Published Aug. 8, 2021 | Updated Aug. 8, 2021. Coach Bobby Bowden died after a battle with pancreatic cancer. In a 2001 Esquire interview, Bowden repeated a familiar refrain: I believe in second chances. In a 2000 interview on 60 Minutes, he explained leniency was part of his commitment to the parents of players. T.J. studied criminal justice at Florida State University, according to his Facebook page. Ol Gary Barnett, Bowden said, has got good morals. Clearly, Bowden failed to learn from the case of Michael Gibson, a former FSU running back for less than a season who, in 1993, broke into a young womans apartment, shot her twice, raped her and left her for dead. That was the way a Bowden was supposed to live. He was 91. The boosters dropped the contract after two years but continued to hire Bowden for individual events for several years. I couldnt leave this for the next president, whoever that was going to be.. And for my sake, please listen to him.. His first season brought only five victories but that was nearly double the total of FSUs two previous seasons. While he leaves an incredible legacy as one of the best football coaches in collegiate history, he also will be remembered for his great faith, his love of family and his mentorship of countless young people. Perhaps he couldnt admit that a game which teaches that violence solves everything might not always be the best model for the Christian life. Bowdens love affair with the media was legendary. While serving as head coach at his alma mater from 1959 to 1962, Bowden amassed a record of 31-6, posting the highest winning percentage of any coach in school history. ATLANTA (AP) America has honored Martin Luther King Jr. with a federal holiday for nearly four decades yet still hasn't fully embraced and acted on the lessons from the slain civil rights leader,. More: FSU's Bobby and Ann Bowden celebrate 70 years of marriage, But their affection for each other never wavered. Separate tags with commas, spaces are allowed. Florida State appealed the ruling,[6][7][8] but the NCAA upheld it on January 5, 2010. Its a wonder the ACLU didnt get after me pretty good., Bobby and Ann Bowden, FSUs garnet and golden gridiron couple; Photography by FSU Sports Info. Ive had horses, Ive had dogsIve even had pigs. At the premiere of The Bowden Dynasty documentary at the Mahaffey Theater in St. Petersburg on January 8th, he moved through the crowd like a red-carpet veteran, waving and hugging. Ive had everything else I can think of. Edwards, the back-seat passenger, survived the plunge into what deputies described as a ditch or creek filled with 5 feet of water. "But Ive always regretted leaving Alabama. He resisted welcoming Jesus into his locker room and wasnt keen on the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, either, fearing that his boys would play for the Lord instead of the University of Alabama. And God clearly occupied a major part of his life. Bobby Bowden, who could win in a recruit's living room, a press . Two years later, following his freshman year of college, they eloped to Rising Fawn, Ga., where they were married on April Fools Day, 1949. His influence on the countless young men he lead in over 60 years of coaching can never be measured. People love a hanging but I dont want people hanging my players. He waits near midfield, wearing his civilian clothes: beige khakis, beige sport coat, garnet shirt and Oakley sunglasses, waiting for the horse and rider. Bobby Bowden has had baby boys and all sorts of animals named after him. He played high school baseball, basketball and football. He praised her insights and drew upon her advice before any big decision. And that quarterback/running back/receiver/secondary they got is real talented, I mean them boys are going to win some games this yeartheyre just a play or two from beating anybody in the country. He spent a couple of seasons as a graduate assistant coach at Howard, then spent four years as head coach of South Georgia Junior College. The award recognizes a coach each year with unmatched success on and off of the field in the same attributes that Bowden showed throughout his career: perseverance, attitude, integrity, and determination. Bobby Bowden, in full Robert Cleckler Bowden, (born November 8, 1929, Birmingham, Alabama, U.S.died August 8, 2021, Tallahassee, Florida), American collegiate gridiron football coach who was one of the winningest coaches in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) history. "My father was uninhibited. In a message to Floridians, Florida CFO Jimmy Patronis said the 91-year-old Bowden "leaves behind a legacy that transcends sports." His son Tommy Bowden was the head coach at Clemson University. I also was fortunate to be raised by a football coach who had a reputation for coaching the right way his entire career. He kept a scrapbook of newspaper clippings about the team. I'm pursuing this office because I'm committed to the citizens of our