[1] Douds played football for Slippery Rock University as a right guard on offense and a nose tackle on defense.
He earned All-Conference, All-State and NAIA All-America honors, and was named Slippery Rock's outstanding senior athlete in 1962–1963.
[3] After graduating from Slippery Rock, Douds was hired as an assistant football coach at McDowell High School in suburban Erie, Pennsylvania.
In 1965, he was hired as an assistant freshman football coach at West Virginia University while working on a master's degree in physical education.
What separates him from a lot of people around the game of football is that he realizes his job is bigger than what takes place on Saturday afternoons.
[6] The 2005 East Stroudsburg team with Terwilliger at quarterback broke the school record with 11 wins, won the Lambert Trophy and produced five All-America selections.
Douds won his 200th career victory in 2006,[4] and in 2008, he became the winningest coach in Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference history.
He's East Stroudsburg coach Denny Douds, who is a victory away from having the most wins in Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference history.