Lsu Tigers Athletic Directors - Paul Dietzel, Skip Bertman, Joe Dean, Harry Rabenhorst, Bob Brodhead, Joe Alleva, Russ Cohen, Jim Corbett (Paperback)

Chapters: Paul Dietzel, Skip Bertman, Joe Dean, Harry Rabenhorst, Bob Brodhead, Joe Alleva, Russ Cohen, Jim Corbett, Carl Maddox. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 36. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Paul Dietzel (born September 5, 1924 in Fremont, Ohio) is a former American football player and coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head coach at Louisiana State University (19551961), the United States Military Academy (19621965), and the University of South Carolina (19661974), compiling a career record of 109955. Dietzel's 1958 LSU team concluded an 110 season with a win over Clemson in the Sugar Bowl and was a consensus national champion. For his efforts that year, Dietzel was named the National Coach of the Year by both the American Football Coaches Association and the Football Writers Association of America. Dietzel also served as the athletic director at South Carolina (19661975) and at LSU (19781982). Dietzel began his football career in Mansfield, Ohio, where his high school team went undefeated and tied for second in the state. After high school, he was given a scholarship to play football at Duke University. After one year at Duke, he served in the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II. From there he moved on to Miami University of Ohio, where he became an All-American at center. After graduating from Miami in 1948, Dietzel began his coaching career as an assistant coach. He served under such legendary coaches as Red Blaik at Army and Bear Bryant at the University of Kentucky. In 1955, Dietzel became the head coach at LSU. During Dietzel's first three years, none of his teams had a winning season. In 1958, however, Dietzel came up with a unique three-team platoon system. It consisted of three teams of 11 different players, and was designed to keep...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=650750