Robert Simon Devaney was a college football coach.
12 Facts About Bob Devaney
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Bob Devaney served as the athletic director at Nebraska from 1967 to 1993, and was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 1981.
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Bob Devaney died of a heart attack at age 82 and is buried at Lincoln Memorial Park in Lincoln.
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Bob Devaney graduated from Alma College in 1939, where he played end on the football team.
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Bob Devaney coached high school football in Michigan at Big Beaver, Keego Harbor, Saginaw, and Alpena, before joining the Michigan State Spartans staff as an assistant coach under Biggie Munn and continuing under Duffy Daugherty.
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Bob Devaney was the fourth choice of Nebraska's athletic director, Tippy Dye.
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When Bob Devaney balked at leaving Wyoming for Nebraska, it was Daugherty who convinced him to accept the position because he could potentially win a national title at Nebraska, a goal that Wyoming was very unlikely to obtain.
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Bob Devaney joined Nebraska in 1962 and immediately reestablished the program as a force in the Big Eight Conference.
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Bob Devaney engineered an immediate turnaround with a record in 1962 that included a victory in the Gotham Bowl at Yankee Stadium over the Miami Hurricanes.
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Bob Devaney coached one more year in 1972 and expectations were high for a third straight national title.
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Bob Devaney's teams won or shared eight Big Eight Conference titles.
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Bob Devaney served as athletic director at Nebraska from 1967 to 1992 and as athletic director emeritus until 1996.