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Frank Kush
Biographical details
Born
(1929-01-20)January 20, 1929 Windber, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died
June 22, 2017(2017-06-22) (aged 88) Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.
College Football Hall of Fame Inducted in 1995 (profile)
Frank Joseph Kush (January 20, 1929 – June 22, 2017) was an American football player and coach. As a player he earned All-American honors in 1952 as a defensive lineman playing for the Michigan State Spartans.
He was head coach at Arizona State University from 1958 to 1979, compiling a record of 176–54–1. He was notorious for his brutal training methods in the Arizona heat and left collegiate coaching in 1980 embroiled in a lawsuit and with his program under the cloud of NCAA sanctions.
Kush was also the head coach of the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the Canadian Football League (CFL) in 1981, the Baltimore and Indianapolis Colts of the National Football League (NFL) from 1982 to 1984, and the Arizona Outlaws of the United States Football League (USFL) in 1985.
Kush was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 1995.
Frank Joseph Kush (January 20, 1929 – June 22, 2017) was an American football player and coach. As a player he earned All-American honors in 1952 as a...
1989. The natural grass playing surface within the stadium was named FrankKush Field in 1996 in honor of the former coach of the team. The stadium underwent...
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led Arizona State in postseason bowl games: Dixie Howell, Ed Doherty, FrankKush, Darryl Rogers, John Cooper, Bruce Snyder, Dirk Koetter, Dennis Erickson...
ASU's head football coach FrankKush, and they discussed the possibility of his playing both sports. After a recruiting trip, Kush decided that Jackson had...
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Archived from the original on May 17, 2007. Retrieved June 18, 2008. "FrankKush Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Pro Football Reference. Sports...
qualifying number of conference games. The first five games were coached by FrankKush prior to his firing and Bob Owens finished out the season. Arizona State...
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State University, in Tempe, Arizona. Joining him as an assistant was FrankKush, who would have even greater success at the school after Devine left....
interest. The Tathams did, however, name former Sun Devils coach FrankKush as head coach. Kush was a hard-nosed, run-oriented coach who had struggled as coach...
at the time, and his father advised him against playing for head coach FrankKush, who had a reputation as a harsh taskmaster. While Elway preferred football...
" Notre Dame was the first to be awarded the trophy, in 1924. Professor Frank G. Dickinson of Illinois developed the first mathematical ranking system...
The Arizona Republic. Retrieved September 8, 2016. "Sun Devil Stadium, FrankKush Field". Arizona State University Athletics. Archived from the original...
College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved February 18, 2023. Frank, Evan (February 12, 2023). "Shane Steichen: 7 things you should know about...
scored 347 points, while the defense allowed 127 points. Led by head coach FrankKush, the Sun Devils were undefeated in the regular season (11–0), perfect...
University Division football season. In their 13th season under head coach FrankKush, the Sun Devils compiled an 11–0 record (7–0 against WAC opponents), won...
from the original on April 16, 2019. Retrieved November 20, 2020. Schwab, Frank (May 4, 2020). "The secret to Don Shula's success? He evolved and reinvented...
Colangelo, owner of the NBA's Phoenix Suns, first approached FrankKush to coach his team, but Kush declined the invitation. In October 1991, the team announced...
1958 college football season. In their first season under head coach FrankKush, the Sun Devils compiled a 7–3 record (4–1 against Border opponents) and...
Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 14, 2011. "FrankKush Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Pro Football Reference. Sports...
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