Former Memphis football coach Chuck Stobart dies at 90
‘We lost a great man but heaven got a great one’
Jeremy Williams (19) and his Memphis State University teammates celebrate their 24-10 upset victory over Southern California at the Coliseum in Los Angeles, Sept. 2, 1991. Chuck Stobart was the Tigers coach when Memphis pulled off this upset in 1991. (AP File Photo/Craig Fujii)
“He had a lot of belief in a lot of young men,” Greg Stobart said of his dad Chuck, who coached at Memphis from 1989-1994. “Tried to make them better people and give them structure like all good coaches and mentors do.”
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Frank Bonner is the Memphis Tigers football beat writer. He is originally from Indiana but arrived in Memphis after spending two years in Tulsa, covering Oklahoma State football and basketball. He covered high school sports in Columbus, Indiana for two years before getting his Master’s degree in Sports Journalism at IUPUI. He earned his Bachelor’s degree in journalism from Indiana University.
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