship as a player at Ohio State in 1954. Ellwood served as a senior associate athletic director at Georgia Southern from 1990 until his retirement in 1998. He was the school's interim athletic director from July 25 to December 31, 1995.

Head coaching record

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