Gary Moeller, who succeeded Bo Schembechler as Michigan’s football coach and later led the Detroit Lions as interim coach, died Monday. He was 81.
Moeller was promoted from offensive coordinator to lead the Wolverines program in 1990 and was 44-13-3 over five seasons.
Moeller bounced back in his personal and professional life, becoming tight ends coach for the Cincinnati Bengals that same year. He went on to lead the Lions linebackers and was their interim coach in 2000 after Bobby Ross quit midway through the season. “He also suffered bad breaks and poor timing in his career,” former Michigan player and broadcaster Jim Brandstatter said. “But you never heard Gary Moeller complain or make excuses. He was a class act. He was a good man.”
Moeller, who was from Lima, Ohio, played linebacker and was a captain for Woody Hayes at Ohio State. He was an assistant for Schembechler at Miami and joined him on his first staff at Michigan in 1969.
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