Donald Eugene "Don" Nehlen, inducted: 2005, At WVU:

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First Name
Donald Eugene "Don"
Last Name
Nehlen
Year Inducted
2005
Bio
The winningest coach in WVU history with a 149-93-4 record, Don Nehlen served as Mountaineer head man from 1980-2000. During his 21 years as head coach in Morgantown, Nehlen guided the Mountaineers to 13 bowl games and two bids for national titles playing Notre Dame in the 1989 Fiesta Bowl and Florida in the 1994 Sugar Bowl. He coached 15 firstteam AllAmericans, 82 allconference players and 51 players that went on to play professional football. His resume included coaching stints in the BlueGray, EastWest Shrine and Hula Bowl allstar games, and he served as president of the 10,000member American Football Coaches Association in 1997. Nehlen, a twotime national coach of the year in 1988 and 1993, is a member of the MidAmerican Conference, Bowling Green, Gator Bowl, Chick-Fil-A Bowl and WVU Sports Halls of Fame. He also served as head coach of his alma mater, Bowling Green, from 1968-76, posting a 53-35-4 mark. The native of Canton, Ohio, was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2005.
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