CRADLE OF COACHES

'The Cradle of Coaches' is a nickname given to Miami University in Oxford, Ohio for producing star football coaches including Earl Blaik, Paul Brown, Woody Hayes, Bill Arnsparger, George Little, Weeb Ewbank, Sid Gillman, Ara Parseghian, Bo Schembechler, John Pont, Carmen Cozza, Bill Mallory, Jim Tressel, Joe Novak, Ron Zook, Dick Crum, Paul Dietzel, William Narduzzi, Randy Walker, Terry Hoeppner, and Sean Payton.
Miami University fields a Division I-A football program in the Mid-American Conference (MAC). Miami started playing football in 1888 but did not have a paid coach until C. K. Fauver in 1895.
Miami University has also produced notable basketball coaches Darrell Hedric, and Randy Ayers. Miami can also count Herb Sendek as a former head coach and Thad Matta and Sean Miller as a former assistant coaches. Sendek began his head coaching career at Miami and led the RedHawks to the postseason in each of his three seasons. Matta was an assistant under Sendek for one memorable year that included a regular season MAC championship and NCAA tournament appearance, and also for one year under current head coach Charlie Coles. Ayers was a four-year starter for Miami, leading the team to back-to-back NCAA appearances in 1977 and 1978. Hedric, currently a scout for the Toronto Raptors, is an Ohio and Cincinnati Basketball Hall of Famer and still holds the record for Miami victories.
Baseball Hall of Fame Manager Walter Alston is also a graduate of Miami and current University of Denver head hockey coach George Gwozdecky was head hockey coach at Miami prior to leaving for Denver.

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Official Members of "The Cradle"

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Official Members of "The Cradle"

Induction Year	Name	Sport - Current Coaching Position	Miami University Class of
1992	Weeb Ewbank'+'	Basketball	1928
1992	Bob Kurz <	Football	1958
1992	Bill Narduzzi	Football	1959
1992	John Pont	Football	1952
1993	Paul Brown	Football	1930
1993	Mel Knowlton	Football	1937
1993	Ara Parseghian	Football	1949
1994	Bill Arnsparger	Football	1950
1994	Paul Dietzel	Football	1948
1994	Jack Llewellyn
1995	Jack Faulkner	Football
1995	Joe Codiano	Football
1995	Bill Mallory	Football	1957
1996	John Brickels	Football
1996	Hal Paul
1996	Dick Shrider	Basketball
1997	Jerry Hanlon	Football
1997	John McVay	Football
1997	Frank Shands
1998	Carmen Cozza		1952
1998	Marvin Morehead
1998	Ernie Plank	Football	1950
2001	Dick Crum	Football
2001	Darrell Hedric	Basketball	1955
2001	Lou Kaczmarek	Football	1950
2001	Rich Voiers	Basketball	1957
2001	Walter "Smokey" Alston	Baseball	1935
2001	Earl "Red" Blaik	Football	1918
2001	Leann Davidge	Tennis
2001	Woody Hayes	Football
2001	Raymond Ray
2001	George Rider	Cross Country >
2001	William (Bill) Rohr	Basketball
2002	Peggy Bradley-Doppes	Volleyball - UNC Wilmington Director of Athletics
2002	Denny Marcin	Football - NY Jets	1964
2002	Nick Mourouzis	Football - DePauw	1959
2002	Jim Rose	Basketball	1951
2002	Marvin McCollum	Basketball	1948
2002	Ron Zook	Football - Illinois	1976
2006	George Gwozdecki	Hockey - Denver

+ Weeb Ewbank played Football, Basketball and Baseball at Miami, and coached the basketball team before becoming an established Football coach.
< Bob Kurz wrote "Miami of Ohio - the Cradle of Coaches" book
> George Rider coached 5 sports at Miami: Football, Basketball, Baseball, Track, and most notably Cross Country

See also

★ Miami University

★ List of Miami University alumni

★ Miami RedHawks

External links

★ The Cradle of Coaches

★ Official school website

★ Official athletics site

★ Denver Hockey profile