Bob Devaney
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Bob Devaney was a highly successful American college football coach best known for transforming the University of Nebraska’s program into a national powerhouse and winning multiple national championships in the 1960s and 1970s.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Bob Devaney canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
American football coach
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human ⓘ |
| almaMater | Alma College NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceived | AFCA Coach of the Year NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coached | Tom Osborne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coachingRecord | 101–20–2 at Nebraska (college football) ⓘ |
| conferenceChampionshipWon | multiple Big Eight Conference football championships with Nebraska ⓘ |
| conflictParticipatedIn | World War II ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1915-04-13 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1997-05-09 ⓘ |
| employer |
University of Nebraska–Lincoln
NERFINISHED
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University of Wyoming NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| endTime |
1961 (head coach at Wyoming Cowboys football team)
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1972 (head coach at Nebraska Cornhuskers football team) ⓘ 1993 (athletic director at University of Nebraska–Lincoln) ⓘ |
| fullName | Robert S. Devaney NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | college football ⓘ |
| givenName | Robert ⓘ |
| hallOfFameInductionYear | 1981 (College Football Hall of Fame) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| headCoachOf |
Nebraska Cornhuskers football team
NERFINISHED
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Wyoming Cowboys football team NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Lincoln, Nebraska (Bob Devaney Sports Center) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| memberOf | College Football Hall of Fame NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryService | United States Navy ⓘ |
| nationalChampionshipWon |
1970 NCAA University Division football national championship
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1971 NCAA University Division football national championship ⓘ |
| nickname | Bob Devaney NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableAchievement |
ended Nebraska’s long period of football mediocrity and established sustained national prominence
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led Nebraska to back-to-back national championships in 1970 and 1971 ⓘ |
| notableWork | building Nebraska Cornhuskers into a national football powerhouse ⓘ |
| occupation |
American football coach
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athletic director ⓘ |
| overallRecord | 136–30–7 (college football head coach) ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Saginaw, Michigan, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Lincoln, Nebraska, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
athletic director at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln
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head football coach at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln ⓘ head football coach at the University of Wyoming ⓘ |
| residence | Lincoln, Nebraska, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sport | American football ⓘ |
| stadiumNamedAfter | Bob Devaney Sports Center NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startTime |
1957 (head coach at Wyoming Cowboys football team)
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1962 (head coach at Nebraska Cornhuskers football team) ⓘ 1967 (athletic director at University of Nebraska–Lincoln) ⓘ |
| successor | Tom Osborne (as Nebraska head football coach) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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subject surface form:
Nebraska Cornhuskers football