Bo Schembechler, head coach at Miami (OH) and Michigan
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Bo Schembechler

Bo Schembechler coached Michigan for 21 seasons, won or shared 13 Big Ten titles, and went 5–⁠4–⁠1 against his old boss Woody Hayes in the Ten-Year War.

Bo Schembechler went 234–⁠65–⁠8 as a head coach, 1963–⁠1989, at Miami (OH) and Michigan.

Record
234–⁠65–⁠8 career
Seasons
27
Schools
2
Final AP top 10
16 seasons
Hall of Fame
1993 inducted
Best season
1985 10–⁠1–⁠1, No. 2

Season by season

Wins and losses each seasonfinal AP rank above★ national titleline: the team’s Elo at season’s end, best 1768 in 1980
SeasonSchoolRecordConference finishBowlAP final
1963Miami (OH)5–⁠3–⁠22nd
1964Miami (OH)6–⁠3–⁠1T–2nd
1965Miami (OH)7–⁠3T–1st
1966Miami (OH)9–⁠1T–1st
1967Miami (OH)6–⁠4T–3rd
1968Miami (OH)7–⁠32nd
1969Michigan8–⁠3T–1stRose Bowl L9
1970Michigan9–⁠12nd9
1971Michigan11–⁠11stRose Bowl L6
1972Michigan10–⁠1T–1st6
1973Michigan10–⁠0–⁠1T–1st6
1974Michigan10–⁠1T–1st3
1975Michigan8–⁠2–⁠22ndOrange Bowl L8
1976Michigan10–⁠2T–1stRose Bowl L3
1977Michigan10–⁠2T–1stRose Bowl L9
1978Michigan10–⁠2T–1stRose Bowl L5
1979Michigan8–⁠43rdGator Bowl L18
1980Michigan10–⁠21stRose Bowl W4
1981Michigan9–⁠3T–3rdAstro-Bluebonnet Bowl W12
1982Michigan8–⁠41stRose Bowl L15
1983Michigan9–⁠32ndSugar Bowl L8
1984Michigan6–⁠6T–6thHoliday Bowl L
1985Michigan10–⁠1–⁠12ndFiesta Bowl W2
1986Michigan11–⁠2T–1stRose Bowl L8
1987Michigan8–⁠44thHall of Fame Bowl W19
1988Michigan9–⁠2–⁠11stRose Bowl W4
1989Michigan10–⁠21stRose Bowl L7

Each season links to the team’s season page; bowls and playoff games link to the game. Conference finishes from the Wikipedia article’s record table.

Players he coached

15 more

Jumbo Elliott (Consensus All‑American, 1987); Ron Simpkins (Consensus All‑American, 1979); Kurt Becker (Consensus All‑American, 1981); Ed Muransky (Consensus All‑American, 1981); Mark Messner (Consensus All‑American, 1988); Mike Hammerstein (Consensus All‑American, 1985); John Vitale (Consensus All‑American, 1988); Curtis Greer (No. 6 pick, 1980); Mel Owens (No. 9 pick, 1981); Thom Darden (No. 18 pick, 1972); John Anderson (No. 26 pick, 1978); Butch Woolfolk (No. 18 pick, 1982); Mike Kenn (No. 13 pick, 1978); Kevin Brooks (No. 17 pick, 1985); Jon Giesler (No. 24 pick, 1979).

18 of the 33 players from his seasons with a Heisman top-five finish, a national award, consensus All-America honors or a first-round pick, the best of each school he coached among them. Photos: Wikimedia Commons, free licenses; credits on each player’s page.

How his teams did

Kind of gameGamesRecord
Against ranked teams7437–⁠36–⁠1
Against top-10 teams3916–⁠22–⁠1
Against rivals12091–⁠27–⁠2
Conference games206170–⁠32–⁠4
Bowls and playoffs175–⁠12
Decided by 8 points or fewer10048–⁠44–⁠8
At home156130–⁠23–⁠3
On the road13499–⁠30–⁠5
At neutral sites175–⁠12
As our Elo’s favorite266216–⁠44–⁠6
As our Elo’s underdog4118–⁠21–⁠2

His own 307 games on file, 1963–⁠1989, as played (vacated wins counted, ties as half a win). Ranks are the AP poll going into the game; rivals are the ones either program’s Wikipedia article names; favorite and underdog by our own Elo rating, which reads only scores.

Against other head coaches

CoachRecordTheir schoolsGames
Woody Hayes 1969–⁠19785–⁠4–⁠1Ohio State10
Frank Lauterbur 1963–⁠19738–⁠1Toledo, Iowa9
Hayden Fry 1981–⁠19895–⁠3–⁠1Iowa9
Earle Bruce 1979–⁠19874–⁠5Ohio State9
Lee Corso 1973–⁠19828–⁠0Indiana8
Dave McClain 1978–⁠19857–⁠1Wisconsin8
Mike White 1980–⁠19876–⁠1–⁠1Illinois8
Alex Agase 1964–⁠19766–⁠1Northwestern, Purdue7
Cal Stoll 1972–⁠19786–⁠1Minnesota7
Bill Mallory 1974–⁠19896–⁠1Colorado, Indiana7

Bo Schembechler’s record against the head coaches he met three or more times, from the games on file, as played.

