Duane Ford

Duane Ford (born around 1955 or 1956) is an American former college football coach from Rumney, New Hampshire. He attended Holderness School and played college football and lacrosse at Middlebury College from 1974 to 1977; as a linebacker on the football team he earned First-Team New England honors in his senior year, when he was also co-captain. After graduating in 1978 he joined Middlebury as defensive line coach, became defensive coordinator at Tufts University in 1982, and in 1985 was named Tufts head football coach, a post he held until 1993 with a record of 39 wins, 30 losses and 3 ties. His 1986 team went 7 and 1 and won the NESCAC title, and he was named NESCAC Coach of the Year. From 1983 to 1986 he was also head lacrosse coach at Tufts, with a record of 23 wins and 22 losses. He resigned from Tufts in 1994 to become an assistant coach at Holderness School.