databasefootballcoach death_date coach_team birth_date pfrcoach pfr databasefootball death_place collegehof player_years image college draftedround birth_place record coach_years position article_title player_team draftedyear
holovmik01 27 january 2008 boston patriots san francisco 49ers -lrb- qb/rb -rrb- oakland raiders -lrb- college wr -rrb- new york jets -lrb- scout -rrb- new york eagles jets -lrb- rb -rrb- new york jets -lrb- dpp -rrb- boston new york jets patriots -lrb- rb -rrb- boston 19 september 1919 holomi0 h/holomi20 holovmik01 ruskin , florida 40001 1946 1947 -- 1948 holovak2.jpg boston college 1 / pick 5 lansford , pennsylvania 53 -- 48 -- 9 1951 ; 1968 1969 1971 1972 1973 1974 & ndash ; & 1975 1976 ndash ; 1959 1960 1961 & ndash fullback mike holovak
 los angeles rams chicago bears 1943
mike holovak

michael joseph holovak -lrb- september 19 , 1919 -- january 27 , 2008 -rrb- was an american football player , coach , and executive .
he played college football at boston college , where he was named an all-american at fullback in 1942 .
holovak was selected in the first round of the 1943 nfl draft by the cleveland rams .
after serving in the united states navy during world war ii , he played in the national football league with the rams , who had moved to los angeles , in 1946 and with the chicago bears in 1947 and 1948 .
holovak served as the head football coach at his alma mater , boston college , from 1951 to 1959 , compiling a record of 49 -- 29 -- 3 .
in 1960 , he joined the boston patriots of the american football league as an assistant coach under lou saban .
holovak took over as head coach after saban 's firing midway through the 1961 season and remained as the team 's head coach through the 1968 season .
in 1976 , he served one game as head coach for the new york jets .
he was also the general manager of the houston oilers from 1989 to 1993 .
holovak was inducted into the college football hall of fame as a player in 1985 .
