The game of football is the most watched and most liked game sport in the United States of America. Many people have made major impacts on the sport and many people will leave even larger impacts in the future. There have been many great coaches in history but Bo Schembechler and his Wolverines forever changed what the word rivalry means in football.

Bo schembechler was born on april 1,1929 in Barberton, Ohio and his birth name was Glenn Edward Schembechler Jr. Only Later in life was Schembechler given his famous nickname Bo. Bo’s sister Marge used to only be able to say “bobo” instead of brother so his parents and friends started calling him Bo and the name just stuck. Bo’s father was a firefighter and according to Bo he was a great role model. Bo often told one story of his father that showed how special he was to Bo; Bo’s father was up for a promotion to become fire chief and he was offered the answers to the test in advance so he would get the job. Bo’s father declined even though he knew his opponent was cheating on the test. Bo’s father ended up losing the job by one question on the test but he always said that this was …show more content…
Ara had become head coach at Northwestern University and brought Bo on as defensive assistant in 1956. After two years in northwestern old coach and friend Woody Hayes offered Bo a job at Ohio state as Woody’s assistant. In 1958 Bo was hired and according to Hayes, Bo was one of the best assistants he ever had. During Bo’s time at Ohio State Woody and his became great friends and Bo quickly became Hayes favorite assistant coach. Bo would often tell the tale of how many times he was “fired” from his job at Ohio State but he was always chased down before he could exit the building by an assistant. Bo stayed at Ohio State for five years and because of all of Hayes praise about Bo he started making a name for himself and a prime candidate for a head coaching