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Mountaineers' Nehlen Living In Two WorldsMORGANTOWN. W.Va. (UPI) — For the rest of this dizzying month, Don Nehlen is going to live in two worlds.You see. he’s working for two football teams.One is Michigan, a Big Ten power that is headed for the Gator Bowl.The other West Virginia, which is going nowhere for the moment.Nehlen, 43, named as WVU’s new head coach to replace Frank Cignetti, is recruiting players and coaches for the Mountaineers on one hand, and helping Wolverines get ready forpost-season play Dec. 28 withs100es vehicle n services:ules Rustproofingfull-repair warranty.Lustre-Guardat seals in protection elements Backed by awarranty.n Fab-GuardSection tor all tabric even tor velour.Gravel-Guarddd areas trom chipping Drasion.3ll of these services or discounts:Ounfs Offer expires Dec 15.1979:k rustproofingig Avenue5, PA582m$CNorth Carolina.The offensive backfield coach and recruiting coor dinator for Michigan the past three years promised Wolverine coach Bo Schembechler he would stick around until the bowl game was over.“I’m going to do double duty until then, Nehlen said in a telephone interview from his Ann Arbor, Mich., home. “So I’ll be working two jobs.”Nehlen, who planned to conduct a 1 p.m. news conference today, has listed a coaching staff as his top priority at WVU.West Virginia Athletic Director Dick Martin said Nehlen is getting a $40,000 salary annually.According to Martin, the school arranged a four-year pact with Nehlen to allow him an opportunity to demonstrate his ability to build a sound, competitive football program.Had the contract been good for a single seasons, Nehlen said he wouldn’t have taken it.With the completion of the new 50,000-seat stadium at WVU, Martin said the school was prepared to “enter into a new era and a new coach was necessary to get things started.“Don has the major college background we were looking for in our head coach,” Martin said. He has the experience as an assistant, a coordinator, a recruiter and as a head coach. AsMichigan's recruiting coordinator, Don has strong ties all over the nation, especially in Ohio and western Pennsylvania.Nehlen has been offensive backfield coach and recruiting coordinator for Michigan since 1977. Before joining the Wolverines, he was head coach at Bowling Green from 1968-76, compiling a 53-35-4 record. Hewas 24th among major college head coaches.Nehlen has a degree in education from Bowling Green and a master’s from Kent State. A native of Canton, Ohio, he married the former Merry Ann Chopson and has two children, Danny, 19, and Vicky, 17.
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DuBois Courier Express
DuBois, Pennsylvania, US
Mon, Dec 10, 1979
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