Coaches with ISU Connections

[wesley_w]

When Donnie Duncan came from OU he brought several guys and one of them was Chuck Lester. I think he coached linebackers while he was here. Anyway, he wound up with the Buffalo Bills and I found out he is the longest current coach in the NFL. I think by longest it means longest uninterupted tenure with one team. Not sure if he is with them right now since the latest head coach was fired.

 

[XLK9]

Terry Allen

When was Terry Allen @ ISU? Before UNI or between Kansas/Missouri State?

I'm not disputing, just asking.

 

[tccoach]

Terry Allen was at ISU from 02-05...after Kansas and before Mo State.

 

[Clonelifer]

Tony Alford isnt he in the big ten somewhere?

 

[JJ4ISU]

Louisville, and maybe now Notre Dame

 

[sweaty7]

This thread reminds me of a story Todd Doxzon told years ago when he was on an Omaha radio station back when he played for the Dolphins. He said that when he first started playing with the Dolphins, he was stretching before practice and Jimmy Johnson walked up to him. He was new to the team, so had barely even met him at that point. Johnson said to him, "You went to Iowa State, right?" When Doxzon said he had, Jimmy said "I had a dream about Ames the other night."

I remember thinking, "I'd love to know what that dream was all about."

 

[JJ4ISU]

This thread reminds me of a story Todd Doxzon told years ago when he was on an Omaha radio station back when he played for the Dolphins. He said that when he first started playing with the Dolphins, he was stretching before practice and Jimmy Johnson walked up to him. He was new to the team, so had barely even met him at that point. Johnson said to him, "You went to Iowa State, right?" When Doxzon said he had, Jimmy said "I had a dream about Ames the other night."

I remember thinking, "I'd love to know what that dream was all about."

I'll bet his covers fell off the bed, and he got cold - that's what reminded him of Ames.

 

[XLK9]

This thread reminds me of a story Todd Doxzon told years ago when he was on an Omaha radio station back when he played for the Dolphins. He said that when he first started playing with the Dolphins, he was stretching before practice and Jimmy Johnson walked up to him. He was new to the team, so had barely even met him at that point. Johnson said to him, "You went to Iowa State, right?" When Doxzon said he had, Jimmy said "I had a dream about Ames the other night."

I remember thinking, "I'd love to know what that dream was all about."

Read Jimmy's book "Turning this thing around" and I bet you will get some idea of what he was dreaming about - the ISU assistants were a wild bunch back then.

 

[usedcarguy]

I hate to mention him, but here goes..
Jim Criner, former ISU HC, later HC of the Scottish Claymores of the WLAF (or was that the WFL?)

He was also coach of WWE's XFL franchise in Vegas.

 

[88clone]

Dante Scarnecchia - ISU Asst '73-'74
New England Patriots - AHC 2000-present

I just read that Scarnecchia announced his retirement from the Patriots. Great coach with a great career!

 

[EnkAMania]

Atif Austin ISU DB 98-02
UNI RB/Special Teams 05-present

He left UNI in 2009, he's with Northern Illinois now after stops in high school and NFL.

https://niuhuskies.com/sports/football/roster/coaches/atif-austin/991