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To: jrhana who wrote (1765)	3/30/2009 8:05:56 AM
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Longtime NFL, college coach Lou Saban dies at 87 palmbeachpost.com Sunday, March 29, 2009 Lou Saban, the well-traveled football coach whose dozens of jobs included stints at the University of Miami and two Treasure Coast high schools, died Sunday at his home in North Myrtle Beach, S.C. He was 87. Mr. Saban had heart problems for years and recently suffered a fall that required hospitalization, his wife Joyce said.Mr. Saban might best be known for recruiting QB Jim Kelly to Miami in 1978. Florida Atlantic football coach Howard Schnellenberger, who coached UM to its first national title in 1983, said Mr. Saban should have received more credit for recruiting that championship team. "I have let people know that Jim Kelly and Jim Burt, two of the prospects that he brought in, were two key leaders that gave us the opportunity to get the program turned in its first year," Schnellenberger said. "(Mr. Saban) kind of plowed the field for us to develop our program on well-fertilized soil. "I don't doubt that if he would have stayed there, he would have had the same success as I did." Mr. Saban moved on from UM to other coaching jobs, including stints at Martin County High and South Fork High a decade later. After leaving UM for Army and UCF and a stint as New York Yankees president in the 1980s, Mr. Saban was defensive coordinator at Martin County in 1986-87 and head coach at South Fork in 1988. His Bulldogs went 3-7 but he left a lasting mark on the school by building Bud Stagg Stadium, bringing in concrete bleachers that used to be at the old Indiantown Rodeo, said Ed Matello, who was on the Martin County staff. At Martin County, Mr. Saban expected the coaches to know his system. "He had a little black book that he'd bring to practice on Monday," Matello said. "He wouldn't say anything. He'd just leave it there and expect the rest of the coaches to know the plan." Mr. Saban also coached three NFL teams, most notably the Buffalo Bills, with whom he won two AFL titles and coached O.J. Simpson in his 2,003-yard season of 1973. Schnellenberger said Mr. Saban was more than a great teacher. "He was a consummate football coach," Schnellenberger said. "That was his passion and his profession. He got up every morning in high spirits and enthusiastic. He made a mark on every program he was in." That includes the Yankees, where Mr. Saban landed a job as president from 1981-82 for team owner George Steinbrenner. "He has been my friend and mentor for over 50 years, and one of the people who helped shape my life," Steinbrenner, who was receivers coach under Mr. Saban at Northwestern in 1955, said in a statement. "He spent a lifetime leading, teaching and inspiring, and took great satisfaction in making the lives around him better. This is a tremendous loss to me personally." The Associated Press and Post writers Hal Habib and Joe Koch contributed to this report.