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Kent State football player Nick Saban poses for a photo in an undated photo from either the 1971 or 1972 season ... in my opinion," said College Football Hall of Famer Don Nehlen, a Canton native ...
Nick Saban considered walking away from the best football team in Kent State history after his father died. Part 6 in a series features Miami showdown.
Saban had not intended to enter the coaching ranks until Don James hired him as a graduate assistant at Kent State, while Saban waited for his wife to graduate. [34] He later served as an assistant coach in NCAA Division I-A , at several schools: Syracuse in 1977, West Virginia in 1978 and 1979 , Ohio State in 1980 and 1981 , Navy in 1982 , and ...
Reflections from the Honeymoon Grille. People from Kent State's most tumultuous time, best football era close a seven-part series.
The 1972 Tangerine Bowl, part of the 1972 bowl game season, took place on December 29, 1972, at the Tangerine Bowl stadium in Orlando, Florida.The competing teams were the Tampa Spartans, that competed as a College Division Independent, and the Kent State Golden Flashes, that competed as a member of the Mid-American Conference (MAC).
The Kent State shootings of May 4, 1970, focused attention on the 1970 Kent State football team, as one of the first activities of the new academic year in the fall of 1970. Before the season began, coach Puddington noted that his players believed they could "set the tone" and become "a unifying force on the campus." [6] Nick Saban, a freshman ...
MORE: How the NBA dominates pro sports Despite being a bit undersized for college football -- maybe 5-foot-9 and 170 pounds -- Saban earned a scholarship to Kent State University, where he played ...
In 1971, Don James took over as head coach. [15] Under James, and with notable players such as Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee and former Pittsburgh Steelers middle linebacker Jack Lambert, Alabama Crimson Tide football coach Nick Saban, and former Missouri Tigers football coach Gary Pinkel, Kent State was finally able to celebrate its first—and so far only—Mid-American Conference title ...