I wasn't familiar with his history, fairly interesting, really. Coaches that move around a lot generally wear out their wecome at some point. There was an Ohio State Coach, Earle Bruce that did that also. Coached at Colorado State, following a fairly impressive tenure at Ohio State, then later coached Akron.Spence wrote:Heisman moved around a lot. He didn't stay at many schools long enough to develop a tradition. He did win everywhere he coached. I guess maybe he enjoyed the challenge of making a team a winner, but not maintaining one. Either that or he was a SOB and no one wanted to work with him.
He got fired at Colorado State after threatening the president.
Best thing that ever happened, for Colorado State, Earle Bruce got them thinking they could win, and win consistently, and Sonny Lubick turned them into winners. He was Miami's defensive coordinator, I believe, under Dennis Erickson, and was offered the head coaching job there, but turned it down. Now he's a legend in Colorado. So, the adage is true, the apple doesn't fall far from the tree.
Bill McCartney resurrected a program that had fallen into troubled times, under Chuck Fairbanks, even though it had been competitive in the '70s.
But it took nearly ten years to get them to where they could play competitive football. A good coach makes all the difference.
