Wayne Hardin Irving Wayne Hardin ( born March 23 , 1927 ) is a former American football player and coach . He served as the head football coach at the United States Naval Academy from 1959 to 1964 and at Temple University from 1970 to 1982 , compiling a career college football record 118 – 74 – 5 . Hardin led Navy to appearances in the 1961 Orange Bowl and the Cotton Bowl Classic in 1964 , and coached two Midshipmen to the Heisman Trophy , Joe Bellino in 1960 and Roger Staubach in 1963 . After leaving Navy , Hardin coached the Philadelphia Bulldogs of the Continental Football League , leading the team to a championship in 1966 . On May 7 , 2013 Wayne Hardin was elected into the College Football Hall of Fame . Early life and playing career . Hardin was born in Smackover , Arkansas and attended high school in Stockton , California . He played college football at the College of the Pacific under Hall of Fame coach Amos Alonzo Stagg and his successor , Larry Siemering . Hardin won 11 varsity letters at Pacific before he graduated in 1950 . He was inducted into the College of the Pacific ' s Athletics Hall of Fame in 1998 . Coaching career . After serving as a student assistant coach in 1949 at Pacific , Hardin began his professional coaching career in 1950 at Ceres High School in Ceres , California . There he coached football and basketball . Hardin returned to his alma mater , Pacific , in 1952 as the backfield coach under Ernie Jorge . He then moved on to Porterville College , a community college in Porterville , California , where in two seasons as head football coach , 1952 and 1953 , he tallied a mark of 9 – 8 . In 1955 , Hardin was hired as an assistant football coach at the United States Naval Academy under Eddie Erdelatz . From 1959 to 1964 , Hardin was the head coach at Navy , where he compiled a 38 – 22 – 2 record . His Navy teams posted five consecutive wins against archrival Army , a feat not surpassed until 2007 when Paul Johnson ' s Navy squad won their sixth consecutive contest in the Army – Navy Game . Hardin coached Navy ' s two winners of the Heisman Trophy , Joe Bellino , who received the award in 1960 , and Roger Staubach , who did so in 1963 . Hardin was the head coach at Temple from 1970 to 1982 , where he compiled an 80 – 50 – 3 record . His 80 wins are the most in school history . Hardin coached numerous future professional players at Temple including New York Jets defensive lineman Joe Klecko , Pittsburgh Steelers tight end Randy Grossman , Kansas City Chiefs cornerback Kevin Ross , San Diego Chargers linebacker Bill Singletary , and New York Jets quarterback Steve Joachim , who won the Maxwell Award in 1974 playing for the Owls . Under Hardin , Temple ' s school - record 14 - game winning streak over two seasons from 1973 into 1974 was the longest Division I winning streak at the time . Hardin ' s 1979 squad was the most successful in Temple football ' s history . The team went 10 – 2 and finished the season ranked # 17 in both major polls , the only Temple team to finish a campaign ranked . The 1979 team concluded their season with a victory in the Garden State Bowl over heavily favored Cal . Temple did not return to a bowl game until the 2009 season . Hardin ' s career college record was 118 – 74 – 5 . After coaching . Hardin also spent time as a color commentator for CBS Sports for the Baltimore Colts .