To celebrate the start of the 2015 College Football Season, and Miami’s season opener against Presbyterian College, I wanted to talk a little about a member of the Cradle of Coaches who spent time at both schools, Bo Schembechler. Schembechler…
To celebrate the start of the 2015 College Football Season, and Miami’s season opener against Presbyterian College, I wanted to talk a little about a member of the Cradle of Coaches who spent time at both schools, Bo Schembechler. Schembechler…
Last Friday, April 18th, Baltimore Ravens Head Coach John Harbaugh was inducted into Miami University’s Cradle of Coaches Hall of Fame. The following day his statue was unveiled at the Cradle of Coaches Plaza. On behalf of Miami University Libraries…
In order to promote our collections here at the Walter Havighurst Special Collections, we are doing a presentation tour of the Cradle of Coaches Collection. In the fall semester of 2013 we mounted an exhibit to promote and share our…
This fall in the Walter Havighurst Special Collections will be an exhibit honoring Miami University’s Cradle of Coaches. The term “Cradle of Coaches” was coined by Bob Kurz in 1959, due to the number of successful football coaches from Miami…
John Pont is a former football player and coach here at Miami University. He played running back for Woody Hayes (1949-1950) and Ara Paresghian (1951). In 1951 he was named All-American as well as setting several school records. Pont was…
