Complex sentence: Fairbanks graduated from Michigan State University in 1955 following three years of football with the Spartans, and that fall, began the first of three years as head coach of Ishpeming High School in Michigan.
Split into simpler sentences: Fairbanks graduated from Michigan State in 1955, following three years of football with the Spartans. That fall he began the first of three years as head coach of Ishpeming High School in Michigan.