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Replacing Legends Trivia Quiz

Questions about coaches who replaced legends. I give you a coach and you tell me who replaced him as head coach of the school.

A multiple-choice quiz by bsd987. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
bsd987

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
287,880

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

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Difficult

Avg Score
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Question 1 of 10

1. Few coaches defined a school as much as Paul "Bear" Bryant defined Alabama football. Who replaced him upon his retirement at Alabama after the 1982 season? Hint

Bill Curry

Ray Perkins

Gene Stallings

Mike DuBose

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Question 2 of 10

2. Football in the Pacific Northwest was never that big until Don James took over Washington and led it to a national championship. Who replaced James as coach of the Huskies after he resigned following the 1992 season? Hint

Dennis Green

Rick Neuheisel

Jim Lambright

Jim Owens

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Question 3 of 10

3. Johnny Majors may have reached the pinnacle at Pittsburgh, winning the national championship there in his final season in 1976. But he is probably best known for the nearly two decades he led Tennessee. Who replaced him as the Vols coach when he was forced out after the 1992 season? Hint

Phillip Fulmer

Glen Mason

Bill Battle

Jackie Sherrill

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Question 4 of 10

4. Frank Broyles is an Arkansas institution. First, he won a national title as the Razorbacks' head coach. Then he was the Athletic Director for three decades. Who replaced him when he retired as head coach following the 1976 season? Hint

Lou Holtz

Ken Hatfield

Dan Devine

Fred Thomsen

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Question 5 of 10

5. Stanford hasn't always been a PAC-10 bottom-feeder. For nine years, they were coached by Glenn "Pop" Warner, making three Rose Bowls along the way. Who replaced Warner when he went to Temple before the 1933 season? Hint

Chuck Taylor

Clark Shaughnessy

Claude Thornhill

Marchmont Schwartz

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Question 6 of 10

6. There is no more of a legendary figure in college football than Knute Rockne. Everybody knows how he tragically died in a plane crash after guiding Notre Dame to consecutive undefeated seasons in 1929 and 1930. Who took over the impossible task of succeeding him? Hint

Heartley Anderson

Jesse Harper

Elmer Layden

John Marks

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Question 7 of 10

7. Long before Rice became the laughingstock of college football, Jess Neely guided the Owls to appearances in the Cotton Bowl, Orange Bowl, and Sugar Bowl. Who replaced Jess Neely at Rice when he retired after the 1966 season? Hint

Harold "Bo" Hagan

Ray Alborn

Al Conover

Watson Brown

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Question 8 of 10

8. Central Michigan, unlike most MAC schools, was able to maintain coaching stability thanks to Herb Deromedi. He won 110 games in 16 seasons in Mount Pleasant. Who replaced Deromedi at Central Michigan for the 1994 season? Hint

Roy Kramer

Mike DeBord

Dick Flynn

Bill Kelly

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Question 9 of 10

9. Howard Schnellenberger was a legend everywhere he'd been, with the major exception of Oklahoma. It's common knowledge that Jimmy Johnson replaced Schnellenberger at Miami, but who replaced him at Louisville? Hint

John L. Smith

Bob Weber

Bobby Petrino

Ron Cooper

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Question 10 of 10

10. Bernie Bierman won five national championships as head coach of the University of Minnesota. However, his coaching tenure was interrupted from 1942-1944 due to his service in the U.S. Army. Who coached the Gophers for the three years that Bierman was in service? Hint

Wes Fesler

George Hauser

Murray Warmath

Herbert "Fritz" Crisler

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Few coaches defined a school as much as Paul "Bear" Bryant defined Alabama football. Who replaced him upon his retirement at Alabama after the 1982 season?

Answer: Ray Perkins

Perkins lasted only four years in the impossible task of replacing Bryant.

Answer: Jim Lambright

Lambright never returned Washington to the heights it had before James resigned in the face of NCAA investigations. He was fired after a 6-6 season in 1998.

Answer: Phillip Fulmer

Fulmer replaced Majors twice. First as interim coach at the beginning of the 1992 season, and then permanently after Majors went 5-3 to close out the year.

Answer: Lou Holtz

Lou Holtz himself would become a legend at Notre Dame, winning the national title in 1988.

Answer: Claude Thornhill

After making the Rose Bowl in his first three seasons, Thornhill suffered through four consecutive losing seasons and lost his job.

Answer: Heartley Anderson

Anderson lost 9 games in 3 years at Notre Dame. Rockne lost 12 in 13 years.

Answer: Harold "Bo" Hagan

Hagan took over in 1967 on Neely's retirement. He went 12-27-1 in four seasons.

Answer: Dick Flynn

Deromedi himself replaced Roy Kramer, a legend in his own right. Kramer left CMU to become the Athletic Director at Vanderbilt before becoming SEC commissioner.

Answer: Ron Cooper

Cooper lasted only three losing seasons, 1995-1997, before being replaced by John L. Smith.

Answer: George Hauser

Bierman coached the team again after returning from war from 1946-1950. Wes Fesler would replace him when he retired.

Source: Author bsd987

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