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Former LSU and S Carolina Coach Paul Dietzel has passed
Posted on 9/24/13 at 9:17 am
Posted on 9/24/13 at 9:17 am
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RIP Coach, meant a ton to LSU folks
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Paul Dietzel, "the artist, the coach and the legend" is dead at 89. His handprint on LSU football is unmistakable. He coached the Tigers to their first modern day national championship in 1958. The famed Chinese bandits and his three-team platoon system were his creation. What came to be the LSU look, virtually unchanged since 1955, was his idea.
RIP Coach, meant a ton to LSU folks
Posted on 9/24/13 at 9:21 am to danfraz
Sorry to hear that. Hadn't he become very ill in the past few months?
Prayers go up for him and his family. Hope he finds peace in that stadium in the sky.
Prayers go up for him and his family. Hope he finds peace in that stadium in the sky.
Posted on 9/24/13 at 9:21 am to AnonymousTiger
Our Bear.
RIP good sir.
RIP good sir.
Posted on 9/24/13 at 9:24 am to danfraz
Gonna stop a touchdown.. Chop! Chop!
RIP Coach Paul Dietzel
This post was edited on 9/24/13 at 9:29 am
Posted on 9/24/13 at 9:25 am to bamaboy87
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Sorry to hear that. Hadn't he become very ill in the past few months?
Yes he had...he was still as sharp as a tack, but his body just started giving out.
RIP Coach.....
This post was edited on 9/24/13 at 9:26 am
Posted on 9/24/13 at 9:26 am to danfraz
Another of the old guard gone....
May his family find peace, and may all the calls go his way while in that next place.
May his family find peace, and may all the calls go his way while in that next place.
Posted on 9/24/13 at 9:28 am to danfraz
RIP Coach Dietzel. He did a ton for LSU, great coach
Posted on 9/24/13 at 9:36 am to danfraz
The embodiment of CLASS. RIP and prayers to the family. Never heard a bad word about him.
Posted on 9/24/13 at 9:38 am to danfraz
What a legendary coach. Rest in peace, Coach Dietzel.
Posted on 9/24/13 at 9:42 am to danfraz
Meant a lot to USC also. Got us our one ACC conference championship in 1969. And he wrote the words to our current fight song -- similar to what he did at LSU.
RIP Coach.
RIP Coach.
Posted on 9/24/13 at 9:45 am to danfraz
Well always remember you coach.
Posted on 9/24/13 at 9:45 am to danfraz
Great coach, great mentor.
Sad day for college football.
Sad day for college football.
Posted on 9/24/13 at 9:48 am to SpringBokCock
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Meant a lot to USC also. Got us our one ACC conference championship in 1969. And he wrote the words to our current fight song -- similar to what he did at LSU.
I didn't know this. Very cool
Posted on 9/24/13 at 9:50 am to SpringBokCock
Every time you hear Chinese bandits after a 3rd down defensive stop, it is a homage to coach Dietzel
RIP
RIP
Posted on 9/24/13 at 9:50 am to danfraz
Dietzel was the first civilian coach hired at West Point, which previously only considered Army men. Dietzel had earned his coaching stripes at Army under then-head coach Col. Earl "Red" Blaik.
Posted on 9/24/13 at 10:08 am to SpringBokCock
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Meant a lot to USC also. Got us our one ACC conference championship in 1969. And he wrote the words to our current fight song -- similar to what he did at LSU.
also designed the current logo on our helmet and got us out of the ACC. he should have stayed on as AD, which would have helped us better during our independent years.
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