American athletics coach and administrator (1918–2005)
Don Canham
Don Canham c. 1950
Biographical details
Born
(1918-04-27)April 27, 1918 Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Died
May 3, 2005(2005-05-03) (aged 87) Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.
Playing career
1940–1941
Michigan
Position(s)
High jumper
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1950–1968
Michigan
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1968–1988
Michigan
Head coaching record
Overall
52–13–2
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
7 Big Ten indoor (1955, 1956, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1964) 4 Big Ten outdoor (1955, 1956, 1961, 1962)
Donald Burrell Canham[1] (April 27, 1918 – May 3, 2005) was a track and field athlete and coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the athletic director at the University of Michigan from 1968 to 1988. There, he became nationally renowned for his ability to market and sell products bearing the name or logo of the school. In December 1968, he hired Bo Schembechler as head football coach, beginning a new era of success for Michigan's football program. The combination of Canham's aggressive marketing efforts and Schembechler's winning teams helped Michigan set many national attendance records at Michigan Stadium. Since 1975, the school has sold over 100,000 tickets for every home football game—a string of more than 200 contests.
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Donald Burrell Canham (April 27, 1918 – May 3, 2005) was a track and field athlete and coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the athletic...
Schembechler assumed the role of athletic director at Michigan, succeeding DonCanham, the man who hired him as football coach in 1969. Schembechler retired...
commissioner Charles D. W. Canham (1901–1963), American military commander Christopher Canham (born 1962), British sprint canoer DonCanham (1918–2005), American...
The High Jump, International Sports Inc., Indianapolis, 1939, p. 14 DonCanham and Phil Diamond, International Track & Field Digest, Champions on Film...
Bartelme (1909–1921) Fielding H. Yost (1921–1940) Fritz Crisler (1941–1968) DonCanham (1968–1988) Bo Schembechler (1988–1990) Jack Weidenbach (1990–1994) Joe...
of Ohio State in 1968, Elliott resigned. It only took 15 minutes for DonCanham to be sold on Bo Schembechler, resulting in Schembechler becoming the...
Bartelme (1909–1921) Fielding H. Yost (1921–1940) Fritz Crisler (1941–1968) DonCanham (1968–1988) Bo Schembechler (1988–1990) Jack Weidenbach (1990–1994) Joe...
telecast live, a presentation spearheaded by Michigan athletic director DonCanham with the blessing of the NCAA. However, ON TV in Detroit was challenged...
Notre Dame athletic director Moose Krause orchestrated the deal with DonCanham, his counterpart at Michigan, but Parseghian's friendship with Wolverine...
including Quaoar, Sedna, Orcus, and Eris Johnny Barrett, former NFL player DonCanham, track and field coach at the University of Michigan before becoming its...
Michigan are Fielding H. Yost (1921-1940), Fritz Crisler (1941-1968), and DonCanham (1968-1988). After leaving Michigan in 1921, Bartelme spent the rest of...
2016. Chengelis, Angelique S. (July 26, 2016). "Michigan players psyched to don Jordan Jumpman uniforms". Detroit News. Retrieved September 15, 2016. Baumgardner...
Farrell (1913–1929) Charles B. Hoyt (1930–1939) Ken Doherty (1940–1948) DonCanham (1949–1968) David Martin (1969–1971) Dixon Farmer (1972–1974) Jack Harvey...
athletic director by DonCanham, whom Crisler had hired as the school's track coach in the late 1940s. At the time of his appointment, Canham noted that replacing...
called Ann Arbor, Michigan to tell them that he wanted leave, he got DonCanham who told him that he was 'Sent to Kansas City to represent the University...
coach Fielding H. Yost, football coach Red Berenson (1962), hockey coach DonCanham, athletic director Jim Abbott, baseball pitcher Brian Griese, football...
Farrell (1913–1929) Charles B. Hoyt (1930–1939) Ken Doherty (1940–1948) DonCanham (1949–1968) David Martin (1969–1971) Dixon Farmer (1972–1974) Jack Harvey...
Bowman Jr., 93, United States Marine Corps officer and Naval aviator. DonCanham, 87, American track and field athlete, former University of Michigan athletic...
Vince Banonis, 1975 Les Bingaman, 1971 Sam Bishop, 1977 Bob Calihan, 1971 DonCanham, 1978 Duffy Daugherty, 1975 Dave DeBusschere, 1977 Alex Delvecchio, 1977...
reports when DonCanham was hired that Elliott had expected to be named athletic director and that there was "bad blood" between Canham and Elliott. However...
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