Ex-Michigan coach Bo Schembechler, 77
Posted: Friday, November 17th, 2006 2:41 pm
Bo Schembechler, who became one of college football’s greatest coaches in two decades at Michigan, died Friday after taping a TV show on the eve of the important Big Ten game against the Wolverines’ perennial rival, top-ranked Ohio State. He was 77.
Schembechler collapsed during the taping of a television show in Southfield and was taken by ambulance to hospital. His death at 11:42 a.m. ET was confirmed by Mike Dowd, chief investigator for the medical examiner’s office in Oakland County. …
The seven-time Big Ten coach of the year had a 194-48-5 record at Michigan from 1969-89. Schembechler’s record in 26 years of coaching was 234-64-8. … Read full obituary
