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Ex-Michigan Coach Schembechler Dies at 77

By Alex Chadwick,  Luke Burbank
Published November 17, 2006 at 10:31 AM PST
This story was published more than 17 years ago.

Bo Schembechler, who became one of college football's great coaches in two decades at the University of Michigan, died Friday. He collapsed during the taping of a television show a day before No. 2 Michigan is scheduled to play No. 1 Ohio State.

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