re: Is Hal Mumme the most influential coach in modern CFB history?

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Archie “Gunslinger” Cooley from Mississippi Valley State spawned this air raid type offense. Willie Totten to Jerry Rice.

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he learned a bunch from John Merritt and Joe Gilliam at Tennessee State when Totten and Rice were still in diapers, although he and Gilliam coached defense, not offense


if you're a defensive coach, you can certainly switch gears and create a monster offense in your head that you'd never want to coach defense against