Bo honored by coaches

DANA LINNANE/Daily After a disappointing showing last weekend, freshman Stephanie Bezilla and the rest of the Michigan women's golf team are looking forward to the Big Ten championships in two weeks.

From Staff Reports

Former Michigan football coach Bo Schembechler has been selected as the 1999 recipient of the Amos Alonzo Stagg Award presented by the American Football Coaches Association.

The award, which honors those "whose services have been outstanding in the advancement of the best interests of football," will be presented to Schembechler at the 1999 AFCA Convention, held Jan. 10-13 in Nashville, Tenn.

Schembechler, the winningest coach in Michigan football history, finished his career with a record of 234-65-8 (.775), and had the ninth-most wins in Division I-A football history.

In his 20 years as a Michigan coach, Schembechler's Big Ten record was 143-23-3 (.850) with an overall record of 194-48-5 (.796). In that time, 13 of his teams won or tied for the Big Ten championship, and never in his 27-year career as a head coach did one of his teams have a losing record. In his 21 seasons as a Michigan coach, Schembechler made it to 17 bowl games. His teams won 10 or more games in a season 11 times, and his regular season record of 96-10-3 (.894) gave him the best winning percentage in the nation in the 1970s.

Schembechler's career as a head coach began in 1963 when he left the tutelage of mentor Woody Hayes, at Ohio State, to take the job at his alma mater, Miami (Ohio). In his six seasons there as coach, he posted a record of 40-17-3 (.692), twice sharing the Mid-American Conference title. All six of his Miami teams finished either third or better in the MAC during his tenure.

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