Bo Schembechler

Bo Schembechler

American college football player and coach, sports administrator (1929–2006)
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Glenn Edward "Bo" Schembechler Jr. ( SHEM-bek-lər; April 1, 1929 – November 17, 2006) was an American football player, coach, and athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Miami University from 1963 to 1968 and at the University of Michigan from 1969 to 1989, compiling a career record of 234–65–8. Only Nick Saban, Joe Paterno and Tom Osborne have recorded 200 victories in fewer games as a coach in major college football. In his 21 seasons as the head coach of the Michigan Wolverines, Schembechler's teams amassed a record of 194–48–5 and won or shared 13 Big Ten Conference titles. Though his Michigan teams never won a national championship, in all but one season they finished ranked, and 16 times they placed in the final top ten of both major polls.

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Bo Schembechler was born on Monday, 1 April 1929 in Barberton, Ohio, United States. He was best known as a professional football (american) player. Schembechler's country of citizenship (nationality) was American. He died on Friday, 17 November 2006 in Southfield, Michigan at the age of 77. He is buried at Forest Hill Cemetery, Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Michigan, USA. He was considered to be politically right leaning and was affiliated with the Republican Party (USA). His zodiac star sign was Aries.

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Bo Schembechler is known for his role in the film The Program (1993) as Himself.

He is also known for his role in the TV series documentary ESPN SportsCentury (1999) as Self.

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