Their Names Are Familiar, Because They Have Made an Impact on Football at All Levels of the Game — High School, College, and Professional
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Their names are familiar, because they have made an impact on football at all levels of the game — high school, college, and professional. They belong to the Falcons' Nest of Coaches, an organization created in 1984 for the purpose of promoting the proud tradition of Bowling Green Falcon football. Through the develop- Jerry Berndt Ron Blackledge Don Nehlen Larry Smith ment of student and graduate- assistant programs at Bowling Green, most of these coaches got their start at this Mid-American Conference in- stitution. They've studied and matured under the coaching philosophies of Warren Steller, Robert Whittaker, Doyt Perry, Bob Falcons' Nest Gibson, Don Nehlen, Denny Stolz and Moe Ankney, to name a few. Today, they are making a name for themselves and for their respective football programs around the coun- 3] of Coaches try. Though they may be miles apart, they share at least one thing in com- mon. They are members of a fine foot- ball coaching fraternity at Bowling Green State University, the Falcons' Nest of Coaches. A few of the members are listed to the left and below: DON NEHLEN MARK SMITH West Virginia Indiana State GARY PINKEL LARRY SMITH Toledo use GREG POLNASEK GERRY SOLOMON Montour (Pa.) High School Illinois State RICH PONT TOM SPANN Yale Temple DALE STRAHM JAN QUARLESS New Mexico Duke GREG STUDRAWA BRIAN ROCK Wilmington St. Joseph's (Ind.) ELLIOTT UZELAC MIKE SCHMITZ Akron Hoban High School Ohio State 1991 BGSU Coaching Staff: (1 to r) Bob Babich, Bruce Cunningham, Michael MERV WARD Faragalli, Tony Pusateri, Joey Batson, head coach Gary Blackney, Scott Seeliger, BOB SCHNELKER Lely (Fla.) High School Jack Bush, Terry Malone, Bob Ligashesky, Paul Ferraro and Tom Passinault. Univ. of Minnesota BOB WOLFE BOB SIMMONS MOE ANKNEY LARRY COOK JIM HEACOCK MIKE JACOBS Tiffin Univ. Colorado Purdue Sandusky High School Illinois State West Virginia CARL BATTERSHELL STEVE DEVINE JACK HECKER RUSS JACQUES SHAWN SIMMS Memphis State Ohio Army Wisconsin Toledo JERRY BERNDT SCOTT DUNCAN GEORGE HILL LARRY KEHRES Temple Rose-Hulman Miami Dolphins Mount Union RON BLACKLEDGE TODD FITCH KEN HOCKMAN RAY KWIATKOWSKI Pittsburgh Steelers Colorado State Harrison High School Univ. of Findlay JOHN BOLES MEL FOELS KYLE HOCKMAN BILL MALLORY Genoa (Ohio) High School Arizona State West Virginia Indiana KIT CARTWRIGHT JACK HARBAUGH JON HOKE WAYNE MOSES Colorado State Western Kentucky Kent UCLA 4? .