| Show ute mentor to resign As coach one of americas longest con linued run coaching jobs came to an end may 12 when iko ike armstrong athletic director and head football coach at the of utah resigned his h Is post toRO to accept th gors e t i university of Min minnesota neiota A candidate candida td tor for the job about a month ago ike Iko withdrew application after consulting with dr A ray president dent of the university of utah at the next board of regents meeting ike was waa granted a full professorship giving him film automatic tenure of of office f ice as I 1 long ong as he cared to remain at utah negotiations opened again recently and ike accepted the gopher post poat early friday ending years service at utah A graduate of drake university in 1923 where lie he was all confer ence fullback la the missouri valley country ike served under his coach solem at drake for a year as assistant coach he took over ove the utah team in 1924 cox couching ching tor for 25 straight yea years rs and training a new crop of grid through spring practice of the 1950 season until a week ago in those history making 25 years ikes teams played ganies games winning losing 66 56 and tying 16 15 better tihan 66 per cent victories ills teams only finished lower than third in conference play while the mentor successfully tucked away 12 and tied for another one nw new years day 1 1949 he was on oil thel the coaching staffford staff for the west all StarA star team eam in the annual shrine bowl game in san francisco w while hile two of the best play er on the field were men lie he haa had coached at utah among the football greats development by ike are prank frank christensen Chrls jack jahnson paul pau mcdonough mae mac speedie Speed edle lei fred mckeuzie banard ballard H a t f Is a and karl Seli leckman |
