(1944-09-08) September 8, 1944 (age 79) Johnstown, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Playing career
1963–1965
Nebraska
Position(s)
Fullback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1966–1967
Omaha Holy Name HS (NE)
1968–1978
Lincoln Southeast HS (NE)
1979–1982
Nebraska (freshmen)
1983–1997
Nebraska (RB)
1998–2003
Nebraska
2005–2020
Ohio
Head coaching record
Overall
173–101 (college)
Bowls
7–9
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
1 Big 12 (1999) 3 Big 12 North Division (1999–2001) 4 MAC East Division (2006, 2009, 2011, 2016)
Awards
Home Depot Coach of the Year Award (1999) 2× Big 12 Coach of the Year (1999, 2001) MAC Coach of the Year (2006)
College Football Hall of Fame Inducted in 2024 (profile)
Frank Thomas Solich (born September 8, 1944) is a former American football coach and former player. He is the former head coach at Ohio University, a position he held from 2005 until 2021. From 1998 to 2003, Solich served as the head coach at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, where he also played fullback under Bob Devaney in the mid-1960s.
Frank Thomas Solich (born September 8, 1944) is a former American football coach and former player. He is the former head coach at Ohio University, a...
the 2004 season. FrankSolich was named the 28th football coach of the Bobcats on December 16, 2004. Prior to coming to Ohio, Solich spent many years...
Look up Solich in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Solich is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: FrankSolich (born 1944), American football...
3-17 loss to TCU in the 2002 Liberty Bowl. Nebraska Head Football Coach FrankSolich brought Sanders back to Lincoln in 2003 amidst a staff shakeup following...
team was coached by FrankSolich and played their home games in Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska. After the Colorado game, Solich was fired as head...
head coach". Austin American-Statesman. Retrieved 2020-12-02. "Ohio U's FrankSolich, a Holy Name High School alum, becomes winningest football coach in MAC...
Forest University. FrankSolich was named the 28th football coach of the Bobcats on December 16, 2004. Prior to coming to Ohio, Solich spent many years...
as Defensive Coordinator for the Nebraska Cornhuskers by Head Coach FrankSolich. In 2002, the season prior to his hiring, Cornhuskers' defense was ranked...
program with walk-ons from across the region throughout Osborne's and FrankSolich's tenures, and as a result the school's rosters were often unusually large...
the 2001 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was coached by FrankSolich and played their home games in Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska...
retirement late in the 1997 season, selecting longtime I-backs coach FrankSolich to succeed him. In his final game, Nebraska won the national championship...
team was coached by FrankSolich and played their home games in Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska. First-year Head Coach Solich was new to the job...
coached single games, if any. Nebraska played with no official coach until Frank Crawford was hired in 1893. Lyman was coach for preparing Nebraska for the...
Grgas-Wheeler Goucher, Tim Grgurich, Jim Laslavic, John Mayasich, Frank Sinkwich, FrankSolich, Rudy Tomjanovich, Paul Tomasovich and Ferdinand “Fritzie” Zivic...
the 1999 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was coached by FrankSolich and played their home games in Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska...
the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was coached by FrankSolich and played their home games in Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska...
coached single games, if any. Nebraska played with no official coach until Frank Crawford was hired in 1893 Osborne, then interim athletic director, appointed...
and the national championship in his first season after dominating a FrankSolich-led Nebraska Cornhuskers team in the Rose Bowl. For his efforts, Coker...
when hired by FrankSolich at Nebraska, where he worked side by side with younger brother Bo Pelini who had also just been hired by Solich as Defensive...
Peden Stadium, also known as FrankSolich Field at Peden Stadium since August 2022, is an American football stadium on the campus of Ohio University in...
State 1998: Bill Snyder, Kansas State 1999: FrankSolich, Nebraska 2000: Bob Stoops, Oklahoma 2001: FrankSolich, Nebraska 2002: Bill Snyder, Kansas State...
Frank Crawford (March 12, 1870 – November 25, 1963) was an American college football coach, lawyer, and law professor. He served as the first full-time...
Cathedral Latin, 35–6. In 1961 FrankSolich led the Holy Name squad and defeated Cathedral Latin 12–7, to win the Charity Game. Solich ran for 184 yards and two...
Jennings (1957–1961) Bob Devaney (1962–1972) Tom Osborne (1973–1997) FrankSolich (1998–2003) Bo Pelini # (2003) Bill Callahan (2004–2007) Bo Pelini (2008–2014)...
recruitment to Nebraska was a complete accident. Former Nebraska head coach FrankSolich, at the time an assistant to head coach Tom Osborne, had been a keen...
Archived from the original on February 5, 2023. Retrieved July 21, 2023. "FrankSolich, Karl Dorrell remember young Derek Mason". The Oklahoman. March 22, 2022...
Division I FBS football season. They were led by 12th-year head coach FrankSolich and played their home games at Peden Stadium. They were members of the...
Division I FBS football season. They were led by 15th year head coach FrankSolich and played their home games at Peden Stadium in Athens, Ohio, as members...
the 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was coached by FrankSolich and played their home games in Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska...
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