1. Stuart K Holcomb was an American football and basketball coach best known for serving as head football coach for Miami University and Purdue University.
10 Facts About Stu Holcomb
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Stu Holcomb left Miami to become an assistant coach for Earl Blaik at the United States Military Academy.
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Stu Holcomb was replaced as Redskins coach by future Pro and College Football Hall of Fame coach Sid Gillman who was one of Holcomb's top assistant coaches.
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Stu Holcomb was known for developing solid quarterbacks including Bob DeMoss, Dale Samuels and Len Dawson.
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On December 12,1955, after his nine seasons at Purdue, Stu Holcomb left Purdue to accept the athletic director position at the Northwestern University.
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Stu Holcomb hired fellow Miami alum Ara Parseghian to be the new Wildcats head coach in 1956, and Parseghian stayed at Northwestern until accepting the head coaching job at Notre Dame following the 1963 season.
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Stu Holcomb was appointed as the general manager of the Chicago Mustangs, a United Soccer Association franchise owned by Arthur and John Allyn.
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Stu Holcomb immediately began overhauling the ball club that month with the dismissal of Don Gutteridge on the 2nd and the hiring of Chuck Tanner and Roland Hemond from the California Angels as manager and director of player personnel respectively two days later on the 4th.
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Stu Holcomb was succeeded by Hemond as general manager in 1973.
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Stu Holcomb died of a heart attack, on January 11,1977, in Venice, Florida.