Warren Schmakel

Warren Schmakel
Biographical details
Born	November 3, 1920; Toledo, Ohio, U.S.
Died	November 17, 1982 (aged 62); Lincoln, Nebraska, U.S.
Playing career
1940–1942	Central Michigan
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1946	Toledo (assistant)
1949	Miami (OH) (line)
1950	Central Michigan
1951	Miami (OH) (line)
1957–1959	Nebraska (line)
1960–1963	Rutgers (line)
1964–1968	Boston University
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1970–1974	Boston University
1974–1979	Illinois State
Head coaching record
Overall	26–28–2 (.482)
Accomplishments and honors
Awards
	As a player First-team Little All-American (1942);

Warren Hugo Paul Schmakel (November 3, 1920 – November 17, 1982) was an American football player, coach, scout, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Central Michigan University in 1950 and at Boston University from 1964 to 1968, compiling a career college football record of 26–28–2. Schmakel later served as the athletic director at Boston University and at Illinois State University, and as a scout for the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League (NFL).

Coaching career

While head coach at Boston University, Schmakel coached 20 players who were either drafted or received professional tryouts. This group included Bruce Taylor, the 1970 NFL Rookie of The Year (playing for the San Francisco 49ers), Reggie Rucker, Pat Hughes, and Dick Farley, who played for the San Diego Chargers and went on to a Hall of Fame coaching career at Williams College.

Schmakel died on November 17, 1982, in at Lincoln General Hospital in Lincoln, Nebraska.^[1]


Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
Central Michigan Chippewas (Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (1950)
1950	Central Michigan	6–4	2–2	T–3rd
Central Michigan:		6–4	2–2
Boston University Terriers (NCAA University Division independent) (1964–1965)
1964	Boston University	2–7
1965	Boston University	5–3–1
Boston University Terriers (NCAA College Division independent) (1966–1967)
1966	Boston University	5–5
1967	Boston University	3–6
1968	Boston University	5–3–1
Boston University:		20–24–2
Total:		26–28–2

^ "Warren Schmakel". The Blade. Toledo, Ohio. November 19, 1982. p. 16. Retrieved January 25, 2011 – via Google News.

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