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High school and college football fans are mourning the loss of Gerry Faust, the former head coach at Moeller High School, University of Notre Dame and University of Akron who died at age 89.
Faust was born in Dayton, Ohio, and played quarterback for the Flyers. He led Moeller to a record of 178-23-2 as the Crusaders’ head coach from 1962 to 1980.
At Notre Dame, his record was 30-26-1 in five seasons, from 1981 to 1985. He coached the Zips from 1986 to 1994.
Former Fighting Irish star and Heisman Trophy winner Tim Brown was among those remembering Faust on social media late Monday:
As I get older, I know these things are going to happen, but it doesn’t make it any easier. Today, we lost the man that had the nerve to offer a kid a scholarship who was on a team that won 4 games in 3 years in high school. When no one else saw anything in me, he offered me a
— Tim Brown (@81TimBrown) November 12, 2024
Both former USC coach John Robinson and former ND coach Gerry Faust passed away today, both at the age of 89, which is eerie.
They faced off in 1981 and ’82 (before Robinson left for the Rams), including this famous edition. (From ND’s Web site.) pic.twitter.com/t4rVhZ71fU
— Stewart Mandel (@slmandel) November 12, 2024
Just heard about the passing of Gerry Faust. My father played high school football with him at Chaminade. #RIP
— Alex Meacham (@Alex_Meacham) November 12, 2024
Was just told the news of the passing of Gerry Faust. what an absolutely wonderful person. Met him back in 1978 at Cincinnati Moeller 2 yrs later he took the Notre Dame job. His personality never changed. No ego, stayed humble and always a friend you can count on. God bless Coach pic.twitter.com/yg08ehpNx6
— Tom Lemming (@LemmingReport) November 12, 2024
RIP #GerryFaust. Can’t say enough good things about this Great person. Might just be nicest man I ever…
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Author : Cincinnati.com | The Enquirer
Publish date : 2024-11-12 05:45:32
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