V V W V V W V =MIR Page 4 - The Michigan Daily - Friday, September 7, 1984 Jerry Hanlon a key to Bo s main man:5 yros "15 years of success W w w -W The Michigan Daily - Friday, Sei Predictions for the new sea By DOUGLAS B. LEVY In 15 years as head coach of the Michigan football team, Bo Schem- bechler has amassed an extraordinary record of 140 wins, 31 losses and three ties. Quarterback coach Jerry Hanlon is the only man who has been with Schembechler for every down of these 15 campaigns, on the field, and in the trenches, devoting every physical and mental impulse toward conquering the opposing gridiron foe. "He's an absolutely superb coach," praised John McVay, the director of player personnel for the NFL's San Francisco 49er's and head coach of the New York Giants in the late '70s. "He's been Bo's righthand man for all these years and he's had tremendous suc- 'Jerry is the kind of person anyone would love to have in a program.' - John McVay, San Francisco 49ers' director of player personnel DEMANDING ON the field, Hanlon is. a compassionate man everywhere else. He respects, and in many cases comes' to love his young athletes. "You treat them as you treat your own kids," said the father of two sons and a daughter. "When they do something wrong you try to correct them, you try to get them to be the best they can be." Former Wolverine tight end Norm Betts was a recipient of a full dose of Hanlon coaching. "YOU'RE NOT GOING to get me to say something bad about him, because this guy is a greatguy," said Betts, who graduated in 1982. "He's a tough- skinned guy on the field, but he really wants his players to learn and suc- ceed." Now at the top of his class in the Michigan Dental School, Betts ap- preciates his coach more than ever. "At the end of every year he would write all of his players letters saying how much he enjoyed working with you and how proud he was to be your coach. It was things like that that made him so dear to me and his other players." Born in Fort Thomas, Kentucky, and reared in North Bend, Hanlon lettered in football, basketball, baseball and track at Taylor High School. After ser- ving a two-year tour of duty in the ar- my, he returned to Miami of Ohio and was a reserve player under famed foot- ball coach Ara Parseghian. After graduating in 1956, Hanlon decided on the excitement of a career in athletics instead of law. Returning to North Bend after finishing school, he taught in the district's school system for a year before McVay called with an assistant coaching job at Canton Central Catholic High. After four successful years with McVay, Hanlon was hired as head coach by arch-rival Ursuline High in Youngstown. Two city championships in three years at Ursuline and he took another head job at prestigious Cleveland-St. Edward's High. AFTER JUST one season at St. Ed- ward's, Hanlon rejoined his friend Mc- Vay at the University of Dayton, which had hired McVay for the 1965 season. 'Whenever I got into a new situation the first guy I turned to was Jerry Hanlon, both at Catholic Central and at Dayton," said McVay, who is godfather to Hanlon's youngest son, Mickey. Another of McVay's assistants that first year at Dayton was George Perles of Pittsburgh Steeler and Michigan State fame. 198:3 res Michigan 6,Wash, frt washingtoo 25, MichIw Michigans 3 . wisconsio Michgan 4.1.Indiana 1 Michigan1 42, MSU fU Micig5an 35. N'wae# Michigan 19. Iowa)t3 Illinois 16, Michiga Michigan 42, PurducIf Mihia 5,Minnes'A Michigan 24. Ohio Stali Auburn 9.MichliganI 7 I.1 In Ii - 10) Minnesota National Champion: Auburn Heisman winner: Bo Jackson KA TIE BL ACK 1) MICHIGAN 2) Ohio State 3) Iowa 4) Iiaois 5) Wisconsin 6) Michigan State 1983 AP poll WEL L PAUL HELGREN 1) MICHIGAN 2) Iowa 3) Ohio state 4) Wisconsin 5) Illinois 6) Indiana 7) Michigan State 8) Northwestern 9) Purdue DOUGLAS B. IEVY 1) MICHIGAN 2) Ohio State 3) Iowa 4) Illinois 5) Wisconsin 4) Michigan State 7) Indiana 8) Northwestern 9) Minnesota 10) Purdue National Champion: MICHIGAN Heisman winner: Keith Byars 1. W 2. M 3. fa 4. Oh 5.11 6. M 7. N 8. Pz 9. M 10. In Nati Hels A look at some top twenty picks The Michigan DalyBi Ten j Su S 7) Purdue 10) Minnesota 8) Indiana National Champion: Pittsburgh fn1 24 9) Northwestern Heisman winner: Not Chuck Long I Bo Schembechler and Jerry Hanlon have coached together for the last 18 years. Although'seated to Schembechler's left, Hanlon has been called Bo's righthand man. 1. Miami 2. Nebraska 3. Auburn 4. Georgia 5. Texas 6. Florida 7. Brigham Young 8. Ohio State 9. MICHIGAN 10. Illinois I1. SMU 12. Alabama 13. UCLA 14. Iowa 15. Air Force 16. West Virginia 17. Penn State 18. Oklahoma St. 19. Pittsburgh 20. Boston College 1983 UPI poll 1. Miami 2. Nebraska 3. Auburn 4. Georgia 5. Texas 6. Florida 7. Brigham Young 8. MICHIGAN 9.Ohio State 10. Illinois 11. Clemson 12. SMU 13. Air Force 14. Iowa 15. Alabama 16. West Virginia 17. UCLA 18. Pittsburgh 19. Boston