His career cut short by a bad knee, Fekete went on to serve as an assistant football coach at Ohio State for 10 years.

[4] In a game against the University of Pittsburgh, he set an Ohio State record for the longest run from scrimmage, an 89-yard dash to the end zone.

[5] Fekete led the Big Ten Conference in scoring and rushing in 1942 as Ohio State amassed a 9–1 record and won its first-ever national title.

[7] Fekete also was eighth in the Heisman Trophy voting, making him the first Ohio State player to finish in the top ten.

After a stint at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York to train as an engineer, he was sent to a recruitment center in Manhattan as an assistant psychologist.

[10] He signed instead with the Cleveland Browns, a team set to start play in the new All-America Football Conference (AAFC) in 1946.

[11] After ending his playing career, Fekete accepted a job as the coach of Northern Illinois University's football team.

[13] He coached running backs including Heisman Trophy winners Vic Janowicz and Howard "Hopalong" Cassady.

He spent four years as a World History teacher and football coach at West High School in Columbus, Ohio.