Word: pancoast
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Vanderbilt alumni were desperately trying to get rid of a coach. After two successive 2-9 seasons, wealthy alums raised $100,000 worth of walking money for Head Coach Fred Pancoast. The total included his $40,000 salary for the remaining two years of his contract, plus a $20,000 bonus for bowing out. There are no greener pastures open to 4-18 coaches, however, so Pancoast turned down the offer. Said he: "I'm the head coach of Vanderbilt until I'm told otherwise." Vanderbilt President Emmett Fields backed Pancoast, asserting that the university would not break...