As the winningest head coach in Michigan football history,
Schembechler's teams won or tied an impressive 13 Big Ten championships
during his 21 year tenure. Under Schembechler's guidance, Michigan's
96-10-3 regular season record through the decade of the 1970s was the
nation's best. He guided 17 teams to post-season bowl games (Ten Rose
Bowls) and another 17 to top ten finishes in the final wire service
polls (AP and/or UPI). In his 27 years of coaching, Schembechler's
teams never had a losing season. Upon stepping down after the 1989
season, Bo retired as the winningest active coach in the nation
(234-65-8) and fifth on the all-time list, only behind coaching legends
Paul 'Bear' Bryant, Amos Alonzo Stagg, Glen 'Pop' Warner, and Woody
Hayes. In addition to his coaching responsibilities, Schembechler
served as Michigan's Director of Athletics between 1988-1990.
After earning his diploma from Miami (Ohio) University in 1951,
Schembechler received his master's degree from Ohio State in 1952 while
serving as a graduate assistant coach. He continued his coaching career
with brief stints as an assistant at Presbyterian College (1954),
Bowling Green (1955) and Northwestern (1958) before spending five
seasons as an assistant at Ohio State. in 1963, Schembechler was named
head coach at Miam. of Ohio, a position he held until taking over the
Michigan program prior to the 1969 campaign.