College Football Coach, Broadcaster. He was the head football coach at Oregon State University from 1976 to 1979, compiling a record of ten wins, 34 losses and one tie. A star quarterback at the University of Southern California, he set eight school passing records during the 1963 and 1964 football seasons, and was a member of the 1962 USC national championship team. From 1965 to 1973 he served as an assistant coach to John McKay at USC, helping to guide the Trojans to two national championships, and six Rose Bowl appearances. In addition to his coaching duties in the Pacific-10 conference, he also served as a talent scout for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League (NFL), and as an assistant football coach of the Portland Storm of the World Football League (WFL). In 1992 he joined the broadcast booth as a television color analyst for USC football, a position he held for eleven years, and was a contributor for a local USC Sports Magazine Show. In 2001 he was inducted into the University of Southern California Athletic Hall of Fame. He died from kidney failure at a Newport Beach hospital at the age of 66.
College Football Coach, Broadcaster. He was the head football coach at Oregon State University from 1976 to 1979, compiling a record of ten wins, 34 losses and one tie. A star quarterback at the University of Southern California, he set eight school passing records during the 1963 and 1964 football seasons, and was a member of the 1962 USC national championship team. From 1965 to 1973 he served as an assistant coach to John McKay at USC, helping to guide the Trojans to two national championships, and six Rose Bowl appearances. In addition to his coaching duties in the Pacific-10 conference, he also served as a talent scout for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League (NFL), and as an assistant football coach of the Portland Storm of the World Football League (WFL). In 1992 he joined the broadcast booth as a television color analyst for USC football, a position he held for eleven years, and was a contributor for a local USC Sports Magazine Show. In 2001 he was inducted into the University of Southern California Athletic Hall of Fame. He died from kidney failure at a Newport Beach hospital at the age of 66.
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