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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 27. Chapters: Larry Smith, Dick Tomey, John Mackovic, Warren B. Woodson, Mike Stoops, Ron McBride, Darrell Mudra, Rich Ellerson, Bob Valesente, Bob Davie, Pat Hill, Mike Gottfried, Chuck Amato, Will Skinner, Jay Boulware, Chuck Stobart, Rip Scherer, Arnold Jeter, Tex Oliver, Bob Wagner, Josh Heupel, Pete Rodriguez, Tom Reed, Bob Weber, Jim LaRue, Dana Dimel, Floyd Keith, Sonny Dykes, Tony Mason, Duane Akina, Moe Ankney, Rob Ianello, Don Eck, Larry Mac Duff, Ed Zaunbrecher, Ted Williams, Chuck Mills, Mike Canales, Bobby April, Bob Shaw, Fred Enke, Brian Norwood, Miles W. Casteel, Greg Brown, Kevin Wolthausen, Carl Mulleneaux, Robert Winslow, Orian Landreth, Clarence Shelmon, George F. Shipp, A. W. Farwick, H. B. Galbraith, William M. Ruthrauff, Raymond L. Quigley, Orin A. Kates, Stuart Forbes, Leslie Gillette, Frank A. King. Excerpt: Larry Smith (September 12, 1939 - January 28, 2008) was an American football player and coach in the United States. He served as the head football coach at Tulane University (1976-1979), the University of Arizona (1980-1986), the University of Southern California (1987-1992), and the University of Missouri (1994-2000). In Smith's 24 seasons as a head coach, his teams were 143-126-7. Smith was a native of Van Wert, Ohio, where he was a three-sport star at Van Wert High School, graduating in 1957. He earned an appointment to West Point, but transferred to Bowling Green State University a year later to pursue coaching. He played two-way end at for the Falcons, playing on a small-college national championship team as a sophomore in 1959; he won all-league honors as a junior and was team captain as a senior. Smith graduated from Bowling Green in 1962 with a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics, and later earned a Master of Education from Bowling Green in 1967. Known as a defense-oriented, no-nonsense coach, ...