Don Nehlen
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 Don Nehlen facts

• He was head football coach at Bowling Green State University (1968–1976) and at West Virginia University (1980–2000)
• Nehlen retired from coaching college football in 2001 with a career record of 202–128–8 and as the 17th winningest coach in college football history
• He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2005 and has served as a president of the American Football Coaches Association
• Nehlen played quarterback at Bowling Green (1955–1957) and led the team to a Mid-American Conference championship in 1956
• He began his coaching career in 1958 at Mansfield Senior High School and then served as head coach at Canton South High School and Canton McKinley High School
• Nehlen was later an assistant coach at the University of Cincinnati, Bowling Green, and the University of Michigan
• Since his retirement from coaching, Nehlen has been a spokesman for the coal industry
• Nehlen received the 2002 Distinguished West Virginian Award from the West Virginia Broadcasters Association
• In 2006, Nehlen published a book called Don Nehlen's Tales from the West Virginia Sideline, an autobiographical account recalling his 21-year tenure as the head football coach at West Virginia