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Mike Gottfried

Mike Gottfried

Mike Gottfried is an ESPN college football analyst for Saturday Primetime. Gottfried began his sports career as a high school football coach in his early twenties, then eventually moved to the college level where he served as head coach for twelve seasons with Murray State, Cincinnati, Kansas, and Pittsburgh. In 1990, Gottfried left the sidelines with a winning record to take up his new career with ESPN.But Gottfried's story is not only about football -- it's also about filling the "father gap" for fatherless boys. When he and his two brothers lost their father in 1957, Gottfried longed for someone to fi ll a father's role. The men in his life who consistently stepped... Read full bio

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Hump Day Hoops: Who?s Hot? Who?s Not?
LEO Weekly, January 16, 2013
...a smidge over 12 seconds to play. NC state had two fouls to give to shorten the game. Mike Gottfried, who has never been accused of basketball genius, only used one of them. Allowing Maryland to execute the game winning play. Not so hot. Maryland’s...
Sunday Afternoon PG: None Is The Loneliest Number
LEO Weekly, January 13, 2013
...the ball stopped for an ill advised trey. Which he missed. Fundamentals, fellows. There’s a reason why Mike Gottfried was out of the biz for a season or two. This does not look like a team that will be an impediment to a legit contender come March. ...
Obituary- Latreesa Aldridge Dodge
Pryor Daily Times, January 9, 2013
...survived by her father, Jerry Aldridge of Tulsa; mother Peggy Knapp and husband Johnny of Broken Arrow; sons, Mike Gottfried and wife Jacklen of Stillwater and Steven Dodge and wife Rose of Salina; brother, Jerry Aldridge, Jr. and wife Deborah of Kansas...
It's all about the name ... decoding college bowls
TradingCharts.com, December 16, 2012
...the first John Hancock Bowl. Two weeks before the game a bowl official confirmed reports that Panthers coach Mike Gottfried had been fired. "This is the first time we've had a team coming but no coach," the official said.) Bowl Eligible? The next...
It's all about the name ... decoding college bowls
Individual.com, December 16, 2012
...the first John Hancock Bowl. Two weeks before the game a bowl official confirmed reports that Panthers coach Mike Gottfried had been fired. "This is the first time we've had a team coming but no coach," the official said.) Bowl Eligible? The next...
Mobile program works with college football players to mentor at-risk boys
AL.com, December 9, 2012
...played on Jan. 6 at Ladd-Peebles Stadium. "I said, 'I can do better than that,' and I gave Mike Gottfried a call," Brown said. "He said, 'We'll get some players there to say some encouraging words to the kids, and we'll also donate a block of...
Greg Hansen: Honeymoon phase for coaches fades fast
Arizona Daily Star, December 7, 2012
...once described among the "best minds in the business," which is actually a football kiss of death. Mike Gottfried, a celebrated Arizona offensive mind of the '70s, was later fired as the head coach at Kansas and Pitt. Remember Dave Fagg, part of Dick...