four Counties to keep them safe and protect our most vulnerable.". It honors one college football player for his achievements on the field, in the classroom and in the community. They assume that Edwards was unconscious for several hours and that he had survived in an air pocket. [17], Bowden made the move to become the head coach of the Florida State Seminoles in 1976 the same place where he had coached wide receivers because the climate was warmer than in Morgantown,[18] and because Tallahassee was closer to Birmingham, Alabama, where his mother and mother-in-law both lived. Back when he was coaching at FSU, wed call him Ol Bobby, according him the Southern honorific that denotes both amusement and profound affection. "Addicts, the homeless, perhaps struggling veterans, or those who have simply been lost and left behind, without a loving family or support structure, need to be dealt with wisdom and care," she said. . In this New York Times bestseller, legendary coach Bobby Bowden gives readers an inside look at the path that led him to become one of college football's most successful coaches. She also got into hot water a couple years back when some naked photos of her surfaced on the internet. Bobby Bowden, who built Florida State football into a national powerhouse and directed the program with a folksy, southern charm, died early Sunday morning. When things go wrong the first thing they blame is the offensive coordinator. [33][34] He died the morning of August 8. Fifty-four years later (2004), the stadium was renamed Bobby Bowden Field at Doak Campbell Stadium. [4] The coaches overtook each other throughout the 2000s, sitting just a game apart before the 2008 college football season. In that span, the Seminoles won 13 of 14 bowl games and claimed two national championships (1993, 1999 ). Steve Bowden and Burgdorf, a backup on Alabama's national title Some things that General Patton and Stonewall Jackson said, I can use. Bowden spent the last part of his career in a race with Joe Paterno to become the winningest NCAA Division I college football coach of all time. That kills 'em. Locations paris, submarine, new york, A sideline reporter for Fox, Lauren Bowden is the daughter of former Clemson Tigers coach Tommy Bowden and granddaughter of former Florida State coach Bobby Bowden. But what happened recently was a first. It is the State Attorney's responsibility to see that work through to its proper conclusion, to put dangerous criminals behind bars and keep our neighborhoods safe.". The way I look at the public is they get excited like they were in the Coliseum in the first century and the second century. Don't go to the grave with life unused. I am at peace.. Bowden coached Florida State from 1976 through 2009 and took FSU football from "nowhereland to splendor," as longtime Tallahassee Democrat sports editor Bill McGrotha once termed it. for a movie Bobby and Ann, and the entire Bowden family," FSU Athletic Director Dave Hart said in a statement Sept. 7 . And Trump was among the large number of people that wished Bowden well on social media after Bowden announced to the Democrat in July that he had a terminal medical condition. As a senior in high school, hed gotten into a fight over a racist taunt and pled guilty to misdemeanor battery. "I'm so excited to begin this new phase of public service, by putting my name before the voters and earning their trust to lead this critically important office," Bowden Madden said in a press release announcing her candidacy. Jimbo Fisher was once known as the coach-in-waiting, kind of a football version of the crown prince. few.". EAN : 9780061474194. Bowden and Burgdorf, whose sentencing was delayed,. This was his final game on January 1, 2010 as his Florida State Seminoles defeated the West Virginia Mountaineers in the Gator Bowl. Taking over a program just three years removed from an embarrassing, winless 0-11 season, Bowden fashioned a college football dynasty. BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- The oldest son of Florida State football In 2000, he lost $1.6 million when he and 13 other investors were bilked by a phony investment fund, for which he was recruited by his oldest son, Steve who avoided prison time in part because his father spoke up for him after Steve pleaded guilty to selling unregistered securities. [11] In 1962, Bowden went to Florida State University as an assistant coach under head coach Bill Peterson. ", "Were in the selling business. Punish em and give em another chance. Bowden was not above dismissing players, such as future NFL star Randy Moss and Bryne Malone, following repeated or serious legal violations. His coaching career is over but hes still a football sage, an icon. His son Terry said that his father died surrounded by family at his Killearn Estates home early Sunday morning, August 8. He dreamed of playing the trombone in the universitys Million Dollar Bandhe was a pretty good musician, too, first