F. Morris Touchstone
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| Sport(s) | Lacrosse |
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| Current position | |
| Title | Head coach |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | October 2, 1897 Baltimore, Maryland |
| Died | November 7, 1957 (aged 60) West Point, New York |
| Playing career | |
| Mt. Washington Club | |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1924–1928 | Yale |
| 1929–1957 | Army |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 214–73–4 (Army) |
Francis Morris Touchstone (October 2, 1897 – November 7, 1957) was an American lacrosse coach. He served for 29 years as the head coach for the United States Military Academy's men's lacrosse team and is their all-time winningest coach by number of wins. While at Army, he led the Cadets to three national championships and 42 of his players received first-team All-American honors. Shortly after his death he was inducted into the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame. The Touchstone Memorial Award for the men's college lacrosse coach of the year was established in his honor.
Touchstone was a native of Baltimore, Maryland, and under the guidance of coach Bill Schmeisser, he played as a member of the Mount Washington Lacrosse Club based in the city's neighborhood of the same name. From 1920 to 1923, he ran the club's summer camp. In 1924, Yale University hired Touchstone as the head coach for their varsity lacrosse, soccer, and freshman gymnastics teams.
After success at Yale, he took over the Army lacrosse team at the United States Military Academy in September 1928. Touchstone remained in that position until his death 29 years later. During that time, he compiled the most wins of any Army lacrosse coach, with a record of 214–73–4 (0.743). Of Army's total of 82 first-team All-Americans, 42 played under Touchstone. He led the Cadets to back-to-back national championships, outright in 1944 and shared with Navy in 1945. Army also won a share of a third national title in 1951 alongside Princeton.
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