🏈 Coach Howard Schnellenberger dies at age 87

[JoseyWalesTheOutlaw]

Legendary college football coach Howard Schnellenberger dies at 87 (espn.com)



Howard Schnellenberger, who led Miami to its first national championship and in the process turned a once-floundering football program into a dynasty, died on Saturday, his family announced. He was 87.

What Schnellenberger did at Miami remains one of the greatest transformations in college football history. Before his arrival in 1979, Miami administrators considered dropping the sport as the losses mounted and morale dipped.


Good article on Coach

Former Miami Hurricanes coach Howard Schnellenberger dead at 87 - al.com

 

[50+yeartidefan]

Legendary college football coach Howard Schnellenberger dies at 87 (espn.com)



Howard Schnellenberger, who led Miami to its first national championship and in the process turned a once-floundering football program into a dynasty, died on Saturday, his family announced. He was 87.

What Schnellenberger did at Miami remains one of the greatest transformations in college football history. Before his arrival in 1979, Miami administrators considered dropping the sport as the losses mounted and morale dipped.


Good article on Coach

Former Miami Hurricanes coach Howard Schnellenberger dead at 87 - al.com

Had bama/bear. ties. If I remember right

 

[Brandon Van de Graaff]

Had bama/bear. ties. If I remember right

Won 3? NC's as an assistant under Bryant at UA and was the big reason UA signed Namath.

 

[Brandon Van de Graaff]

 

[PurlJam]

Won 3? NC's as an assistant under Bryant at UA and was the big reason UA signed Namath.

As the story goes, Shnellenberger always told the story that coach Bryant sent him up there to get Joe and told him to not bothering coming back without him.

 

[UAgrad93]

He was more or less the OC for those 60’s National Championship teams.

 

[JoseyWalesTheOutlaw]

He was more or less the OC for those 60’s National Championship teams.

My HC in 64 and the 65 seasons was Bobby Smith Co-Captain of the 58 Bama team. Coach often visited the Bama staff during those years for help with his career. Coach Smith lives in Fort Walton and I was living in Destin several of us got together to hash the good ole days. It got around to Coach Bryant and that timeframe which he stated Howard was the smartest man in that room by far and he was just so helpful with the former players/coaches.

RIP

 

[64Tide]

Remember after the 1990 season, Louisville and a hot QB Browning Nagle? beat the Tide pretty good, coached by H Schnellenberger. Story I remember was that Stallings and co was out recruiting and the bowl game was maybe not taken as seriously. CHS and Louisville took it very seriously though and laid a good whipping on us.

 

[alabama mike]

Coach Schnellenberger was ahead of his time in the 60's at Bama. He also made the U relevant as bad as I hate to say. He had a good run at Louisville and I believe, started football at Florida International. He was truly a tremendous football coach.