Last week after Nick Saban left the Dolphins, only one man came to mind as a perfect replacement for the departed Dolphin - Coach Howard Schnellenberger.
The FAU coach is a proven winner, who has NFL experience as an offensive coordinator for Don Shula's undefeated '72 Dolphin team.
As for college, his resume speaks for itself. He won the first National Championship at the University of Miami in 1983. In fact, Howard is the man who turned around Miami football. That alone would be enough to get him atop of the candidate list, but there is more. He was an assistant to the legendary Bear Bryant for three national championships at Alabama. At Louisville he saved the program from dropping to D-1AA status, and he turned them around so much that he won two bowl games there.
He then took that talent of resurrecting a program to FAU where he built the Owls football from scratch, quickly leading them to Division 1A status and winning support for the creation of an on-campus, open-air stadium. And don't forget Howard has head coaching experience at the NFL level with the Baltimore Colts.
So Wayne Huizenga, while you're out interviewing everyone under the sun, don't forget to look under your nose at a man who will never abandon the team. That man is Howard Schnellenberger.
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Jim,your right on track with your view of Howard Schnellenberger. However, I would like to take this one step further. Coach Scnellenberger was not only able to convince Louisville to play FAU in 2005, but Louisville honored Schnellenberger by naming their football building after Scnelly.
We truly have a legend coaching here at FAU with Schnelly. He's one of the few still around that coached with the legendary Paul "Bear" Bryant at Alabama in the 1960's. He won three national championships there and went onto to win one more national championship at Miami. He also has two superbowl rings, and a college bowl game record of 4-0.
Kudos on a good blog, there, Jim.
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