chair in his school orchestra. During his illness, Bowden also became an ardent fan of the Woodlawn High football team, which practiced right across the street from his home. Coach didnt know me from Adams house cat, but he knew my dad and got word that maybe my mom was struggling a bit back home in West Virginia. And no, I'm not going to show you the naked photos. Bobby Bowdens net worth is estimated to be $14million. Please also read our Privacy Notice and Terms of Use, which became effective December 20, 2019. Yet Bowden cared little about money and material goods. As an employee of a public university, he was probably violating the separation of church and state. Even better, Bowden reminded Seminoles of Bear Bryant, the lordly coach of the Alabama Crimson Tide, who liked to say, I aint never been nothing but a winner. Seminoles wanted a winner. In 2017, the feature-length documentary THE BOWDEN DYNASTY: A Story of Faith, Family & Football was released in 400 theaters nationally for a one-night live premier. The 90-year-old Bowden told the Tallahassee Democrat that . He was 91. But Bobby Bowden made it king at Florida State, where he created football history as coach of one of the nations top programs. He was admired by everyone who played for him or coached against him., Florida State University has lost a legend in the passing of Bobby Bowden, university president John Thrasher said in a statement. My father passed away while coach Bowden was at West Virginia University. In 1983, he pulled out of a Louisiana land investment group when its development project became controversial, missing out on a $700,000 payday when a district court eventually ruled in favor of the investors. 1:18 Ginger Bowden Madden, a longtime prosecutor and daughter of famed football coach Bobby Bowden, has filed to run as State Attorney for the First Judicial Circuit. [9] Upon final investigation by FSU, it was determined that Bowden was to vacate 12 wins,[10] bringing his final career record to 3771294, second to Paterno's final tally of 409 wins. He refused, calling the offer something below my dignity., The 9-foot-tall, bronze statue of Bowden, a shrine to the coach at Doak Campell Stadium; Photography by State Archives of Florida. A public funeral service will be held for Bowden on Saturday, August 14, at the Tucker Civic Center at FSU. Sometimes its not what you do, but who you are that is truly important, and nobody embodies that more than Bobby Bowden. As he told Beliefnet in 2013, The Bible is big in my teaching. He spent summers as part of a trick diving team, which entertained at Birmingham pools. Bobby Bowden is survived by his wife Ann Bowden, daughters Robyn Hines (Jack) and Ginger Madden Bowden, and sons Stephen, Terry, Tommy (Linda), and Jeff (Cindi), 19 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren. Friday after his father -- among the alleged victims -- spoke on his TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) Bobby Bowden lived life with three guiding principles: faith, family and football. They officially tied the knot on April 1, 1949, after driving from Birmingham to Rising Fawn, Georgia, and kept the news a secret from a family initially. In 1995, Randy Moss, one of the best wide receivers of all time, blew his chance to play for Notre Dame. Assistant coaches under Bobby Bowden who became NCAA head coaches: Bobby Bowden has co-authored several books, including: Books about Bobby Bowden's early coaching years: Books about Bobby Bowden's entire career: Books that feature contributions from Bobby Bowden: American football player and coach (19292021). Steve Bowden pleaded guilty in April, admitting he conspired Photography by FSU Sports Info. When Miami whipped the Seminoles in 2003, Jeff blamed the rain. The childhood sweethearts and have been married 72 years. Andre Wadsworth, an All-American and first-round draft pick who played for Bowden in the 1990s, told ESPN, Coach Bowden was a father figure to all of us. Subscribe now so you never miss a moment. Yet Bowden let him play in the 1989 Sugar Bowl, where he grabbed the game-winning interception. Bowden was one of only 10 coaches at any college level to have amassed 300 coaching victories. "He doesnt want to look like hes interfering in their lives.". ~ Bobby Bowden. Bobby Bowden blew into Tallahassee in 1976, glad-handing and back-slapping and yes maam-ing like a cross between school board candidate and Baptist preacher. When he was sentenced to six life sentences (he had raped and brutalized three other women, too), Bowden wrote a letter for him in an attempt to have the sentences reduced. "He had a good football mind even then," recalled high school teammate John Lee Armstrong. FSU ranked only once among the nations top 25 teams in those five seasons and that was 21st. Bowden called everyone "Buddy" because he was terrible with names, even those of his players whose names he routinely mispronounced on his radio and television