1. Charles R Stobart was an American college football player and coach.
30 Facts About Chuck Stobart
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Chuck Stobart played as a quarterback at Ohio University in the 1950s.
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Chuck Stobart was a football coach at various schools for 42 years from 1959 to 2000, including 36 consecutive seasons as a coach at Division I collegiate programs.
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Chuck Stobart's college coaching positions included stints as the head football coach at the University of Toledo, the University of Utah, and the University of Memphis.
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Chuck Stobart was twice selected as the Mid-American Conference Coach of the Year and was inducted into the University of Toledo Athletics Hall of Fame.
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Chuck Stobart served as offensive backfield coach at the University of Michigan during The Ten Year War and offensive coordinator at the University of Pittsburgh, University of Arizona, University of Southern California, and Ohio State University.
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Chuck Stobart became a star athlete at Middleport High School, playing football, basketball, and baseball.
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Chuck Stobart then attended Ohio University where he played football and basketball.
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Chuck Stobart was the quarterback for the Ohio Bobcats football team from 1956 to 1958 and was played at third base for the baseball team.
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Chuck Stobart started his coaching career in the fall of 1959 as the head football coach at Berne Union High School in Sugar Grove, Ohio.
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Chuck Stobart remained at Mount Vernon through the 1964 season.
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In June 1965, Chuck Stobart was hired by Marshall University as offensive backfield coach for the football team and head coach for the baseball team.
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In January 1966, Chuck Stobart was hired as backfield coach at the University of Cincinnati.
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In February 1967, Chuck Stobart was hired as an assistant coach on Bo Schembechler's staff at Miami University.
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In January 1969, Schembechler hired Chuck Stobart to join him as offensive backfield coach at Michigan.
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Chuck Stobart spent the next seven years from 1969 to 1976 as Michigan's backfield coach, working with Schembechler and mentoring Michigan backs including Dennis Brown, Don Moorhead, Billy Taylor, Dennis Franklin, Gordon Bell, Rick Leach, and Rob Lytle.
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Chuck Stobart spent a decade on Schembechler's staff at Miami and Michigan.
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In December 1976, Chuck Stobart was hired as head football coach at the University of Toledo.
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Chuck Stobart knows football, but more than that he is an idea man.
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Chuck Stobart is an excellent recruiter and a really tireless worker.
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Chuck Stobart out-polled Mike Kelly and Earle Bruce to win Ohio Coach of the Year honors in December 1981.
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Chuck Stobart was inducted into the University of Toledo Sports Hall of Fame in 2012.
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In November 1984, Utah announced it was seeking a new football coach and advised that Chuck Stobart was free to pursue other options.
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Chuck Stobart was hired in January 1986 as the offensive coordinator at the University of Arizona.
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In June 1989, Chuck Stobart was hired as the head football coach at the University of Memphis.
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Chuck Stobart was fired from his post at Memphis in December 1994.
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In March 1995, Chuck Stobart was hired as the wide receivers coach at the Ohio State University.
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Chuck Stobart held that post for five seasons from 1995 to 1999.
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Chuck Stobart was position coach to Biletnikoff Award winner Terry Glenn in 1995.
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Chuck Stobart died on November 29,2022, at age 90 in Tucson, Arizona.