{"id":4735,"date":"2013-03-14T09:48:31","date_gmt":"2013-03-14T13:48:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spec.lib.miamioh.edu\/?page_id=4735"},"modified":"2026-04-08T17:16:49","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T21:16:49","slug":"coaches","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/spec.lib.miamioh.edu\/home\/coaches\/","title":{"rendered":"Cradle of Coaches Archive"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>NEW INDUCTION<\/strong><br \/>\nOn April 19, 2014, John Harbaugh became the most recent inductee into the Cradle of Coaches. Read about the induction ceremony <a href=\"http:\/\/miamioh.edu\/news\/top-stories\/2014\/04\/harbaugh.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a> or view the highlights <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/1i7kNgk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7262\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/spec.lib.miamioh.edu\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Tree-Harbaugh-small.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7262\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7262\" src=\"http:\/\/spec.lib.miamioh.edu\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Tree-Harbaugh-small-300x215.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"215\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spec.lib.miamioh.edu\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Tree-Harbaugh-small-300x215.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spec.lib.miamioh.edu\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Tree-Harbaugh-small-1024x735.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-7262\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">John Harbaugh&#8217;s coaching tree.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>ONLINE EXHIBIT<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/spec.lib.miamioh.edu\/cradleofcoaches\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cradle of Coaches: A Legacy of Excellence<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/spec.lib.miamioh.edu\/longform\/cradle\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cradle of Coaches: A Miami University Libraries Longform Project<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>EXTENT<\/strong><br \/>\nEight archival boxes.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4736\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/spec.lib.miamioh.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/coaches2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4736\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4736\" src=\"http:\/\/spec.lib.miamioh.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/coaches2-300x227.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"227\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spec.lib.miamioh.edu\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/coaches2-300x227.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spec.lib.miamioh.edu\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/coaches2.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4736\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Miami University: The Cradle of Coaches<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>ABSTRACT<\/strong><br \/>\nMiami University has been called the Cradle of Coaches. Each of the following was a Miami player and sometimes also a coach or assistant coach at Miami. The Archive includes playbooks, correspondence, memorabilia, photographs, posters, artifacts, and\/or papers of:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>Weeb Ewbank (coach of the Baltimore Colts [1954-1962] and New York Jets [1963-1973])<\/li>\n<li>Paul Brown (coach at Ohio State [1941-43] and for the Cleveland Browns [1946-1962] and Cincinnati Bengals [1968-1975])<\/li>\n<li>Carmen Cozza (coach at Yale [1965-1996])<\/li>\n<li>Sid Gilman (coach of the Los Angeles Rams [1955-1960], San Diego Chargers [1961-1971], and the Houston Oilers [1973-1974])<\/li>\n<li>Bo Schembechler (coach at Miami University [1963-1968] and the University of Michigan [1969-1989])<\/li>\n<li>Randy Walker (coach at Miami University [1990-1999] and Northwestern University [1999- 2006])<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_4737\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/spec.lib.miamioh.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/coaches_pix.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4737\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4737\" src=\"http:\/\/spec.lib.miamioh.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/coaches_pix-300x195.jpg\" alt=\"A football team of coaches, 1970\" width=\"300\" height=\"195\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spec.lib.miamioh.edu\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/coaches_pix-300x195.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spec.lib.miamioh.edu\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/coaches_pix.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4737\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A football team of coaches, 1970<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>FINDING AIDS<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/archivesspace.lib.miamioh.edu\/repositories\/7\/resources\/523\">Paul Brown Finding Aid<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/archivesspace.lib.miamioh.edu\/repositories\/7\/resources\/521\">Weeb Ewbank Finding Aid<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/spec.lib.miamioh.edu\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Sid-Gillman-Collection-Finding-Aid_08-05-2019.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sid Gillman Finding Aid (pdf)<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/spec.lib.miamioh.edu\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Bob-Kurz-Collection-Finding-Aid_09-12-2019.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bob Kurz Finding Aid (pdf)<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/spec.lib.miamioh.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Ted-Patterson-Collection-Finding-Aid_03_09.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ted Patterson Finding Aid (pdf)<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/spec.lib.miamioh.edu\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/John-Pont-Collection-Finding-Aid-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">John Pont Finding Aid (pdf)<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/spec.lib.miamioh.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Players-and-Coaches-Collection-Finding-Aid.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Players and Coaches Finding Aid (pdf)<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/spec.lib.miamioh.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Sports-Information-Collection-Finding-Aid.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sports Information Finding Aid (pdf)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>LINKS<\/strong><br \/>\n<a title=\"Intercollegiate Athletics Cradle of Coaches Web Site\" href=\"http:\/\/www.muredhawks.com\/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=26100&amp;ATCLID=205437824\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Intercollegiate Athletics Cradle of Coaches Web Site<\/a><br \/>\n<a title=\"Miami Memories: a Series of Video Vignettes about the History of Miami University Athletics\" href=\"http:\/\/doyle.lib.miamioh.edu\/cdm4\/mustories\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Miami Memories: a Series of Video Vignettes about the History of Miami University Athletics<\/a><br \/>\n<a title=\"Bob Kurtz Interview\" href=\"http:\/\/doyle.lib.miamioh.edu\/cdm4\/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=\/mustories&amp;CISOPTR=21&amp;CISOBOX=1&amp;REC=10%22\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Miami Stories Oral History Project, an interview with Bob Kurtz<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW INDUCTION On April 19, 2014, John Harbaugh became the most recent inductee into the Cradle of Coaches. Read about the induction ceremony here or view the highlights here. ONLINE EXHIBIT Cradle of Coaches: A Legacy of Excellence Cradle of<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/spec.lib.miamioh.edu\/home\/coaches\/\">Read more &#8250;<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4735","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spec.lib.miamioh.edu\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4735","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spec.lib.miamioh.edu\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spec.lib.miamioh.edu\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spec.lib.miamioh.edu\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spec.lib.miamioh.edu\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4735"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/spec.lib.miamioh.edu\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4735\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12182,"href":"https:\/\/spec.lib.miamioh.edu\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4735\/revisions\/12182"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spec.lib.miamioh.edu\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4735"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}