Crazy Canton Cuts = Don Coryell

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Published: October 2, 2009

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First Coach With 100 Wins In Pro And College
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5 Division Titles



Donald David Coryell played college football at the University of Washington for three years from 1949 to 1951 as a defensive back. He then went into coaching, and became a head coach at Whittier College in 1957. He succeeded George Allen, who became a Hall Of Fame coach in the NFL.

He spent three years as the head coach of the Poets. While there, he led the team to win the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference titles in each of his three seasons. He had a record of 21 - 5 - 1 while there, and is a member of the schools Hall Of Fame.

Coryell left Whittier after the 1959 season, and was not a head coach in 1960. He then became the head coach of San Diego State in 1961, where is teams would make a significant impact on the college football universe in his time there.

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