Word: dietzel
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...shape successful teams from the constantly changing lineups has made him a one-man institution of higher learning for football: 42 of his former assistants and players have become head football coaches in the colleges and pros, among them the Houston Oilers' Bum Phillips, L.S.U.'s Paul Dietzel, the Washington Redskins' Jack Pardee, the New York Giants' Ray Perkins and the University of Pittsburgh's Jackie Sherrill. More than 60 former Bryant players have gone on to the pros (including five last year alone), among them former Jets Quarterback Joe Namath, Houston Quarterback Kenny Stabler...
...football, where the top coaches freely trade ideas and theories, a genius is a man who taps the common pool of knowledge and then prepares the best for a game. By that definition, Bryant is a genius. Says Paul Dietzel, athletic director at Louisiana State: "One of his favorite expressions is that 'it's the itty-bitty, teeny-tiny things that beat you.' He'll rehearse problems that might arise in a game over and over again...
...days, his players still regard him with awe that is tinged with fear. There is no physical intimidation, in the style of the deposed Woody Hayes of Ohio State and Frank Kush of Arizona State. "I don't remember ever seeing Bear hit a player," says Dietzel. "But I don't think you have to hit people to intimidate them. I don't think there has ever been a player -or a coach-who wasn't scared to death...