jiminbogart
TCU Go Frawgs !
He certainly deserves to be there.
Georgia Southern leaders request waiver to get Erk Russell inducted into College Football Hall of Fame (msn.com)
Georgia Southern leaders request waiver to get Erk Russell inducted into College Football Hall of Fame (msn.com)
Under the current rules, a college football coach must have been a head coach for ten years to be nominated for the Hall of Fame.
Erk Russell was head coach at Georgia Southern for eight years. Prior to arriving in Statesboro in 1981, Russell was defensive coordinator at the University of Georgia.
From 1981 until retirement in 1989, Russell would compile a coaching record of 83-22-1 at Georgia Southern. He would lead the Eagles to three NCAA 1-AA national championships (1985, 1986, 1989).