shows. Bowden performed the same routine, especially in the 1980s and 1990s: When FSU would whip the bejesus out of otherteams, hed praise them to the skies and name-check their coaches and any player with an atom of talent. Bowden recovered, eventually becoming a standout halfback for Woodlawn High School, which won him a scholarship to play football in Tuscaloosa. theYear = now.getYear() Eager to play and newly married, a condition Bryant didnt allow his players Bowden transferred to Howard College back home in Birmingham. and restitution totaling $4.3 million, he was instead sentenced to He had two hobbies: military history and golf. Finally, FSU alumni director Scott Atwell, with help from Bowdens former administrative assistant, Sue Hall, brokered a meeting. "Its my way of being bad," he joked of chewing tobacco. "Shes been the inspiration and discipline behind my success.". A day later, his son Terry the head football coach at Louisiana-Monroe told the media his father was battling pancreatic cancer. Bowden "passed peacefully" at his home,. On July 21, Bowden and his family announced to the Democrat that Bowden had been diagnosed with a terminal medical condition. The award is presented each year after national signing day and before the commencement of Spring practice. AZ, CO, CT, IL, IN, IA, KS, LA, (select parishes), MD, MI, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OR, PA, TN, VA, WV, WY, CA-ONT only.Eligibility restrictions apply. "But I can talk football pretty good. Their dedication and his eventual recovery "increased my belief in God," Bowden said. [25], Bowden married Ann Estock, his childhood sweetheart, in 1949 and the couple raised six children and 21 grandchildren. Finally, the university and the teams boosters had to force him out. His passing is a loss for everyone but should be seen as a chance to celebrate a life remarkably well lived. "When I was growing up, teamwork and leadership came up in every conversation," Bowden Madden said. He told us he didnt want us drinking, even after we turned 21., Alas, not all Bowdens boys were such upright fellows, and his reign was blemished by scandal. The University of Alabama would remain a end-all-be-all for Bowden. Quickview. In 2013, Bowden attended his first FSU game since retirement, as the university saluted Bowden and his 1993 national championship team with a ceremony at halftime with Bowden earning a sustained standing ovation from the crowd. He won the affection of his players with his loyalty and penchant for giving erring players second and third chances. Bobby Bowden, Head Coach of the Florida State Seminoles, walks off the field after the win over The Brigham Young Cougars at La Vell Edwards Stadium on Sept. 19, 2009 in Provo, Utah. He was a master recruiter, delighting players mothers with a little flirting and a lot of compliments on their cake, pie, cookies and fudge. Bowden (as FSU offensive ends coach) at a game vs. the University of Kentucky in 1964; Photography by State Archives of Florida. When you retire, he quipped, theres only one big event left.. He said he would be content to finish his career at Florida State, however, and reportedly told another athletic-department employee he would "never coach anywhere north of Tallahassee". Terms at draftkings.com/sportsbook. A lot of those skills and strategies carry over (to football). No one covers the Noles like the Tallahassee Democrat. Bowden died at the age of 91, Florida State announced on Sunday, leaving behind a legacy as one of the most successful coaches in the history of the college game. He is the second grandson of the longtime coach to be killed in a crash. Coach Bobby Bowden and his wife, Ann Estock, have six children; Terry, Tommy, Jeff, Ginger, Steve and Robyn. He was 91 years old. Bowden led Florida State to the ACC Championship 12 times including eight in a row from 1992-2000. if (theYear < 1900) October 27, 1998 / 11:19 PM / CBS Sportsline. "I wouldnt trade my experiences at Howard for anything," he once said. Spurrier was a constant thorn, but you could never get Bowden to criticize him. Stumping for Donald Trump in Florida this past election season, he compared Trump to Americas righteous forefathers, men who depended on God. Maybe Bobby missed the part about Trump famously declaring that he never asks God for forgiveness because he doesnt need it. A sideline reporter for Fox, Lauren Bowden is the daughter of former Clemson Tigers coach Tommy Bowden and granddaughter of former Florida State coach Bobby Bowden. Florida State University Bobby Bowden Field at Doak Campbell Stadium Blueprint Football Print TitleGameFrames (2,430) $34.99 FREE shipping Florida State U Seminoles NCAA Football All-Time Greats 16 x 20 inch Collage HeroesAndLegends (483) $24.95 Bowden's Boys Shirt TheHeydays (466) $32.00 FREE shipping 1999 Bobby Bowden hand sketched picture "He has a great sense of humor and represents things that are good. Bobby Bowden Wood