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On Nov. 14, Miami and Northern Illinois will competed for the Mallory Cup, honoring, Bill Mallory, one of the all-time great Mid-American Conference coaches. Mallory was 64-31 all-time as a head coach in the Mid-American Conference for both Miami and NIU. His 64 wins and .674 win percentage rank eighth in conference history.
Mallory, who passed away on May 25, 2018, was 39-12 in five years (1969-73) as Miami's head coach, including a MAC Championship season in 1973 in which Miami went 11-0, including a Tangerine Bowl victory over Florida. After a stint at Colorado, Mallory coached Northern Illinois from 1980-83, compiling a 25-19 record in DeKalb. NIU won its first conference championship in 1983 under the guidance of coach Mallory. Mallory is believed to be the only football coach in history to win a championship with two different MAC schools. He also won MAC Coach of the Year in 1973 with Miami and 1983 with NIU.
In a game dominated by the defenses, it was a defensive score that made the difference as Miami picked up a huge 13-7 road victory against eventual MAC Champion, Northern Illinois. Down 7-6 with 7:21 left to play in the third quarter, Miami freshman cornerback Ja'don Rucker-Furlow intercepted NIU quarterback Marcus Childers and returned it for a touchdown. The RedHawk defense was superb all game, limiting Northern Illinois to just 15 first downs in the game and turning the Huskies over twice. Following the Rucker-Furlow interception midway through the third quarter, Miami would force NIU to punt five times in a row and then seal the game with back-to-back fourth down stops late in the fourth quarter. This was Miami's first win on the road versus the Huskies since 1998.
Miami University Athletics will honor five esteemed individuals the weekend of October 12-13, 2018 as it inducts the Cradle of Coaches Class of 2018-19. Comprising this year's class is Dr. Richard Ceronie PhD '93 (cross county/track & field), Ron Hunter '86 (basketball), Don Knodel '53 (basketball), Bobby Kramig (soccer) and Jim Tressel (football).
The members of the Cradle of Coaches Class of 2018-19 will be honored during an induction dinner on Friday, Oct. 12 at the Shriver Center in the John E. Dolibois Room. There will be a reception from 6-6:30 p.m. with the dinner and induction following at 6:30 p.m. Reservations for the dinner may be made online by clicking HERE or by calling the Miami Athletic Ticket Office at (513) 529-4295.
Jim Tressel got his start as an assistant football coach in Oxford in 1979. He coached the Miami quarterbacks and wide receivers in 1979 and 1980. Tressel was soon named head coach at Youngstown State where he served from 1986-2000. He led the Penguins to four national championships. Tressel became the head coach at Ohio State in 2001, leading the Buckeyes to the BCS National Championship a year later. Tressel became the only head coach to win a national title at both levels of Division I college football. OSU went on to appearances in the championship game following the 2006 and 2007 seasons. Tressel now serves as President of Youngstown State University. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2015.
Mallory Cup
Beginning this year, Miami and Northern Illinois will compete for the Mallory Cup, honoring, Bill Mallory, one of the all-time great Mid-American Conference coaches. Mallory, who passed away on May 25, 2018, was 39-12 in five years (1969-73) as Miami's head coach, including a MAC Championship season in 1973 in which Miami went 11-0, including a Tangerine Bowl victory over Florida. As a head coach for both schools Mallory was 64-31 all-time in the Mid-American Conference. He also won MAC Coach of the Year in 1973 with Miami and 1983 with NIU. [STORY]
The team will also wear a helmet decal during the 2018 season with the names of Carm Cozza and Bill Mallory to honor both coaches who passed away in 2018.
Bill Mallory (May 30, 1935 - May 25, 2018)
Miami Athletics was saddened to learn of the passing of former football player and coach Bill Mallory. William Guy Mallory was born May 30, 1935, in Sandusky, Ohio, and died May 25 in Bloomington, Ind. He was 82.
As a two-way end, Mallory was a three-time letter winner for Miami from 1954-56 and earned All-Mid-American Conference honors twice while leading the Red & White to a pair of MAC titles under head coach Ara Parseghian.
He later coached under Woody Hayes at Ohio State for three years before returning to Miami for his first head coaching job. During his head coaching career that began in 1969 at Miami University, he went 39-12, including a perfect 11-0 Mid-American Conference championship team in 1973.
He went on to coach at Colorado, Northern Illinois and Indiana, becoming the Hoosiersâ€TM all-time winningest football coach in school history. In addition to being inducted into Miami's Hall of Fame in 1980, Mallory was inducted into the Cradle of Coaches in 1995.
Jared Elliott - NCAA (FCS)
Western Illinois University announced Jared Elliott '08 as the new football coach of the Leathernecks. Elliott also served as a Graduate Assistant for the Redhawks in both 2010 and 2011. Full Story
Matt Edwards - NFL
The Tennessee Titans hired Edwards as the Assistant Special Teams Coach. Edwards is a 2002 graduate of Miami, where he played LB & DE from 1998-2002. He also coached in Oxford during the 2011 & 2012 seasons.
Dustin Woods & Tyrone Jones - Olympics
Two Miami football alumni coached in the 2018 Winter Olympics. Dustin Woods ('09): Head strength coach - Chinese Olympic Short Track Speed Skating Team. Tyrone Jones ('12): Strength trainer - Japan's National Short Track Speed Skating Team.
