What did Knute accomplish that Urban has matched?
by RJD (2018-01-12 18:15:35)

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"Super Bowl Champion

One Notre Dame assistant became the head coach of a Super Bowl champion.

Hank Stram, who guided the Kansas City Chiefs to a Super Bowl IV title in 1970, was the backfield coach for Brennan's last two teams in 1957-58.

National Champions

The record for most consensus national titles by a former Irish assistant is three apiece by Rockne (1924, 1929 and 1930) and Urban Meyer (2006, 2008 at Florida, and 2014 at Ohio State). Meyer was the receivers coach at Notre Dame from 1996-2000 before becoming the head coach at Bowling Green State."

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Yes indeed, Seven Blocks coached by the Last Horsemen
by RJD  (2018-01-14 13:35:11)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

"The Seven Blocks of Granite were the Fordham University football team's offensive line under head coach "Sleepy" Jim Crowley and line coach Frank Leahy. The most famous Seven Blocks of Granite were Leo Paquin, Johnny Druze, Alex Wojciechowicz, Ed Franco, Al Babartsky, Natty Pierce and Vince Lombardi."