Card Plaque . He went to West Virginia as an assistant coach in 1966, then succeeded head coach Jim Carlen in 1970 and led the Mountaineers to a pair of Peach Bowl victories before returning to FSU in 1976. "The one question everybody asks me: Is Bowden the same way you see him on TV? Bowden was born on November 8, 1929, in Birmingham, Alabama. $50.00. His only real weakness was Red Man chewing tobacco, which he did only out of range of his wife. Kill the Christian, kill the Christian. All three Bowden men who were head coaches have achieved an undefeated season: Terry in 1993 at Auburn; Tommy in 1998 at Tulane; and Bobby in 1999 at Florida State. Theres Bobby!, After beating Wake Forest in 2003, Bowden became one of the all-time winningest major college coaches, going head-to-head with Joe Paterno for the top spot. When Perkins resigned in 1986 to coach the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Bowden was given to understand that he was the frontrunner to replace him. After a six-month hospital stay, he was confined to his bed at home for just over a year. He was 91. But as fans of Shakespeare know, thats when the king falls victim to hubris. As it says in Bowdens favorite book, the Bible: His name shall endure forever. He was treated at Winter Haven Hospital for hypothermia and other injuries. This late October afternoon is too warm to be genuine football weather, but the light is a clear, pale amber, and the garnet and gold war paint on the face of Osceola, a student dressed as the leader of Seminole resistance to the U.S. government in the 1830s, looks sharp even from Row 45. The team had a 429 record over the previous three seasons and he planned to stay only briefly before taking a better job, perhaps as head coach at Alabama. The scam involved selling unregistered securities through The I pick up the phone one day and its coach Bowden himself. And there came still another salvo after it was revealed that Bowden received a buyout of more than $600,000, prompting another member of the board to publicly wonder why Auburn was paying anything since he simply quit. My wife Ann and our family have been lifes greatest blessing. He played on the freshman team at Alabama in 1948 before transferring to Samford (then Howard College), where he played from 1949 to 1952, and earned All-America honors in 1952 as a quarterback. Bowden was a sophomore offensive lineman for the Choctawhatchee High School football team. Im very proud to say he is the same person," linebacker Darryl Bush said in 1999. Bobby Bowden is survived by his wife Ann Bowden, daughters Robyn Hines (Jack) and Ginger Madden Bowden, and sons Stephen, Terry, Tommy (Linda), and Jeff (Cindi), 19 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren. [38] In 1992 Bowden received the United States Sports Academy's Amos Alonzo Stagg Coaching Award in recognition of his outstanding achievement as a coach. The last of the college football Southern charmers has left us, and the sport is a little more bland in his wake. In 1959, Howard brought him home as head coach. Investigators said the driver, Rafael Fernandes De Aguiar Valim, 25, and passenger Taylor Jeffrey "T.J." Bowden, 23, both of Winter Haven, and Robert Lewis Edwards, 22, of Boca Raton were at a bar in Winter Haven on Christmas night before the 2 a.m. crash. Three years later, the Seminoles won their first national title. For their safety, divers initially decided not to explore the car in the murky water because there was no indication that anyone inside was alive, Eleazer said. Bobbys son, Terry Bowden, confirmed to The Associated Press that his father died at home in Tallahassee, Florida, surrounded by family. Bowden allowed Marshall's new head coach Jack Lengyel and his assistants access to game film and playbooks to acquaint themselves with the veer offense, a variation of the option offense which aids teams with weak offensive lines. His beliefs in the importance of religion and family found their greatest flower in his forgiving attitude toward players who made off-field mistakes. He coached dozens of All-Americans and scores of NFL standouts. Their 1999 meeting was the first time in Division I-A history that a father and a son met as opposing head coaches in a football game. [28] He twice endorsed and supported US President Donald Trump, in the 2016 and 2020 presidential elections. He was a one-man show from 1956-58 at South Georgia State College, located in Douglas, Georgia. [11] The award was initiated by former Bowden assistant coach Vince Gibson and former Bowden player Vernon Brinson. This is a big loss for me personally. The coronavirus pandemic that forced the country into a shutdown in March 2020 also kept Bowden and Ann close to their Killearn Estates home for months. Ron DeSantis in April 2021. West Virginia Mountaineers head football coaches, Florida State Seminoles head football coaches, 1993 Florida State Seminoles footballconsensus national champions, 