College 20. East Carolina cess. Jerry is the kind of person anyone. would love to have in a program." HANLON'S superb reputation for coaching extends back into the 1950's, but the North Bend, Ohio native truly; made his mark as Michigan's offensive, line coach from 1969-1981. During that: span, 34 of his linemen played in the NFL, including four first-round draft choices and 10 first-team All- Americans. Stories about Hanlon's coaching methods during practices are legen- dary in Wolverine circles. Said Hanlon, chuckling, "I'm very open. If I see something I don't like, I'll say it, and usually the whole team will hear it too. "On and off the field is a different story," continued Hanlon. "During practice I'll get on a kid, but he knows that it's nothing personal, that I'm just trying to improve his technique or something." 12. Florida State 13. SMU 14. North Carolina 15. Pittsburgh 16. Boston College 17. Penn State 18. Oklahoma 19. Auburn 20. Georgia But after that first season at Dayton, Bo Schembechler called from Miami of Ohio to bring Hanlon back to his alma mater. AFTER THREE winning years at Miami, Hanlon followed Schem- bechler's rising star to Ann Arbor in '69, reasoning that a step into the prestigious Big Ten could not be passed up. From that inaugural campaign through 1981, Hanlon produced offen- sive lines that worked like well-oiled machines. Much to Schembechler's delight opposing defenses were mowed down week after week, opening up thousand-yard seasons for a myriad of gifted Wolverine tailbacks. After a coaching shuffle in 1981 Hanlon took control of quarterbacks. He welcomed the new challenge. Steve Smith was already a fixture at quarter- back in '82, but going into this year, Smith's departure has created a void and Hanlon's new signal caller, junior Jim Harbaugh, will be under the gun. ALWAYS STRESSING the mental aspects of the game, Hanlon respects no one more than the modern quarter- back. "The toughest thing to do in modern athletics is to be a successful quarterback in a good program." Harbaugh is still untested as far as coping with t atal pressure of the position. Phys;. y, Hanlon knows Harbaugh has th a'ility, but said, "We have a big lack of experience and there is no substitute for experience." Clearly, Hanlon has a crucial year of coaching staring him in the face, a task he relishes. "Coaches have large, very large egos," mused Hanlon. "And we satisfy those egos by helping the kids we coach, See HANLON, page 19 College Football Magazine 1. Clemson 2. Arizone State 3. Notre Dame 4. Alabama 5. Nebraska 6. Ohio State 7. Iowa 8. Miami 9. Texas 10. MICHIGAN 11. UCLA Sporting News 1. Texas 2. Clemson 3. Pittsburgh 4. UCLA 5. Alabama 6. Ohio State 7. Washington 8. Nebraska 9. MICHIGAN 10. Miami (Fla) 11. Penn State 12. Arizona State 13. Notre Dame 14. Oklahoma State 15. Louisiana 16.Oklahom 17. North Ca 18. Tennesse 19. Brigham 20. Missouri 1. Auburn 2. Alabama 3. Pittsburg} 4. Clemson 5. MICHIGA 6. Texas 7. Washingt 8. Wisconsin 9. Notre Dan 10. ArizonaS I1. Missouri 12. Southern 13. Nebraska 14. Miami 15. Florida S 16. Oklahom 17. Florida 18. Illinois 19.Southern 20. Oklahom ANG ELO'S RESTAURANT "We're famous for our Homemade Bread" AUTHORIZED ROLEX SALES AND SERVICE Najarian 22-3. OFFENSIVE STARTERS RETURNING: 7. 1983 OFFENSIVE RANKING: 8th. DEFENSIVE STARTERS RETURNING: 9. 1983 DEFENSIVE RANKING: 10th. PLAYERS TO WATCH: Andre Harris (CB), Peter Najarian (LB), Tony Hunter (RB), Dwayne McMullen (WR). November 10: Minnesota COACH: Lou Holtz, (first season at Minnesota. LAST SEASON'S RECORD: 1-10. 0-9 Big Ten. LAST YEAR VS MICH: Michigan 58, Minnesota 10.EC SERIES LEADER: MICHIGAN, 49- Holtz How appropriate that a comedian should become the new coach of the laughing stock of the Big Ten. Golden Gopher fans won't have much to cheer about this season, but with former Arkansas leader Lou Holtz at the helm there will be chuckles aplenty. "I went to the University of Min- nesota," said Holtz, who has com- piled a 106-53-5 mark in 14 years of coaching, "and I cannot tell you why." WHILE IT may remain a mystery why Holtz chose the Great White North, the team he will be coaching should offer few surprises. Quite simply, the Gophers will be terrible. Minnesota returns a defense that gave up 47 points per game (more than the Gopher basketball team gave up, as Holtz pointed out). The offense could only muster up about 17 points per contest. And there isn't much reason to think 1984 will show significant improvement over last season's 1-10 mark. Even eternal op- timist Holtz figures it will be a tough road to mediocrity. "I had an awful lot of people tell me the program is in shambles," Holtz said. "I was there about a week and I . told one guy, (Dallas superscout) Gil Brandt, you know, I think you underestimated the severity of our problem." Holtz's goal for 1984? "To be in the Big Ten this time next year." 1100 Catherine Rd. 668-9538 1 0- -1 w