Ten appearances in the Rose Bowl. His teams at Michigan won or split 13 Big Ten crowns and appeared in 10 Rose Bowls. During the 1970s, his 96-16-3 (.848) record was the greatest of any Division I coach. In 1977, his Wolverines finished 11-1-0 and were ranked No. 1. Schembechler's 10 appearances in the Rose Bowl is a record that will likely never be broken. He won the game nine times, lost once when he coached West Virginia in 1969 and tied once as a graduate assistant when he watched from the stands as Ohio State beat Stanford 26-6 in 1950. He also led Michigan to its first No. 1 ranking in 1976 after winning 11 games in 1975 and finishing third in 1974. In addition to his Michigan coaching career, he also served as an assistant for one season (1961) before taking over as head coach at Kansas State. He was fired after the 2001 season with a record of 95-32-4. He returned to Michigan for two more seasons after leaving for Kansas State, where he again turned around a struggling program by bringing in new coaches and making major changes to their offense. When he died in June 2007 at the age of 78, he had just been hired to lead the Michigan football team for a 10th season.