Don Nehlen
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- Seasons coached
- 31
- First season
- 1970
- Teams
- 3
Career
3 stints
- 1970–1976Bowling GreenHead Coach
- 1977–1979MichiganAssistant Coach
- 1980–2000West VirginiaHead Coach
Coaching tree
1 mentor, 24 protégés, 18 branches — a branch is a protégé who went on to hold a head job.
MentorsProtégés
Everyone shown became a head coachShowing up to 7 per row
Relationships
Coached under
29
- 2000Bill StewartMentored · West Virginia
- 1999–2000Darrell HazellMentored · West Virginia
- 1999–2000Tony DewsMentored · West Virginia
- 1996–1998Rob KeysMentored · West Virginia
- 1993–1994Kevin RamseyMentored · West Virginia
- 1991–1999Dan SimrellMentored · West Virginia
- 1989–1990Mickey MarottiMentored · West Virginia
- 1989–1990Paul ChrystMentored · West Virginia
- 1989Rich RodriguezMentored · West Virginia
- 1989Todd FitchMentored · West Virginia
- 1985–1989Dwight WallaceMentored · West Virginia
- 1985Rich RodriguezMentored · West Virginia
- 1984–2000Steve DunlapMentored · West Virginia
- 1981Dennis BrownMentored · West Virginia
- 1981–1999Doc HollidayMentored · West Virginia
14 more, most recent shown first.
Succeeded
15
- 2001Rich RodriguezSucceeded by · West Virginia
- 2001Rod SmithSucceeded by · West Virginia
- 1980Doc HollidaySucceeded · West Virginia
- 1980Frank CignettiSucceeded · West Virginia
- 1980Head coachSucceeded by · Michigan
- 1980Lloyd CarrSucceeded by · Michigan
- 1979Bob ThornbladhSucceeded by · Michigan
- 1979Russ MillerSucceeded by · Michigan
- 1979Thomas J. AndersonSucceeded by · Michigan
- 1977Dave ElliottSucceeded · Michigan
- 1977Dennis BrownSucceeded · Michigan
- 1977Dennis StolzSucceeded by · Bowling Green
- 1977Graduate assistantsSucceeded · Michigan
- 1977Lindsy McLeanSucceeded · Michigan
- 1977Robert I. BrownSucceeded · Michigan
Tenure
31 seasons
- West VirginiaHead coach · 1980–200021
- Bowling GreenHead coach · 1970–19767
- MichiganPosition coach · 1977–19793
Pipeline
6 of 7 coordinators
- 11 seasonsDoc Hollidayunder at West Virginia 1981 · head coach at Marshall2010
- 8 seasonsBill Stewartunder at West Virginia 2000 · head coach at West Virginia2008
- 1 seasonDan Simrellunder at West Virginia 1991 · head coach at Findlay2000
- 13 seasonsDale Strahmunder at Bowling Green 1971 · head coach at Western Carolina1989
- 10 seasonsGary Tranquillunder at Bowling Green 1971 · head coach at Navy1982
- 5 seasonsElliot Uzelacunder at Bowling Green 1970 · head coach at Western Michigan1975
Moves
Nothing on the wire for Don Nehlen. The wire carries moves published since the register went live; the career above is the record before that.