Read more about the article In a college football world a long time ago, Don Coryell was the transfer portal OG

In a college football world a long time ago, Don Coryell was the transfer portal OG

PHOTO: Don Coryell, a College Football Hall of Famer and Pro Football Hall of Famer, is the only coach to win 100 games at the college and the NFL levels. Visit my homepage: TomShanahan.Report — Click here for review and purchase link: THE RIGHT THING TO DO, The True Pioneers of College Football Integration in the 1960s and here for a purchase link to RAYE OF LIGHT, Jimmy Raye, Duffy Daugherty, the Integration of College Football and the 1965-66 Michigan…

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Read more about the article Part I: Air Coryell’s flight to Pro Football Hall of Fame began with simple team meeting on a chaotic day turned tragic

Part I: Air Coryell’s flight to Pro Football Hall of Fame began with simple team meeting on a chaotic day turned tragic

PHOTO: Don Coryell and Dan Fouts on the Chargers' sideline. Click here: Coryell's influence on first-time Cardinals and Chargers Pro Bowlers Click here: Walsh to Coryell on Super Bowl XVI: Old Man Winter spared the 49ers Visit my website homepage, TomShanahan.Report By TOM SHANAHAN Football game plans decide matchups, but football seasons are won or lost when a coach meets his new team. Don Coryell was a master at quickly winning over the players he inherited en route…

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Read more about the article Remembering John Madden as a coach and teacher of the game

Remembering John Madden as a coach and teacher of the game

Visit my website homepage, TomShanahan.Report By TOM SHANAHAN The passing of John Madden Tuesday at age 85 reminded me of how he was such a good teacher of football when he switched to TV analyst. Most stories about Madden will focus on his career as a head coach with the Oakland Raiders and as a TV analyst. I'm choosing to remind readers of his time working under Don Coryell at San Diego State. Madden showed at a memorial…

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