Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-16
War Causes
Large Turnover
In Grid Coaches
Nv EDGAR HAYES

OF football season. A dozen or
more changes are made through
out the country every winter.
This year there were about 80
changes in the head coaching posi-
IONS and several hundred among
Tho assistants a. the various col
Icces. And they include the most
.uccesSful tutors in the land.
Bernie Herman. for several
cars has been putting out the
hest teams IN the country. You
would figure his job was safe AT
Minnesota, But the biggest alumni
IN the world the American people.
called upon him for duty as a
lieutenant colonel in tho marines
and now he is in charge Of the
physical education program AT the
Iowa pre-flight school Al the Uni
VerSity Of Iowa
There are seven major service
teams in the country. excluding
West Point and Annapolis. Bier
man is al Iowa. Col. Bob Neyland
Of Tennessee has the Ea tern Army
team and Mai Wallace Wade OF
Duke the Western Army eleven.
Lieutenant Commander Tony Hin
l;le has the Great Lakes naval
training station,
Jim Crowley left Fordham 10
become a lieutenant commander IN
the navy and coach the North
Carolina pre-flight school. Georgia
will have Matty Bell Of Southern
Methodist University and ST.
Mary's pre-flight school has sam
Barry of Southern California.
In most cases where the head
coach Joined the service the chief
assistant moved up, if he wasn't
already in the army or navy. Glenn
Presnell, former quarterback OF
the Lions, is now head coach at
Nebraska. replacing Capt. Biff
Jones. who became athletic direc-
tor at West, Point.
There were three changes in the
Western Conference. Bob Zuppke,
after a generation at Illinois. re-
tired and gave his place to Ray
Elliott chief assistant. Elmer
Burnham took over for Mel FL
ward. who joined the service. and
DR.. George Hauser replaced Bier
man.
One Of the biggest shifts. with
the exception of those caused by
the war, was the move that took
Clark Shaughnessy from Stanford
10 Maryland. George Potsy Clark
and Mike Geary, coaches of Grand
Rapids and Western Michigan, re-
spectively. are both in the navy
now. Potsy is a lieutenant COM
mander al Pensacola.
Here is a list OF the major
changes:
NAVY. Commander Johnny whslchel sue
ceeds Maj. T. v. swede Larson.
BOSTON u. Walt Homer succeeds Pat
HOLY CROSS. Anthony sesnlOn succeeds
YALE. HOWE opel succeeds Spike Mel
WASHINGTON AND JEFFERSON Pete
FoRDHAM. Earl Walsh succeeds jim
RUTGERS. Henry Rockefeller succeeds
Harvey HArnlhn-
FRANK MARSHALL, Dick Barker sue
cceds Allan Holman.
GEORGE WASHINGTON. John Baker sue
eeeds W. J. Reinhsrt.
LEHIGH. George Hoesn succeeds Glen
MAINE, ". C. Kenyon succeeds GeOrT,
Allen.
ILLINOIS Ray Elliot succeeds Bob Zuppke.
PURDUE. Elmer Burnham succeeds Mel
Tdwnrds
MiNNEsoTA. pr. George Hsuser succeeds,
Bennie Biermsn:
RICHMOND. Johnny Fsnlon succeeds Glenn
TULANE. Claude simors succeeds Lowell
Dawson.
DUKE: Eddi. Cameron succeeds w'll'''
NORTH CAROLINA, Jim Tstum succeeds
Raymond Bear Wolf.
MARYLAND. Clark shsughnsssy succeeds
PACIFIC COAST
STANFORD. Msrchy schvartE succeeds
Clark shaugneSsy.
WASHINGTON. Ralph Welsh succeeds
oREGoN, John A. warren succeeds Tex
Us. C., JEFF crsvath succeeds sam Barry
ST. MARY's, Jimmy Pheisn succeeds Norm
ROCKY MOUNTAIN
COLORADO COLLEGE, Harold White sue
ceedS Juan Reid
MOUNTAIN STATES
cor ORADO STATE A. M, Julius
(HAnsb wagner succeeds Harry Hughes.
BRIGHAM YOUNG u, Floyd Minst sue
ceeds EDDIE KimbaN
MISSOURI VALLEY
WASHINGTON u, Tom German succeeds
Frank Loebs,
MIG SIX
NEBRASKA. Glen Presnsli succeeds Bin
Jones
KANSAS STATE. Ward Hsyle,t succeeds
Hobbs Adams.
sol THWEST CONFFRENCF
SOUTHERN METHODIST, Jimmy SieVaf'
succeeds Matty Bell.
OTHERS
DENVER L. Ellison Ketchum succeeds
clyde Hubbard.
NEW MEXICO L, wine Barnes succeeds
Ted shipkey
SAN FRANCISCO l.. Al Tsssi succeeds
Jed Cravsth.
WASHINGTON. n. c. George Washington
JOHNNY Baker succeeds Bill Reinhart.
BUTLER, Frank MeddOn succeeds Ton
Hinkle.