- Cradle of Coaches
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The Cradle of Coaches is a nickname given to Miami University in Oxford, Ohio for producing star football coaches including Earl Blaik, Paul Brown, Woody Hayes, Bill Arnsparger, George Little, Weeb Ewbank, Sid Gillman, Ara Parseghian, Bo Schembechler, John Pont, Carmen Cozza, Bill Mallory, Jim Tressel, Joe Novak, Ron Zook, Dick Crum, Paul Dietzel, William Narduzzi, Randy Walker, John Harbaugh, Gary Moeller, Larry Smith, Dick Tomey, Sean Payton and Terry Hoeppner.
Miami fields a Division I Football Bowl Subdivision program in the Mid-American Conference (MAC). Miami started playing football in 1888 but did not have a paid coach until C. K. Fauver in 1895.
Miami has also produced notable basketball coaches Darrell Hedric, Randy Ayers, Herb Sendek, Thad Matta and Sean Miller. Hedric, currently a scout for the Toronto Raptors, is an Ohio and Cincinnati Basketball Hall of Famer and holds the record for Miami victories. Ayers was a four-year starter for Miami, leading the team to back-to-back NCAA appearances in 1977 and 1978, and later served as a head coach for Ohio State and assistant coach in the National Basketball Association. Sendek began his head coaching career at Miami and led the RedHawks to the postseason in each of his three seasons. Matta, currently the head coach at Ohio State, was an assistant under Sendek for one memorable year that included a regular season MAC championship and NCAA tournament appearance, and also for one year under current head coach Charlie Coles.
Baseball Hall of Fame manager Walter Alston is also a graduate of Miami. Additionally, current University of Denver head hockey coach George Gwozdecky served as head coach at Miami prior to leaving for Denver.
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Official members of "The Cradle"
Induction Year Name Sport - Current Coaching Position Miami University Class of 1992 Weeb Ewbank * Football 1928 1992 Bob Kurz † Football 1958 1992 Bill Narduzzi Football 1959 1992 John Pont Football 1952 1993 Paul Brown Football 1930 1993 Mel Knowlton Football 1937 1993 Ara Parseghian Football 1949 1994 Bill Arnsparger Football 1950 1994 Paul Dietzel Football 1948 1994 Jack Llewellyn 1995 Jack Faulkner Football 1995 Joe Codiano Football 1995 Bill Mallory Football 1957 1996 John Brickels Football 1996 Hal Paul 1996 Dick Shrider Basketball 1997 Jerry Hanlon Football 1997 John McVay Football 1997 Frank Shands 1998 Carmen Cozza 1952 1998 Marvin Morehead 1998 Ernie Plank Football 1950 2001 Dick Crum Football 2001 Darrell Hedric Basketball 1955 2001 Lou Kaczmarek Football 1950 2001 Rich Voiers Basketball 1957 2001 Walter "Smokey" Alston Baseball 1935 2001 Earl "Red" Blaik Football 1918 2001 Leann Davidge Tennis 2001 Woody Hayes Football 2001 Raymond Ray 2001 George Rider Cross Country ‡ 2001 William (Bill) Rohr Basketball 2002 Peggy Bradley-Doppes Volleyball - UNC Wilmington Director of Athletics 2002 Denny Marcin Football - NY Jets 1964 2002 Nick Mourouzis Football - DePauw 1959 2002 Jim Rose Basketball 1951 2002 Marvin McCollum Basketball 1948 2002 Ron Zook Football - Illinois 1976 2006 George Gwozdecky Hockey - Denver * Weeb Ewbank played football, basketball and baseball at Miami, and coached the basketball team before becoming an established football coach.
† Bob Kurz wrote "Miami of Ohio - the Cradle of Coaches" book
‡ George Rider coached 5 sports at Miami: football, basketball, baseball, track, and most notably cross countryEvolution
Recently the nickname has been applied to the entire state.[1] Native-born Ohio or Ohio-linked coaches dominate the top football programs in the Southeastern Conference, including national championship coaches Les Miles at Louisiana State University, Urban Meyer at the University of Florida, and Kent State University alum Nick Saban at the University of Alabama.[1] National championship coach Bob Stoops from the University of Oklahoma is a native, and Pete Carroll from the University of Southern California was an Ohio State assistant.[1] Bo Pelini of the University of Nebraska and Gary Pinkel of the University of Missouri are also native-Ohioans, and in 2008 the state had produced natives totalling 15% of the college head football coach ranks while only having 4% of the population, while 15 of the last 20 teams to play for the college football national championship had head coaches with Ohio connections.[1]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d "Why Ohio Makes the Best Coaches", DARREN EVERSON. Wall Street Journal. 25 dec 2008. Retrieved 11 sept 2010.
External links
Miami University Academics College of Arts and Science · Farmer School of Business · Laws Hall
Centers, Institutions
and ProgramsMedia Traditions Athletics Yager Stadium · Millett Hall · Goggin Ice Center · Cradle of Coaches · Victory Bell
People Miami tribe · David C. Hodge · Phillip R. Shriver · Miami University People
Miami Redskins / RedHawks head football coaches No coach (1888–1889) • No team (1890) • No coach (1891–1894) • C. K. Fauver (1895) • Ernest Merrill (1896) • Herbert McIntyre (1897) • No coach (1898–1899) • Alonzo Edwin Branch (1900) • Thomas Hazzard (1901) • Peter McPherson (1902–1903) • Arthur Smith (1904) • No coach (1905) • Arthur H. Parmelee (1906) • Amos Foster (1907–1908) • Harold Iddings (1909–1910) • Edwin Sweetland (1911) • James C. Donnelly (1912–1914) • Chester J. Roberts (1915) • George Little (1916) • George Rider (1917–1918) • George Little (1919–1921) • Harry W. Ewing (1922–1923) • Chester Pittser (1924–1931) • Frank Wilton (1932–1941) • Stu Holcomb (1942–1943) • Sid Gillman (1944–1947) • George Blackburn (1948) • Woody Hayes (1949–1950) • Ara Parseghian (1951–1955) • John Pont (1956–1962) • Bo Schembechler (1963–1968) • Bill Mallory (1969–1973) • Dick Crum (1974–1977) • Tom Reed (1978–1982) • Tim Rose (1983–1989) • Randy Walker (1990–1998) • Terry Hoeppner (1999–2004) • Shane Montgomery (2005–2008) • Michael Haywood (2009–2010) • Lance Guidry # (2010) • Don Treadwell (2011–)
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