Answer the following question: Facts: - sport: football - coach team: kenmore hs -lrb- oh -rrb- -lrb- assistant -rrb- hower hs -lrb- hs oh -rrb- wooster -lrb- assistant -rrb- kent state -lrb- assistant -lrb- -rrb- navy -lrb- assistant -rrb- connecticut st. louis cardinals -lrb- oh ob -rrb- cincinnati bengals -lrb- ob -rrb- navy detroit lions -rrb- -lrb- assistant -rrb- detroit lions -lrb- assistant -rrb- hower - coach years: 1951 1959 -- 1963 1964 -- 1965 1966 -- 1967 1968 1952 1969 -- 1972 1973 1974 -- 1976 1953 -- 1955 1956 1957 -- 1958 - birth date: 20 november 1928 - name: rick forzano - overall record: 17 -- 17 -lrb- nfl -rrb- 10 -- 14 -- 1 -- -lrb- high school -rrb- 43 -- 1 -lrb- college -rrb- 15 - cfbdwid: 801 Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of rick forzano .
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richard edward '' rick '' forzano -lrb- born november 20 , 1928 -rrb- is a former american football coach at the high school , collegiate and professional levels , most prominently as head coach of the national football league 's detroit lions from 1974 to 1976 .after seeing his football playing career ended by a high school eye injury , forzano turned to coaching and earned his first two opportunities at two akron , ohio high schools .a 1951 stint at kenmore high school was followed one year later by a season at hower high school .in 1953 , he was promoted to head coach at hower , where he stayed three seasons and compiled a 10 -- 14 -- 1 record .in 1956 , he moved on for one year as an assistant at the college of wooster before spending two seasons in the same capacity at kent state university .in 1959 , he began a five-year stretch as an assistant with the united states naval academy , helping recruit quarterback roger staubach , who went on to win the heisman trophy in 1963 .that success led to his first college head coaching position at the university of connecticut , where he was 7 -- 10 -- 1 in two years .in 1966 , he moved up as an nfl coach with the first of two seasons as the st. louis cardinals ' offensive backfield coach .returning to ohio in 1968 , he served one year in that same role as a cincinnati bengals assistant under paul brown .on january 15 , 1969 , he then took the head coaching position at the u.s. naval academy .after putting together a 10 -- 33 record with three defeats against rival army , forzano resigned on february 1 , 1973 .the decision came when he accepted an offer to become an assistant coach position with the detroit lions under don mccafferty , who had worked with him at kent state in the late 1950s .when mccafferty died suddenly of a heart attack on july 28 , 1974 , forzano was named to replace him .forzano was known as a strict disciplinarian .however , forzano was unable to lead the team to a winning record and resigned on october 4 , 1976 after the team...