Herb Deromedi was born on May 26,1939 and is a retired American football coach and college athletics administrator.
10 Facts About Herb Deromedi
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Herb Deromedi attended Royal Oak High School in Royal Oak, Michigan, where he played fullback on the football team.
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Herb Deromedi attended the University of Michigan but did not play football.
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Herb Deromedi then moved on to Royal Oak Kimball High School in his native Royal Oak, where he spent three years coaching baseball, basketball, and football; the latter as an assistant under Prentice "Pin" Ryan and Paul Temerian.
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Herb Deromedi had first met Roy Kramer in the early 1960s at a state coaching convention, during Herb Deromedi's stint as head football coach at University High School.
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Herb Deromedi succeeded him and retained most of the staff, beginning a 16-year tenure as head coach.
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Under Herb Deromedi, CMU won the MAC three times: in 1979,1980, and 1990.
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Herb Deromedi was named MAC Coach of the Year for the 1980 and 1990 seasons.
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Herb Deromedi retired in 2006 and was succeeded by Dave Heeke.
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Herb Deromedi has been inducted into the Royal Oak High School Hall of Fame, the Central Michigan University Athletic Hall of Fame, the Michigan Sports Hall of Fame, the College Football Hall of Fame, the Mid-American Conference Hall of Fame,.