Most-faced opponents

OpponentGamesRecord
Minnesotaseries2119–⁠2
Illinoisseries2119–⁠1–⁠1
Michigan Stateseries2117–⁠4
Ohio Stateseries2111–⁠9–⁠1
Purdueseries2016–⁠4
Wisconsinseries1918–⁠1
Indianaseries1817–⁠1
Iowaseries1713–⁠3–⁠1

National coaching awards

The awards

Career

YearsTeamJob
1951Ohio StateGraduate assistant
1954PresbyterianAssistant coach
1955Bowling GreenFreshman coach
1956–⁠57NorthwesternAssistant coach
1958–⁠62Ohio StateAssistant coach
1963–⁠68Miami (OH)Head coach
1969–⁠89MichiganHead coach

Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.

Coaching tree

Worked under

Bo Schembechler

Assistants who became head coaches

Worked under (4)
Head coachTeamYearsHis job
Woody HayesOhio State1951–⁠621951: graduate assistant; 1958–⁠62: assistant coach
Bill CrutchfieldPresbyterian1954Assistant coach
Doyt PerryBowling Green1955Freshman coach
Ara ParseghianNorthwestern1956–⁠57Assistant coach
Coached under him, later head coaches (23)
CoachWith himHead coach at
Dave McClainMiami (OH), 1963–⁠66: assistant coachBall State, Wisconsin
Dick TomeyMiami (OH), 1963: graduate assistant and freshman coachHawai’i, Arizona, San José State
Jim YoungMiami (OH), 1964–⁠68: assistant coach; Michigan, 1969–⁠72: defensive coordinatorArizona, Purdue, Army
Jerry WampflerMiami (OH), 1965: line coachColorado State
John MackovicMiami (OH), 1965: graduate assistantWake Forest, Illinois, Texas, Arizona, Kansas City Chiefs
Paul SchudelMiami (OH), 1966–⁠67: graduate assistant; Michigan, 1975–⁠84: assistant coachBall State, Central Connecticut
Chuck StobartMiami (OH), 1967–⁠68: assistant coach; Michigan, 1969–⁠76: backfield coachToledo, Utah, Memphis
Gary MoellerMiami (OH), 1967–⁠68: assistant coach; Michigan, 1969–⁠72: defensive ends coach; 1973–⁠76, 1982–⁠86: defensive coordinator; 1980–⁠81: quarterbacks coach; 1987–⁠89: offensive coordinatorIllinois, Michigan, Detroit Lions
Larry SmithMiami (OH), 1967–⁠68: defensive ends coach; Michigan, 1969–⁠72: offensive line coachTulane, Arizona, USC, Missouri
Frank MaloneyMichigan, 1969–⁠73: assistant coachSyracuse
George MansMichigan, 1969–⁠73: assistant coachEastern Michigan
Mike HankwitzMichigan, 1970: junior varsity coach; 1971–⁠72: graduate assistantArizona, Colorado
Bob SuttonMichigan, 1972–⁠73: graduate assistantArmy
Elliot UzelacMichigan, 1973–⁠74, 1982–⁠86: offensive line coachWestern Michigan, Navy
Jack HarbaughMichigan, 1973–⁠79: defensive backs coachWestern Michigan, Western Kentucky
Bill McCartneyMichigan, 1974–⁠76: defensive ends coach; 1977–⁠81: defensive coordinatorColorado
Don NehlenMichigan, 1977–⁠79: quarterbacks coachBowling Green, West Virginia
Ron VanderlindenMichigan, 1979–⁠80: graduate assistantMaryland
Les MilesMichigan, 1980–⁠81: graduate assistant; 1987–⁠89: offensive line coachOklahoma State, LSU, Kansas
Lloyd CarrMichigan, 1980–⁠86: defensive backs coach; 1987–⁠89: defensive coordinatorMichigan
Alex AgaseMichigan, 1982–⁠87: assistant coachNorthwestern, Purdue
Cam CameronMichigan, 1984–⁠85: graduate assistant; 1986–⁠89: wide receivers coachIndiana, Miami Dolphins
Jon HeacockMichigan, 1988–⁠89: graduate assistantYoungstown State
Other assistants under him (6)
CoachWith him
Bob BockrathMiami (OH), 1965: graduate assistant
Dennis BrownMichigan, 1972, 1979: assistant coach
Jed HughesMichigan, 1974–⁠75: linebackers coach
Bill SheridanMichigan, 1985–⁠86: graduate assistant
Jim HerrmannMichigan, 1985–⁠89: assistant coach
Randy FichtnerMichigan, 1986–⁠87: graduate assistant

From coaches’ Wikipedia infoboxes (CC BY-SA) and each season’s article for its coordinators: an assistant’s seasons at a school count under its head coach in our records; jobs in the NFL and elsewhere, under the head coach whose own article lists the job that year. Names without a page here link to their Wikipedia articles.

Books

And 4 more

Books: Open Library (CC0); most-reissued first, each linked to its page there.