1999 Florida State Seminoles footballconsensus national champions, winningest NCAA Division I college football coach of all time, Bobby Bowden National Collegiate Coach of the Year Award, List of College Football Hall of Fame inductees (coaches), List of college football coaches with 200 wins, "The Greatest Coaches in College Football History", "The 150 greatest coaches in college football's 150-year history", "College Football: The Top 50 Coaches Of All Time", "Bobby Bowden-Joe Paterno: The Amazing Race? [11] It was also around this time where he began to follow college football, as he would listen to University of Alabama football on Saturday mornings. He had a well-publicized weakness for all things chocolate, but worked hard at keeping his weight down, especially after his cholesterol began to rise in the 1990s. Bowdens overall college coaching mark of 377 victories was second only to Penn States Joe Paterno (394 victories). Steve still manages my money. He introduced Trump at a rally in Tampa in 2016. The longtime college football coach may have been known across the country for winning two. Over the years, he turned down entreaties to coach at Wisconsin, Baylor, LSU, Wake Forest, Marshall, Auburn and even fabled Alabama, pronouncing himself content to make his stand in Tallahassee. Legendary coach built Florida State into college football powerhouse, Early to bed, early to rise. But by 2009, his final season, the FSU program was in a downward spiral. By his fifth season, FSU claimed its first-ever Top 5 finish (5th) in the season-ending college football poll. His annual salary was $4,200. Critics charged that Bowden was too lenient and that FSU was an "outlaw" program because of it. Bowden, 91, won two national championships. Bowden continued to live in Tallahassee after his retirement, and his relationship with FSU eventually grew warm again. New podcast reveals this and more, FSU's Bobby and Ann Bowden celebrate 70 years of marriage, Column: Saint Bobby is the ultimate class act, From Hughes to Bowden to Norvell, a historical look at Florida State's head football coaches, Trump was among the large number of people. In her announcement, Bowden Madden touted her more than 25 years of prosecutorial experience, handling thousands of cases and trying over 200 trials to verdict. The marriage endured for the next 72 years. Tommy, Terry and Jeff all became coaches with Tommy leading lemson against FSU in the first father-son coaching matchups in NCAA Division I-A history (1999-2007, with Bowden winning five of the nine games). He even appeared in a sitcom, "Evening Shade," starring FSU alum Burt Reynolds. In 2015, FSU honored Bowden on the field during a game to commemorate the 35th anniversary of his being named the Bobby Dodd National Coach of the Year. Daughter Ginger Bowden Madden is the state attorney for the First Judicial Circuit of Florida. Bowden was slowed by lingering, painful back and hip issues that kept him off the golf course and from walking his neighborhood during his later years. In his junior year, he was elected president of Pi Kappa Alpha. It was not a metaphor to him. Deputies also think speeding was involved, she said. At halftime, the Marching Chiefs spell out B-O-B-B-Y and then his trademark swear word: D-A-D-G-U-M. Seminoles might want Bowden around as Team Grandfather or Wise Elderbeaming from a luxury box, uttering a sporting bon mot or two to the cameras after a big win or shocking loss, inhabiting the position of football demi-god, close but not too close, just enough to show that were not mad at him anymore, and hes not mad at usbut not as head coach. Bowden prayed with his FSU players, exhorted them to live a Christian life and occasionally took players to church; and brought recruits to church twiceonce to a church with a mostly white congregation, once to a church with a mostly black congregation. However, the program weakened during the mid-2000s, and after a difficult 2009 season Bowden was fired by President T.K. He filled up reporter notebooks with quips, such as If short hair and good manners won football games, Army and Navy would play for the national championship every year., The result was even the most hardened reporters adored Bowden, and not coincidentally he received almost uniformly "good press. I got that from him.". Bowden's daughter, Ginger Bowden Madden, read from a note that Bobby wrote his then-girlfriend, Ann, who went on to be his wife of 72 years, when he went to go play football at Alabama in. When Carlen left following the 1969 season to become head coach at Texas Tech, Bowden replaced him. For a minute, hes again at the center of the football world, the second most victorious coachafter Joe Paternoin college football, even without the 12 victories the NCAA took away as punishment for an academic cheating scandal. I have not lost one bit of confidence or trust in him whatsoever.. 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