Howard Schnellenberger
Schnellenberger (left) in 2012
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| Sport(s) | Football |
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| Biographical details | |
| Born |
March 16, 1934 Saint Meinrad, Indiana |
| Playing career | |
| 1952–1956 | Kentucky |
| Position(s) | End |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1959–1960 | Kentucky (WR/TE) |
| 1961–1965 | Alabama (OC) |
| 1966–1969 | Los Angeles Rams (ends) |
| 1970–1972 | Miami Dolphins (OC/WR/TE) |
| 1973–1974 | Baltimore Colts |
| 1975–1978 | Miami Dolphins (OC) |
| 1979–1983 | Miami (FL) |
| 1985–1994 | Louisville |
| 1995 | Oklahoma |
| 2001–2011 | Florida Atlantic |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 158–151–3 (college) 4–13 (NFL) |
| Bowls | 6–0 |
| Tournaments | 2–1 (NCAA D-I-AA playoffs) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 1 National (1983) 1 Sun Belt (2007) |
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| Awards | |
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Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year (1983) Inducted into KY Pro Football HOF (2008) |
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Howard Leslie Schnellenberger (born March 16, 1934) is a retired American football coach with long service at both the professional and college levels. He held head coaching positions with the National Football League's Baltimore Colts and in college for the University of Miami, University of Oklahoma, University of Louisville and Florida Atlantic University. He won a national championship with Miami in 1983. Schnellenberger also worked extensively as an assistant coach at the college and pro levels, including as part of the staff of the undefeated 1972 Miami Dolphins. He is also famous for recruiting Joe Namath to Alabama for Bear Bryant in 1961.
Schnellenberger was born to German-American parents in the tiny hamlet of Saint Meinrad, Indiana. Schnellenberger graduated from Flaget High School in Louisville, Kentucky, where he played football, basketball and baseball before earning a scholarship to the University of Kentucky. Schnellenberger was an All-American (AP, 1955) end at Kentucky and worked as an assistant coach at Kentucky under head coach Blanton Collier in 1959 and 1960. There he joined the Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity. Schnellenberger also served as offensive coordinator under his college coach Bear Bryant at Alabama, helping Alabama win three national championships in 1961, 1964 and 1965 before leaving in 1966 to take a job in the NFL as receivers coach of the Los Angeles Rams under George Allen, then was hired by Don Shula in 1970 to become the offensive coordinator for the Miami Dolphins, where he helped coach the Dolphins to a perfect 1972 season and a Super Bowl victory. This success led to him being hired as the new head coach of the Baltimore Colts in 1973.
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