promptly went 9-1 to finish second in the state to Massillon. Nehlen's five-year high school - ing record stands at 33-12-2. Nehlen returned to his alma mater in 1965 and be- came BG's defensive coordinator for three seasons under Coach Bob Gibson. His units yielded only 361 points in 28 games for an average of slightly under 13 points a game. His teams recorded six shutouts. The Falcons went 19-9-0 those three seasons and the 1965 team tied for the MAC championship. A 1954 graduate of Canton Lincoln High School, Nehlen lettered for two years as a and landed all-city and all-county honors. He also earned a total of seven letters in basketball and baseball and was voted the outstanding athlete in Lincoln's gradu- ating class. As a quarterback for Bowling Green during the 1955, 1956 and 1957 seasons, Nehlen engineered the Falcons to a 21-2-4 record. The 1956 team won the MAC championship and the other two squads finished second. Nehlen won all-MAC second team honors in 1956 and 1957. He also played baseball for two sea- sons and was elected captain as a junior. Nehlen was graduated from Bowling Green in 1958 with a bachelor of science degree in education. He earned his master's degree at Kent State in 1965. He is married to the former Merry Ann Chopson. The Nehlen's have a son, Danny, 11, and a daughter, Vicky, 9 . . .Born in Canton, Ohio, 1-1-36.

A LOOK AT DON'S RECORD

AS A COLLEGE PLAYER

Year School Position Coach W L T HEAD COACH DON NEHLEN 1955 Bowling Green QB 7 1 1 1956 Bowling Green QB Doyt Perry "8 0 1 Don Nehlen, 35, moves into his fourth season as 1957 Bowling Green QB Doyt Perry 6 1 2 Bowling Green State University's head football coach MAC Champs with a 14-13-2 record after three seasons. He is Bowl- ing Green's 11th head coach in its 52-year history of AS A HIGH SCHOOL HEAD COACH intercollegiate football. He is only the second, Doyt L. 1959 Canton South Perry, being the first, Bowling Green player to return 4 4 1 to his alma mater as head coach. 1960 Canton South 5 4 0 Nehlen's first BG team compiled a 6-3-1 record and 1961 Canton South 6 2 1 placed third in the MAC with a 3-2-1 mark. His sec- 1962 Canton South 9 1 0 ond team was 6-4 overall and just missed defeated 1964 Canton McKinley *9 1 0 Toledo for the MAC title with a 4-1 record. In 1970, a 2nd in Ohio the Falcons slipped to 2-6-1 as Nehlen experienced his first losing season as a coach. AS A COLLEGE ASSISTANT COACH

Nehlen's 13 years of coaching have been filled with 1963 Cincinnati Off. Backs Chuck Studley success. •6 4 0 1965 Bowling Green Def. Coor. Bob Gibson In 1958, he started his career as reserve football "7 2 0 coach at Mansfield Senior High School. The next year 1966 Bowling Green Def. Coor. Bob Gibson 6 3 0 found him appointed to the head coaching position at 1967 Bowling Green Def. Coor. Bob Gibson 7 2 0 Canton South High School where his teams won 24, * League Champs lost 11, and tied 2 in four seasons. In 1963, he became backfield coach at the Univer- AS A COLLEGE HEAD COACH sity of Cincinnati under Chuck Studley. The Bearcats 1968 Bowling Green 6 3 1 were 6-4 and co-champs of the Missouri Valley Con- 1969 Bowling Green 6 4 0 ference. Two of Nehlen's backs, QB Brig Owens (Redskins) and HB Al Nelson (Eagles) went on to 1970 Bowling Green 2 6 1 play in the NFL. The next season took Nehlen back to Canton as head coach at McKinley High School. The Bulldogs

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