He was the second head football at Fairmount College—now known as Wichita State University—in Wichita, Kansas, serving for three seasons, from 1899 to 1901, and compiling a record of 10–10–2.
[1] Hess was also the head baseball coach at Fairmount from 1899 to 1901.
In 1902, he coached football at Friends University in Wichita.
[2] Hess was a pharmacist in Wichita and had played football at the University of Kansas.
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