Paul Franklin Dietzel was an American football player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head coach at Louisiana State University, the United States Military Academy, and the University of South Carolina, compiling a career record of 109?95?5. Dietzel's 1958 LSU team concluded an 11?0 season with a win over Clemson in the Sugar Bowl and was a consensus national champion. For his efforts that year, Dietzel was named the National Coach of the Year by both the American Football Coaches Association and the Football Writers Association of America. Dietzel also served as the athletic director at South Carolina, Indiana University Bloomington, LSU, and Samford University. [More at Wikipedia]

September 5th, 1924 in   /  Died:   Sep 24th, 2013